D A V I D
L E W I S T O N
S H A R P E
C O M P O S E R - W R I T E R - T E A C H E R
"For me, writing music is the distillation of memory"
"We are united by the evolution of speech,
more than we are divided by our dispersal
among countless languages"
- writing in Babel: The Language Magazine
"A poem is a universal locus,
and a lens for all light"
- writing in The Spoken River: 100 sonnets
R E V I E W S
“Very lovely music … a life experience”
Arvo Pärt (on Lewiston Sharpe's Piano Concerto No.1)
“David Lewiston Sharpe’s piano concerto, performed by the Royal Phil last October and conducted by Nicholas Cleobury was fantastic and one piece I had to share with my listeners.”
Lisa Duncombe, Classic FM
P E R F O R M A N C E S
2 November 2019 (7.00pm)
Ave Maria, gratia plena
for Soprano and Piano
Andriana Yordanova (soprano)
Ramona Zammit Formosa (piano)
N E W S
July 2019
A feature interview, 12 July, has
been published in the Church
Times highlighting the choral and
vocal works of David Lewiston
Sharpe - including the Chapel
Royal commission in 2017 - and
music's powerful connections
with tradition, meaning and
friendship. READ MORE
November 2019
The St Paul Choral Society of Malta, Hugo Agius Muscat (organ), conducted by Cecilia Agius Muscat, are giving the first performance on 3 November of a new Locus iste setting, in English, commissioned for St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Valletta. This year is the 175th anniversary of the consecration of the pro-cathedral.
November 2019
A new setting of the Ave Maria - using a text set originally for choir by Josquin - will be heard in a performance on 2 November (7pm) by Andriana Yordanova (soprano) and Ramona Zammit Formosa (piano), at St Augustine Church & Priory in Valletta, Malta. The Sonatina—'Sketches from Senglea' will also be on the programme.
November 2019
The Choir of Chichester Cathedral will sing the anthem Exaudi, Deus on Sunday, 10 November - which was first heard last year on Sunday, 11 November 2018 on the occasion of the centenary of the WW1 armistice.
N O V
03
3 November 2019 (10.30am)
Locus iste, for St Paul Choral Society
SPCS, Hugo Agius Muscat (organ),
N O V
10
10 November 2019 (3.30pm)
Exaudi, Deus
Anthem for Remembrance Day
Choir of Chichester Cathedral,
conducted by Charles Harrison
LISTEN to the archived
broadcast of radio show
The MonkeySparrow (CKUW
Radio - Canada - 95.9 FM), to hear the Piano Concerto No.1,
as heard on the show on
16 July 2019 (CLICK IMAGE).
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Sonatina—'Sketches from Senglea'
for Solo Piano
David Lewiston Sharpe (piano)
Valletta, Malta (7.00pm, 2 November)