Christina Birchall-Sampson soprano sings at Westminster Abbey

A Service to Mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation at Westminster Abbey.
Photo credit: Andrew Dunsmore

Future Performances

2020

Soprano soloist: Mozart Requiem

St Oswald’s Church, Croxley Green

Thursday 2nd April: 8pm

Holy Rood Church, Watford

Friday 3rd April: 7.45pm

 

Scandinavian Song Recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Potters Bar United Reformed Church

Friday 3rd July: 12.30pm

 

 

 

Recent Performances

2018

Soloist: The virtuosa singer in the academies of early modern Italy

with Richard Mackenzie (lute/theorbo), Tabitha Tuckett (cello) and presentations by Lisa Sampson and AMy Brosius

University College London

17 September 2018: 7pm

Soprano soloist: Matt Gio The Answered Hymn

Westminster Abbey (celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation)

with massed international choirs and Westminster Abbey Choir

Conductor James O’Donnell

Tuesday 31st October: 11:30am

Soprano soloist: Carissimi Jephte, Bach Cantata BWV 29 and Mozart Credo Mass

with Maidenhead Choral Society

Saturday 25th November: 7.30pm

 

2017

Soprano soloist: Handel Messiah

with Elgar Chorale and Pavillion Ensemble

Conductor: Piers Maxim

with Robin Blaze (alto), Mark Dobell (tenor), James Birchall (bass)

Soprano soloist: Haydn Nelson Mass and Mozart Vespers

with Epsom Chamber Choir

Conductor: Piers Maxim

with Elinor Carter (alto), Roy Rashbrook (Tenor), James Birchall (bass)

2016

Soprano soloist: Christmas Concert with Lemon Tuesday close harmony choir

Conductor: Martin Smith

Soprano soloist: Dvorak Mass in D, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb and Purcell O sing unto the Lord

with Maidenhead Choral Society

Conductor: George Badsconyi

with Roderick Morris (alto), Nicholas Madden (tenor), Andrew Thompson (bass), Robert Jones (organ)

Soprano soloist: Handel Judas Maccabeus

with Carshalton Choral Society

Conductor: Philip Collin

with Ruth Kiang (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), James Oldfield (bass)

Soprano soloist: Piers Maxim The Musket Ball

with Epsom Chamber Choir and EC4 orchestra

Conductor: Piers Maxim

with Alexandra Kennedy (soprano), Lyn Alcantara (mezzo-soprano), Mark Dobell (tenor) and Robert Rice (baritone)

2015

Soprano soloist: Christmas Concert with King’s Lynn Male Voice Choir

Soprano soloist: Elgar For the fallen and Jenkins The Peacemakers

with Epsom Chamber Choir

Conductor: Piers Maxim

Soprano soloist: Beethoven 9th Symphony

with Cheltenham Cantilena Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Belinfante

with Tamsin Dalley (mezzo-soprano), Phillip Bell (tenor) and James Birchall (bass)

Tatiana: Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (concert performance)

with Aylesbury Opera Group

Musical Director: Anthony McCarthy

Soprano soloist: Mozart Solemn Vespers and Schubert Mass in E flat

with Maidenhead Choral Society

Conductor: George Badacsonyi

Soprano soloist: Carl Nielsen 3rd Symphony

with St Albans Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Bjorn Bantock

with Jonathan Saunders (baritone)

2014

Soprano soloist: Bach Christmas Oratorio

with Somerset Singers

Conductor: Jonathan Vaughn

Soprano soloist: Faure Requiem and Vivaldi Gloria

with Maidenhead Choral Society

Conductor: George Badacsonyi

Soprano soloist: Haydn Nelson Mass

with Latymer and Godolphin Choral Society

Conductor: Mark Laflin

Soprano soloist: Mozart Requiem and Bach Cantata no. 78

with Maidenhead Choral Society

Conductor: George Badacsonyi

Soprano soloist: Mendelssohn Elijah

with Choirs of St George’s College, Weybridge

Conductor: Tansy Castledine

Soprano soloist: Brahms Requiem

with Hart Voices/ The Chantry Singers

Conductor: Roy Rashbrook

with James Birchall (bass)

2013

Soprano soloist: Rutter Psalmfest

with Amici Chamber Choir

Conductor: David Gould

with David de Winter (tenor)

