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  David Wigram Boy Soprano Soloist 
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David Wigram David Wigram is Head Chorister at St. Peter's Church, St. Albans, and BBC Radio 2 Choirboy of the Year 1999. He was chosen, together with Sumudu Jayatilaka, to sing the solo in the World Premiere of Sir John Tavener's "A New Beginning" at the Millennium Dome on December 31st 1999, just before midnight. He has been a member of St. Peter's choir since the age of six and frequently performs as treble soloist in sacred works including Allegri's "Miserere" and Mendelssohn's "Hear my Prayer", from which he has recorded the solo "O for the Wings of a Dove".

David's singing repertoire extends into theatre and concerts. His interest in more dramatic roles began at school when, at the age of nine, he took the role of Pharaoh in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Subsequently, he performed as singer and dancer with the Fonteyn Theatre Group and won critical acclaim in 1997 for his portrayal of the title role in Menotti's opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" with St. Albans Chamber Opera. He made his professional debut with Almeida Opera in the principal role as Boy in the World Premiere of Roderick Watkins' opera "The Juniper Tree" at the Munich Biennale Festival, subsequently performing it in London . He has sung principal roles with English National Opera as the Shepherd Boy in "Tosca", First Spirit in "The Magic Flute", and Fyodor in "Boris Godunov", with Teatro Lirico in Sardinia as Miles in Britten's "The Turn of the Screw", and currently as Yniold in Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" with the ENO.

Concert appearances include two charity concerts at the Royal Naval College Chapel in Greenwich, Soprano Knabe in Mahler's "Das Klagende Lied" in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall, London, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and the Fairfield Hall, Croydon.

David, who is thirteen years old, studies singing with Phyl Swindlehurst, and has been awarded many prizes at local music festivals including three awards as most promising young singer. He is a pupil at Beaumont School and a member of the Hertfordshire Schools Symphony Orchestra. With St Peter's choir, he has toured in Great Britain and France and played in goal for their medal-winning football team. When not singing, David enjoys studying piano, saxophone, viola and drums, playing jazz and chamber music, and also playing tennis, basketball and football. — Lammas Records
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See a Video Clip of David singing "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" with Michelle Grogan, Choirgirl of the Year 1999

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full  
David Wigram - Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings (Lammas LAMM 120D, CD) 2000
Featuring David Wigram  
  1.   Here I am, Lord   Dan Schutte 4.09
  2.   O rest in the Lord (L)   Felix Mendelssohn 3.21
  3.   Ave Maria   Simon Lindley 2.33
  4.   Ave verum corpus   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2.37
  5.   Count your blessings   Reginald Morgan 2.51
  6.   Hear my prayer   Felix Mendelssohn 6.01
  7.   The little road to Bethlehem   Michael Head 3.13
  8.   Be still, for the presence of the Lord   David Evans arr. Norman Warren 2.28
  9.   The Ash Grove   Welsh Trad. arr. Tony Wigram
10.   Lead me Lord   Samuel Sebastian Wesley 2.15
11.   Ave Maria   J.S. Bach arr. Charles Gounod 2.29
12.   God be in my head   Henry Walford Davies 1.28
13.   All things bright and beautiful   John Rutter 3.01
14.   Panis Angelicus   Cesar Franck 3.56
15.   Sun of my soul   Herbert Oakley 3.34
16.   Sleep song (from Hansel and Gretel)   Engelbert Humperdinck 1.42
17.   Walking in the air (from The Snowman)   Howard Blake 3.22
18.   Ave verum corpus   Edward Elgar 2.32
19.   Pie Jesu (from the Requiem Mass)   Gabriel Faure 3.16
20.   Brother James' Air (Psalm 23)   James Leith Macbeth Bain 3.49
21.   Bless this house   May H. Brahe 2.23
22.   The Lord bless you and keep you   John Rutter 2.24
Available at   Lammas Music
Other Recordings Compact | Full  
David Wigram - We Praise The O God
We Praise The O God (Lammas LAMM023D, CD) 1997
Featuring St. Peter's Church, St Albans   Peter Crawford   Edward Muhley   Tim Webb   David Wigram  
Choir and Congregation directed by Christopher Muhley with Nicholas Robinson (Organ)
  1.   Te Deum Laudamus In F (Ireland)  
  2.   Christ Triumphant, Ever Reigning (Barnard)   Hymn sung by Congregation,Choir and their Girls Choir
  3.   My Soul There Is A Country (Parry)  
  4.   Litany To The Holy Spirit (Hurford)   (Sung by the Girls Choir only)
  5.   Save Us O Lord, Waking (Bairstow)  
  6.   Agnus Dei-From Messe Solonelle (Langlais)  
  7.   Magnificat In G (Stanford)   Soloist Peter Crawford (Treble)
  8.   Benedicite In B Flat (Sumsion)  
  9.   Christ Be Beside Me (Muhley)   Hymn sung by Congregation,Choir and their Girls Choir
10.   Blessed Be The God And Father (Wesley)  
11.   Lord Let Me Know Mine End (Greene)   Soloists Tim Webb and Edward Muhley (Trebles)
12.   Away In A Manger (arr Muhley)  
13.   Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn)   Soloists Hear My Prayer-Peter Crawford O For The Wings Of A Dove -David Wigram
14.   Star Candles (Head)   (Sung by the Girls Choir Only)
15.   The Fair Chivalry (Ashfield)  
16.   St Peter's Bells  
Available at   St. Peter's Church Send your address and a cheque for £7 to mail@stpeterschurch.uk.com 01727 855485
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