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
- Agnus Deifrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- All Bells in Paradise Stephen Dodgson
- 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
- Benedictusfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- Breathe on me, breath of God Christopher Upton
- 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
- Exsultet Phillip Cooke
- Factus est repente Sarah Cattley
- Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Jonathan Wikeley, Janet Wheeler, Tim Ambler
- Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- Gobaith Derri Joseph Lewis
- God Be in My Head Richard Nye
- God be in my head Ronald Corp
- 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
- Jesus, Be My Shepherd Keith Robert Weise
- Joyful, we adore Thee Douglas Pew
- Kyrie Eleisonfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Bernard Hughes, Joshua Ballance
- Kyrie Eleisonfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- 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
- Manete in me Daniele Croce
- 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
- Nunc Dimittisfrom Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Stephen Dodgson
- 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
- Rejoice, exsultare Julian Jarvis
- Risen High Priest Julian Jarvis
- Rosa Mysticafrom Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Benjamin Britten
- Sanctusfrom Missa Brevis pro Baccalarius Christopher Batchelor, Paul Ayres
- Sanctusfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- Save Us, O Son of God Tim Ambler
- Set me as a Seal Edward-Rhys Harry
- Shards of Heaven Mary Offer
- 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 Near Alexander McNamee
- The Lord is my Shepherd Łukasz Urbaniak
- The Lord is my Shepherd Lennox Berkeley
- The Lord’s Prayerfrom St Magnus Responses William Petter
- The Psalmfrom In Wilde America Stephen Dodgson
- The Sower Benjamin Shute
- There is a Flower Jessica Macfarlane
- This Worldes Joie Alastair Putt
- Totus tuus Henryk Górecki
- Ubi Caritas Christopher Mortlock
- Veni Sancte Spiritus Leoš Janáček
- Veterem hominem renovans Daniele Croce
- 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
- Composer Workshop on Sunday 12 May 2024 at Hampstead Parish Church
- Compline on Monday 13 May 2024 at All Saints Church, Fulham
- “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
LFCCM 2024
- A New Earth Mary Offer
- Agnus Deifrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- All Bells in Paradise Stephen Dodgson
- And I saw a New Heaven Edmund Jolliffe
- Ave Verum Corpus Dominic McGonigal
- Be Still, My Soul Alison Willis
- Benedictusfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- Christus resurgens Phillip Cooke
- Come Down, O Love Divine Charles West
- Dhammapada Ronald Corp
- Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- God be in my head Ronald Corp
- I Got Me Flowers Rodney Lister
- If Ye Love Me Anthony Mosakowski
- Jesus, Be My Shepherd Keith Robert Weise
- Kyrie Eleisonfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- 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
- Manete in me Daniele Croce
- Nunc Dimittisfrom Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Stephen Dodgson
- O Oriens David McGregor
- O magnum mysterium Alastair Putt
- Pascha Nostrum Łukasz Urbaniak
- Psallite Domino Will Sims
- Rejoice, exsultare Julian Jarvis
- Sanctusfrom Missa Brevis Stephen Dodgson
- Save Us, O Son of God Tim Ambler
- Set me as a Seal Edward-Rhys Harry
- Shards of Heaven Mary Offer
- Thanks be to God Michael Wolniakowski
- The Lord is Near Alexander McNamee
- There is a Flower Jessica Macfarlane
- This Worldes Joie Alastair Putt
- Ubi Caritas Christopher Mortlock
- Veterem hominem renovans Daniele Croce
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