Soprano soloist: Handel Judas Maccabeus

with Highgate Choral Society and New London Orchestra

Conductor: Ronald Corp

with Catherine Hopper, Magid El Bushra, Nicholas Mulroy, Alex Ashworth

Song Recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Burnaby Song Recital: Strauss Vier letze Lieder and Berg Sieben fruhe Lieder

with Chris Hopkins (piano)

2012

Soprano soloist: Britten A boy was born

Epsom Chamber Choir

Conductor: Piers Maxim

Soprano soloist: Handel Messiah

with Amici Chamber Choir

Conductor: David Gould

with Ruth Gibbins, Julian Stocker and Jonathan Brown

Soprano soloist: Respighi Laud to the Nativity and Stravinsky Mass

with Louth Choral Society

Conductor: Martin Pickering

with Gill Parker and Mark Wilde

Soprano soloist: Mozart Requiem

with West Barnes Singers

Conductor: Philip Collin

with Elizabeth Ife, Michael Solomon-Williams and William Burn

Clorinda: Rossini La Cenerentola

with Opera Loki

Tatiana: Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin

with Ryedale Festival Opera

Conductor: Michael Waldron

Soprano soloist: Handel Gloria and Let the bright seraphim

with Exon Singers

Conductor: Richard Wilberforce

Song recital for Exon Singers Festival with Henry Parkes (piano) 

Opera: Daisy, Toby Young chamber opera The Daisy Chain

with Gestalt Opera and LSO ensemble

Conductor: Mark Gotham

LSO St Luke’s, LSO Soundhub Showcase Concert

Soprano Soloist: Haydn Creation

with Stowmarket Chorale

Conductor: Leslie Olive

with Paul Curievici (tenor) and Owain Browne (baritone)

Song recital with Philip Collin (piano)

Soprano Soloist: Mendelssohn Elijah

with Latymer and Godolphin Choral Society & Orchestra

Conductor: Mark Laflin

with Clare McCaldin, Aidan Coburn and Alistair Ollerenshaw

Bastienne: Mozart Bastien und Bastienne

with St Bart’s Academic Festival Orchestra

Conductor: John Lumley

with Helen Miles, Phillip Bell and Gerard Delrez

Madam Silberklang: Mozart Der Schauspieldirektor

with St Bart’s Academic Festival Orchestra

Conductor: John Lumley

with Helen Miles, Phillip Bell and Gerard Delrez

Soprano Soloist: Haydn Nelson Mass

St Pancras Church, London

2011

Soprano Soloist: charity concert, including extracts from Verdi La Traviata

with Phillip Bell (tenor)/ Cathy Heller-Jones (conductor)

Soprano Soloist: Goodall Eternal Light & Cecilia MacDowell Ave Maris Stella

with City of Bristol Choir and Lochrian Ensemble

Conductor: David Ogden

with Alexei Winter (tenor) and Martin le Poidevin (baritone)

Finalist: Emmy Destinn Singing Competition

Soprano Soloist/Ensemble: Handel Messiah

with Saraband Consort

Song Recital with Philip Mountford (piano)

Handel Belshazzar is voted BBC Music Magazine DVD choice ****

Soprano 1 consort-soloist

with Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik and RIAS Kammerchor

René Jacobs and Christophe Nel

Aix-en-Provence Festival production (Harmonia Mundi: HMD9909028/29)

with Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Vernon Kirk, Andrew Davies, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley and Richard Wilberforce

London Masterclasses: with Sergei Leiferkus and Nelly Miricioiu

Opera: Violetta, Verdi La Traviata

with Bel Canto Opera

Conductor: Willam Bell

with Telman Guzhevsky, Colin Campbell and Josephine Williamson

Opera: Soprano 1 consort-soloist, Handel Belshazzar

with Berlin’s Akademie für Alte Musik and RIAS Kammerchor

Conductor: René Jacobs

with Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Jonathan Lemalu, Edmund Hastings, James Birchall, Augusta Hebbert, Elisabeth Fleming and Richard Wilberforce

Opera du Capitôle, Toulouse

Soprano Soloist: Haydn Die Jahreszeiten

with Hadleigh Choral Society

with Paul Curievici (tenor) and Owain Browne (baritone)

