Alastair Carey

Composer / Performer

Alastair Carey has been involved in choral performance since the age of six. He has performed, recorded and broadcast throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, appearing as a vocal performer with ensembles including The Gabrieli Consort, The Oxford Camerata, The Brabant Ensemble, and The Nederlandse Bachvereniging in performances ranging from the BBC Proms to the Leipzig Bach Festival. As a conductor, Alastair has directed concerts in Asia, Australasia, Europe, and throughout the United Kingdom, including award-winning performances at competitions in the European Grand Prix in Spain and the World Choir Games in South Korea.

Biographical Details

• Year of birth: 1974
• Director of The Sarum Consort
• Former director of The Choral Scholars of St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Website: https://www.alastaircarey.com

Works by Alastair Carey

• Missa Brevis pro BaccalariusEdited bywith Christopher Batchelor (Composer), Paul Ayres (Composer), Jonathan Wikeley (Composer), Bernard Hughes (Composer), Janet Wheeler (Composer), Joshua Ballance (Composer), Richard Pantcheff (Composer), Ronald Corp (Composer), Sarah Cattley (Composer), Tim Ambler (Composer), David McGregor (Composer)

Festival performances of works by Alastair Carey

Festival commissionWorld premiere

LFCCM 2023

• “Blesséd Cecilia” on Friday 12 May 2023 at St Pancras Parish Church

Works performed by Alastair Carey

Festival commissionCall for Scores submissionWorld premiereUK premiereLondon premiere

• A New Earth Mary Offer
• A Prayer to the Sacrament of the Altar Nathan James
• A Sound came from Heav’n Douglas Mews
• Agnus Deifrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Ronald Corp
• Agnus Deifrom Missa Brevis Matthew Power
• All creatures of our God and King (Lasst uns Erfreuen) Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Alleluia Andrew Cusworth
• An Himmelsfahrtstage Felix Mendelssohn
• And I saw a New Heaven Edmund Jolliffe
• And there was war in Heaven Howard Skempton
• Ave Maria Edmund Jolliffe
• Ave Regina caelorum Phillip Cooke
• Ave Verum Corpus Dominic McGonigal
• Ave Verum Corpus Karl Jenkins
• Ave verum corpus Samuel Donovan
• Ave verum corpus David Bednall
• Be Still, My Soul Alison Willis
• Beata Virgo David Griffiths
• Beati quorum via Michael Wolniakowski
• Benedictusfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius David McGregor
• Breathe on me, breath of God Christopher Upton
• Canticle of the Sun Stephen Dodgson
• Chorale Prelude on Herongate Patrick Gardner
• Christ be with me Michael Wolniakowski
• Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Christopher Batchelor, Diana Burrell (Arranger)
• Christ is risen from the dead Will Sims
• Christus resurgens Phillip Cooke
• Coelos Ascendit hodie Charles Villiers Stanford
• Come Down, O Love Divine Charles West
• Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life Chris Hutchings
• De fructu operum tuorum Gaetano Lorandi
• Deus Caritas Est Michał Malec
• Dhammapada Ronald Corp
• Dominus illuminatio mea Marek Raczyński
• Ego sum panis vivus Philip Moore
• Elegy Phillip Cooke
• Even Such is Time Herbert Howells
• Evening Hymnfrom ‘Tis Almost One Stephen Dodgson
• Exsultet Phillip Cooke
• Factus est repente Sarah Cattley
• Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Jonathan Wikeley, Janet Wheeler, Tim Ambler
• Gobaith Derri Joseph Lewis
• God Be in My Head Richard Nye
• God so loved the world David Barton
• He who would valiant be (Monk’s Gate) Ralph Vaughan Williams
• I Am Not Yet Bornfrom The Innocents Stephen Dodgson
• I Got Me Flowers Rodney Lister
• I heard the voice of Jesus say (Kingsfold) Ralph Vaughan Williams
• I know that my Redeemer Liveth Douglas Pew
• If Ye Love Me Anthony Mosakowski
• Jesus has been taken up to heaven Michael Wolniakowski
• Jesus und die Krämer Zoltán Kodály
• Joyful, we adore Thee Douglas Pew
• Kyrie Eleisonfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Bernard Hughes, Joshua Ballance
• Laudate Dominum Gaetano Lorandi
• Lord, I Cry unto Thee Vivek Haria
• Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Kenneth Leighton
• Magnificatfrom Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for St George’s Hanover Square Stephen Dodgson
• Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Paul Ayres, Jonathan Wikeley, Bernard Hughes, Janet Wheeler, Joshua Ballance, Richard Pantcheff, Ronald Corp, Sarah Cattley, Tim Ambler, David McGregor, Alastair Carey (Editor)
• Missa Cantantibus organis Cæcilia Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Annibale Stabile, Francesco Soriano, Giovanni Dragoni, Prospero Santini, Curzio Mancini
• My Flight to Heaven Blake Henson
• My eyes for Beauty pine Herbert Howells
• My eyes for Beauty pine Elizabeth Coxhead
• Nunc Dimittis Klaus Miehling
• O Oriens David McGregor
• O Radiant Dawnfrom Strathclyde Motets James MacMillan
• O magnum mysterium Alastair Putt
• O mystery great and glorious Łukasz Urbaniak
• O panis dulcissime Tim Ambler
• O sacrum convivium George Haynes
• O salutaris hostia Daniele Croce
• Pascha Nostrum Łukasz Urbaniak
• Pater Noster Edmund Jolliffe
• Prayer of Humble Access Rodney Lister
• Psallite Domino Will Sims
• Quomodo cantabimus Michael Finnissy
• Risen High Priest Julian Jarvis
• Rosa Mysticafrom Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Benjamin Britten
• Sanctusfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Paul Ayres
• Set me as a Seal Edward-Rhys Harry
• Shards of Heaven Mary Offer
• Solus ad Victimam Kenneth Leighton
• Song’s Eternity Howard Skempton
• Sub tuum praesidium Aurélien Hallopeau
• Surrexit Pastor bonus Gregory Rose
• Tantum ergo sacramentum Ian Gilbert Coleman
• Thanks be to God Michael Wolniakowski
• The Call Jonathan Wikeley
• The Faucon hath borne my Make away (Corpus Christi Carol) Trond Kverno
• The God of Captains Masoud Nekooei
• The Lord Ascendeth Michael Praetorius
• The Lord Is Grace-Evangeline Mason
• The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter
• The Lord is my Shepherd Łukasz Urbaniak
• The Lord is my Shepherd Lennox Berkeley
• The Lord’s Prayerfrom St Magnus Responses William Petter
• The Sower Benjamin Shute
• This Worldes Joie Alastair Putt
• Totus tuus Henryk Górecki
• Ubi Caritas Christopher Mortlock
• Veni Sancte Spiritus Leoš Janáček
• Videns Dominusfrom Strathclyde Motets James MacMillan
• Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst Rudolph Mauersberger
• … ond us giefe scealde Peter Foggitt

