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| Ralph Woodward was born and educated in Durham. He spent
four years as Organ Scholar at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
While there, he conducted the Chapel Choir’s first two
CDs and gave world premieres of numerous works. These included
three pieces by Stanford, one of which he edited for publication. |
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Now a freelance conductor and keyboard player,
Ralph has written often on the music of Benjamin Britten, and
was described by the Independent on Sunday as a ‘leading
authority’ on the composer. He has a wide performing repertoire,
particular specialisms being the music of Bach and Mozart, the
French Baroque and Scandinavian music.
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| Ralph is Musical Director of the
Fairhaven Singers, Full Score, the Britten–Pears Chamber
Choir and the Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School. He has
worked in over 20 countries, and has conducted the London Mozart
Players, Cambridge Baroque Camerata, the Tallis Chamber Orchestra
and Ely Sinfonia. He carries out a wide range of editorial tasks
for Oxford University Press, with particular involvement in
the William Walton Edition, and is much in demand as a leader
of choral workshops. His choral arrangements are also successful,
and have been performed all round Europe and on Radio 4’s
PM programme. |
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Past projects have included work with Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby and Michael Chance. Work
in 2009 has seen him premiering and recording Will Todd’s
Requiem for soprano, choir and electric guitar, and conducting
in Sorrento, Austria, Seville and Paris. Forthcoming engagements
include working with the Parley of Instruments and the Britten
Sinfonia.
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