Song recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Song recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Soprano soloist: Dido’s Lament, Easter Hymn from Mascagni Cavelleria Rusticana, Puccini Messa di Gloria

with Winchester Festival Chorus

with David Webb and Ashley Riches

Soprano Soloist: Handel Judas Maccabeus

with CUMS Chorus and East Anglia Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

with Elisabeth Fleming, James Neville, Matthew Sandy and Nicholas Morris

Soprano soloist: Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Dixit Dominus

with Wimbledon Choral Society

Conductor: Neil Ferris

with Amy Moore, Cathy Bell, Thomas Elwin and Matthew Sprange

Song Recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Song Recital with Eva Maria Doroszkowska (piano)

Soprano Soloist: Beethoven Mass in C

with Clare College Choir (Cambridge)

Conductor: Timothy Brown

with Ann Murray DBE (mezzo), Alessandro Fisher (tenor) and James Birchall (bass)

Co-opera opera scenes masterclass with Janis Kelly

Song recital with James Birchall and Nina Gade

Chorus: Gluck Alceste

Aix-en-Provence Festival

Ivor Bolton/ Christophe Loy

Chorus: Mozart Don Giovanni

Aix-en-Provence Festival

Louis Langrée/ Dimitri Tcherniakov

Song recital  with Elisabeth Fleming (mezzo soprano) and Chris Moulds (piano)

Aix-en-Provence Festival outreach

Song recital with Elisabeth Fleming (mezzo soprano) and Clare Wilding (piano)

Song recital with Elisabeth Fleming and Clare Wilding

Song recital with Elisabeth Fleming and Clare Wilding

Soprano soloist: Beethoven Mass in C
with Sine Nomine Singers

Conductor: David Gould

with Rebecca Lodge, David de Winter and Charles Pott

Co-opera Masterclass with Mary Plazas

Violetta: Verdi La Traviata
with Brent Opera

Anthony McCarthy/ David Barrell

with Stephen Aviss

2009

Soprano Soloist: Handel Israel in Egypt

with Louth Choral Society

Conductor: Martin Pickering

with Ruth Jenkins, Stephen Burrows, Jonathan Stork, James Birchall and Chris Foster

Soprano Soloist: Handel Ode on St Cecilia’s Day

Cambridge Music Festival

Conductor: Tim Brown

with Samuel Furness

Soloist: Ivor Novello and Noel Coward double bill

Virtual Theatre

London Masterclasses with Nelly Mirocioiou

Song recital with Catherine Morphett (clarinet) and Gill Cracknell (piano)

Musetta: Puccini La Bohème

with Southgate Opera

Song recital with John Reid (piano)

Soprano soloist: Handel Gloria, Dixit Dominus and Dettingen Te Deum

with City of Bristol Choir

Conductor: David Ogden

with Pamela Rudge and Martin le Poidevin

Juliet: Gounod Romeo and Juliet (cover)

with West London Opera

Soprano Soloist: Bach B Minor Mass

with Hadleigh Choral Society

Conductor: Christopher Phelps

with Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Tim Travers-Brown, Owain Browne

Soprano Soloist: Arias by Handel

with City of Bristol Choir

Conductor: David Ogden

Song recital with Chris Hopkins (piano)

2008

Song recital: Berg Seven Early Songs with John Reid (piano)

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Second prize, Hampshire Singer of the Year

Soprano 1 consort-soloist: Handel Belshazzar

Innsbruck Festwochen der Alte Musik

with Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik and RIAS Kammerchor

René Jacobs/ Christophe Nel

with Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Vernon Kirk, Andrew Davies, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley and Richard Wilberforce

Soprano 1 consort-soloist: Handel Belshazzar

Aix-en-Provence Festival

with Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik and RIAS Kammerchor

René Jacobs/ Christophe Nel

with Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Vernon Kirk, Andrew Davies, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley and Richard Wilberforce

Soprano 1 consort-soloist: Handel Belshazzar

Staatsoper Berlin

with Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik and RIAS Kammerchor

René Jacobs/ Christophe Nel

with Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Vernon Kirk, Andrew Davies, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley and Richard Wilberforce

Masterclass: Antony Legge (GSMD)

2007

Ensemble/soloist: Handel Messiah

Soprano Soloist: Bach Cantata BWV 146 and Buxtehude Cantata BuxWV15

with Stephen Farr (organ) and Tim Brown (conductor)

Soprano Soloist: Bruneau Requiem

with St Mary Magdalene Music Society

with Michael Bundy

Finalist: Hampshire Singer of the Year Competition

Song recital with Chris Hopkins (piano)