Peter Fender

The power of independent hands
January 04, 2023

Peter will be leading a new online sessions for conductors entitled 'The power of independant hands'. This free session will take place, online, on Tuesday 24 January 2023, 19.00-20.00 (GMT), and is for anyone who conducts an orchestra, choir or band ...

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What is Christmas without Messiah?
December 13, 2022

For me, Christmas would be really lacking something without Handel's Messiah! And I know I'm not the only one who thinks that! But because the text of Messiah takes in Easter too it could just as easily be Easter that is the traditional time to perform the piece ...

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Singing weekend in Kent
October 13, 2022

Peter has been asked to lead a singing weekend in the lovely town of Lydd in Kent, 24-26 February next year (starting 4.30pm on the 24th, finishing c.4.30 on the 26th). The repertoire to be sung will be music by women composers ...

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Autumn concert season
September 13, 2022

Peter is conducting a number of concerts this Autumn, and also has the première of his major new composition: 21st Century Requiem. The Requiem will be performed alongside the Mozart Requiem on Saturday 29 October ...

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New Requiem
August 22, 2022

Peter is beavering away to complete his '21st Century Requiem', which will be given its première on Saturday 29 October in London. Writing a Requiem (even a relatively short one) is quite a job ...

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More Bach to come ...
June 14, 2022

For many years I have found the music of JS Bach to be the most sublime and moving music that I have ever experienced. I'm lucky to have been able to play and conduct quite a number of his works. But until recently I'd never read a biography of Bach ...

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Concerts are re-starting ...
February 11, 2022

The Covid situation has improved markedly of late, and all types concerts have been getting going again. What a relief! Peter is delighted that his performance of Bach's St John Passion will take place on Good Friday (15 April) in ...

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Another Lie
December 16, 2021

A studio recording of Peter's recent composition 'Another Lie', after it's première in London in November, has been released today! Based on a video by Peter Stefanovic, it centres around certain pronouncements by Boris Johnson ...

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