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

N O V

02

2 November 2019 (7.00pm)
Ave Maria, gratia plena
for Soprano and Piano

Andriana Yordanova (soprano)

Ramona Zammit Formosa (piano)

N E W S

12 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

3 November 2019

First performance (3 Nov) of a new Locus iste commissioned for the 175th Anniversary of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Valletta. Premiere of Ave Maria gratia plena (2 Nov) by Andriana Yordanova (soprano) and Ramona Zammit Formosa (piano), at St Augustine Church & Priory in Valletta.

10 November 2019

The Choir of Chichester Cathedral will sing the anthem Exaudi, Deus (Sunday, 10 Nov); first heard last year on Sunday, 11 November 2018 for WW1 armistice 100th.