Festival performances by Alastair Carey

Festival commissionCall for Scores submissionWorld premiereUK premiereLondon premiere

LFCCM 2024

• “I Am Not Yet Born”: The Prayers of the Innocents on Friday 10 May 2024 at Hampstead Parish Church
• “The Hunt of the Unicorn” on Saturday 18 May 2024 at St George’s Bloomsbury

LFCCM 2023

• “Blesséd Cecilia” on Friday 12 May 2023 at St Pancras Parish Church
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 14 May 2023 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Thursday 18 May 2023 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 21 May 2023 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Family Mass on Sunday 18 June 2023 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 18 June 2023 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

LFCCM 2022

• Solemn Mass on Sunday 8 May 2022 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 15 May 2022 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

LFCCM 2021

• Solemn Mass on Sunday 16 May 2021 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

LFCCM 2019

• Solemn Mass on Sunday 12 May 2019 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 19 May 2019 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

LFCCM 2018

• Solemn Mass on Sunday 13 May 2018 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 20 May 2018 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

LFCCM 2017

• Solemn Mass on Sunday 7 May 2017 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater
• “Mors et Resurrexit”: The Sarum Consort with Kin Collective on Saturday 13 May 2017 at St George’s Bloomsbury
• Solemn Mass on Sunday 14 May 2017 at St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater

Recorded performances by Alastair Carey

Festival commissionCall for Scores submissionWorld premiereUK premiereLondon premiere

LFCCM 2023

• Agnus Deifrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Ronald Corp
• Ave verum corpus David Bednall
• Benedictusfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius David McGregor
• Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life Chris Hutchings
• Deus Caritas Est Michał Malec
• Ego sum panis vivus Philip Moore
• Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Jonathan Wikeley, Janet Wheeler, Tim Ambler
• Jesus has been taken up to heaven Michael Wolniakowski
• Kyrie Eleisonfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Bernard Hughes, Joshua Ballance
• O sacrum convivium George Haynes
• Pater Noster Edmund Jolliffe
• Prayer of Humble Access Rodney Lister
• Quomodo cantabimus Michael Finnissy
• Sanctusfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Paul Ayres
• Surrexit Pastor bonus Gregory Rose

LFCCM 2022

• Ave Maria Edmund Jolliffe
• God Be in My Head Richard Nye
• Sub tuum praesidium Aurélien Hallopeau

LFCCM 2021

• Ave Regina caelorum Phillip Cooke
• Christ be with me Michael Wolniakowski
• Elegy Phillip Cooke
• The Lord is my Shepherd Łukasz Urbaniak

LFCCM 2019

• A Prayer to the Sacrament of the Altar Nathan James
• Dominus illuminatio mea Marek Raczyński
• God so loved the world David Barton