Richard Dunster-Sigtermans. Christmas Night received its Scottish premiere on 14 December 2011 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh performed by the Dollar Academy Combined School Choirs. His setting of the St John Passion is an hour-long work premiered by Wells Cathedral Choir in 2013. It follows the format established by Bach, with the story narrated in recitative by a tenor evangelist interspersed with interjections from the chorus (as the crowd) and from Pilate and Jesus, the whole being interleaved with chorales and meditations sung by the choir. Many of the chorales are new settings of popular hymns. In 2016, his piece "Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda" premiered at picfest in Eugene, Oregon. Chilcott conducted the festival choir and the accompanying instrumentalists the Yellowjackets. His Christmas Oratorio was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival and first performed in Gloucester Cathedral on 1 August 2019. Conductor and music administrator Chilcott was the conductor of the chorus at the Royal College of Music in London for seven years, and is Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers. He is also President of Southend Boys' Choir, a choir from Southend-on-Sea which regularly performs at London venues such as the Royal Albert Hall. Chilcott currently conducts the Birmingham University Singers, one of three auditioned choirs at the University of Birmingham. References External links Bob Chilcott website Bob Chilcott Allmusic Bob Chilcott RIAS Kammerchor Bob Chilcott singers.com 1955 births Living people 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians British male conductors (music) English composers English choral conductors English tenors Choral composers Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge Choristers of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge The King's Singers members People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood