Huw Belling

Composer & Conductor

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  • Toccata Gallipoli

    Friday, September 3, 5:00pm Huw’s work Toccata Gallipoli was premiered by organist James McVinnie at Westminster Abbey. The Toccata combines material form Australia and New Zealand’s National Anthems and references Huw’s Memorial Anthem The Mountain and the Sea. See recordings by James McVinnie at Naxos. Read more

  • Auditur Deus

    Friday, August 6 5:00pm Huw’s work Auditur Deus was performed by the Choir of Pembroke College Oxford at Westminster Abbey. The work was written in 2009 to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson, an alumnus of Pembroke College who is buried in the Abbey. Read more

  • Paroxys premiered at National Portrait Gallery

    Huw Belling’s Piece Paroxys was premiered at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Friday Nov 6, 2009. The piece for solo Viola  accompanied the photograph below (courtesy of the Portrait Gallery Website). Program Note: Paroxys is a corruption of the word paroxysm: a sudden outburst of emotion. With its indeterminate pitch and rhythmic freedom,… Read more

  • Alcuin of York

    A new choral piece by Huw entitled Porta Coeli was premiered on Tuesday the 18th of August at Westminster Abbey as the anthem during 5.00pm Evensong by the Hellenic Singers. The piece is based on the writing of Alcuin of York. It carries the following text and program note: Latin Text Alcuin of York (c.735… Read more

  • The Mountain and the Sea – live broadcast

    The Mountain and the Sea the memorial anthem commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey for ANZAC Day 2008, is to be performed again at New Zealand’s National War Memorial at 10:30 am, April 25th 2009 by the Wellington Cathedral Choir conducted by Michael Fulcher. The specially written text of the Anthem is… Read more

  • Videntes Stellam anthem at Westminster Abbey

    Videntes Stellam is to be sung as an Anthem at Evensong at Westminster Abbey. 5.00pm Friday, January 16, 2009. Read more