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On the concert platform Mark’s performances have included the Chandos Anthems with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London under Sir Charles Mackerras; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Japanese/UK Choir at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the London Oriana Choir at St Johns Smith Square; Carmina Burana in Lagos, Nigeria for the British Council, in Ipswich Corn Exchange in Suffolk, at Christ College in Brecon Powys, at the Snape Maltings Suffolk, and with Monmouth Choral Society.
He has sung Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh; Brahms’ Requiem in Arundel Cathedral and in Guernsey; Dyson’s Canterbury Tales and Tchaikowsky’s Moskow Cantata in Colchester Town Hall; Bach’s St Matthew Passion on the Wirral; Berlioz’ L’Enfant du Christ in Leicester Cathedral; Mozart’s Mass in C with the Bournmouth Sinfonia Choir and the Chandos Orchestra at Sherbourne Abbey Dorset; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the City Of Southampton Orchestra and in St John’s, Smith Square, London; and Bach’s Magnificat in Las Palmas Gran Canaria, and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Nicholas Kraemer. He has also sung baritone solos in Will Todd's Midwinter with Ralph Woodward, the Fairhaven Singers and the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mark has given solo recitals in Lagos Nigeria for the British Council, and in Paris at Chateau de la Muette, Bonnieux in France, and Buxton, Nottingham. His repertoire includes Ravel’s Don Quichotte and Poulenc’s Le Bestiaire, Schumann’s Liederkreiss (Eichendorf), and Britten’s Tit for Tat. Mark has sung for Royalty at St James’s and Kensington Palaces and at numerous charitable events throughout the UK and abroad. Mark’s current recital project is Flights of Fancy and Fantasy.
Mark’s festival work includes appearances in Istanbul, Brighton, Buxton, Edinburgh and Dubai. Mark regularly sings at the Casa dei Mezzo Festival in Crete, and will sing again in 2010 in a recital of Finzi songs with Tarek Al Shubbak and an opera gala (www.casadeimezzo-festival.com).
Mark regularly performs with Belle and Two Beaux, a duo with mezzo soprano Janet Shell and pianist John Flinders, in a costumed performance of Victorian songs and readings of correspondence between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. This programme has been featured on Classic FM.
Mark has given concerts of opera and operetta in a wide range of venues, including classical music cruises with P&O liners Oriana, Aurora and Artemis with presenters Richard Baker OBE and John Brunning from Classic FM. He has also performed on board Cunard’s QE2 and Caronia (on their world cruise), Seabourn Legend, Spirit and Pride, The Saga Rose (around the Baltics), MS Amadeus (down the Danube) and MS Pakomov (down the Volga, from St Petersburg to Moscow). |
