{"title":"Andrew Griffiths | conductor","description":"\u003cp\u003eA graduate of The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, Andrew has conducted productions for The Royal Opera (Linbury Theatre), The Royal Ballet, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Early Opera Company, Mid Wales Opera, Bampton Classical Opera and Iford Festival Opera. He has appeared in concert with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, Southbank Sinfonia and Orpheus Sinfonia, and is regularly engaged to broadcast and record with the BBC Singers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew has worked at Glyndebourne, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, and with the BBC Symphony and Scottish Symphony Orchestras, and regularly joins the music staff at The Royal Opera, working alongside such conductors as Pappano, Bychkov, Elder, Gardiner and Mackerras. He is often engaged for projects outside the standard operatic canon, and is particularly experienced in Baroque repertoire and the music of the last fifty years. Much in demand as a vocal coach, he works frequently with the Young Artists at The Royal Opera, as well as overseeing the training of the singers and pianists at the National Opera Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn constant demand as a choral conductor, Andrew appears regularly with the BBC Singers, for whom his engagements have included the world premiere of John Pickard’s \u003cem\u003eMass in Troubled Times\u003c\/em\u003e, recordings of Brahms, Hassler, Barber, Ives and Giles Swayne, and broadcasts of Howells, Parry, MacMillan and Martinů, as well as a Barbican debut directing music from the Flemish Renaissance. He is Musical Director of Kingston Choral Society and chamber choir Londinium, whose debut disc, \u003cem\u003eThe Gluepot Connection\u003c\/em\u003e, received wide critical acclaim. He regularly conducts for Dartington International Summer School, and has appeared as a guest conductor with the BBC Symphony Chorus, New London Chamber Choir, and Hong Kong’s Tallis Vocalis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pianist, viola player and singer by training, Andrew began his musical education as a Quirister and Scholar at Winchester College, and read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he held a Choral Exhibition. He studied conducting under Martyn Brabbins in Glasgow, and trained as a répétiteur at the National Opera Studio and at Scottish Opera. He is a former principal viola of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and a founder member of vocal consort Stile Antico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his work at the National Opera Studio, Andrew’s engagements have included invitations back to the Royal Opera for Alcina, Opera Collective Ireland for Semele, and to the Orchestra of the Swan to conduct music by Paul Patterson.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"romberg-symphony-of-saints-sacred-songs","title":"Romberg: Symphony of Saints \u0026 Sacred Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoanne Lunn (soprano)\u003cbr\u003eMartin Romberg (piano)\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra of the Swan\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Griffiths (conductor)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartin Romberg’s Symphony of Saints stands as a radiant homage to the Northern Saints — Columba, Aidan, and Cuthbert — whose lives shaped the spiritual fabric of early Northumbria. Written with a deep sense of reverence and vision, the symphony draws on Celtic Christian tradition, its glowing orchestral textures evoking the austere beauty of the Holy Island of Iona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommissioned and inspired by personal devotion, this album is completed by Romberg’s Sacred Songs, written for soprano Joanne Lunn, setting luminous texts by Scottish poet Kenneth Steven. Lunn’s artistry, together with the Orchestra of the Swan under Andrew Griffiths, brings to life a cycle of profound intimacy and timeless lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis recording is not only a testament to friendship and faith but also to music’s power to embody love everlasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10378_booklet.pdf?v=1772485949\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Album Booklet - Romberg: Symphony of Saints \u0026amp; Sacred Songs - Joanne Lunn (soprano), Orchestra of the Swan, Andrew Griffiths (conductor) - Resonus Classics - RES10378\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAlbum Booklet (PDF)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Album Booklet - Gabriel Jackson: Choral Works - The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Jamie Rogers (organ), Sam Corkin (saxophone) \u0026amp; David Newsholme (conductor and solo organ) - Resonus Classics - RES10360\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10360_booklet.pdf?v=1747818424\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Artists: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/joanne-lunn-soprano\" title=\"Joanne Lunn - soprano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eJoanne Lunn\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/orchestra-of-the-swan\" title=\"Orchestra of the Swan - Resonus Classics\"\u003eOrchestra of the Swan;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/martin-romberg-composer-piano\" title=\"Martin Romberg - composer \u0026amp; piano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eMartin Romberg;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/andrew-griffiths-conductor\" title=\"Andrew Griffiths - conductor - Resonus Classics\"\u003eAndrew Griffiths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca title=\"John Andrews - conductor - Resonus Classics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/john-andrews-conductor?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=John+Andrews\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"resonusclassics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306773717379,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10378_Romberg_Symphony_of_Saints_Sacred_Songs.jpg?v=1770189113"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/collections\/Andrew_Griffiths.png?v=1770196539","url":"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/andrew-griffiths-conductor.oembed","provider":"Resonus Classics \u0026 Inventa Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}