Cecilia McDowall discussing 'God Is Light' with Ralph at its premiere on 12.11.16

Poulenc Gloria and Britten Spring Symphony with Emily Rowley Jones, Bridget Hardy, Julian Forbes, the Fairhaven Singers and the Cambridge Philharmonic. Photo credit Paul Ashley

Poulenc Gloria and Britten Spring Symphony with Emily Rowley Jones, Bridget Hardy, Julian Forbes, the Fairhaven Singers and the Cambridge Philharmonic. Photo credit Paul Ashley

Ralph Woodward with Dame Emma Kirkby and the City of London Sinfonia, March 2011. Photo by Samuel Mather

Ralph Woodward with Dame Emma Kirkby and the City of London Sinfonia, March 2011. Photo by Samuel Mather

Ralph Woodward conducts the Fairhaven Singers and Saraband Consort in a rehearsal for the Bach St Matthew Passion in St John's College Chapel, Cambridge on March 22nd, 2003. Photo © Nigel Luckhurst

Ralph Woodward conducts the Fairhaven Singers and Saraband Consort in a rehearsal for the Bach St Matthew Passion in St John's College Chapel, Cambridge on March 22nd, 2003. Photo © Nigel Luckhurst