*1958 GB, London
Conductor of Classical
English conductor, specialized in choir music (born in London, 1958). Halsey has worked with orchestras and choirs all over the world, from 2001 to 2015 was the leader of the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Since season 2016-2017 he is the Artistic Director of the chorusses of Palau De La Música Catalana, in Barcelona, and the Chorus Master of Orfeó Català. He is a founding member of the choir European Voices
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Symphony No. 10 | Peter Maxwell Davies, Andrzej Panufnik - Antonio Pappano, Markus Butter, Simon Halsey, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2015 | Album |
German Requiem | Johannes Brahms, Valery Gergiev, Sally Matthews, Christopher Maltman, Simon Halsey, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2014 | Album |
There Was A Child | Jonathan Dove, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Joan Rodgers, Toby Spence, Simon Halsey | 2012 | Album |
Favourite Hymns | City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 2009 | Album |
Simple Gifts | Benjamin Britten • Aaron Copland • Samuel Barber • Sir Michael Tippett • Randall Thompson – Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey, Philip Mayers | 2006 | Album |
XL Choral Works For 40 Voices | Thomas Tallis • Antony Pitts • Henry Purcell • Zoltán Kodály • Jonathan Harvey • Sven-David Sandström • Dieter Schnebel, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey | 2005 | Album |
The Prodigal Son | Benjamin Britten -- City Of Birmingham Touring Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Simon Halsey | 1998 | Album |
Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands • Motets • Partsongs | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1995 | Compil. |
Petite Messe Solennelle | Gioacchino Rossini, Helen Field, Anne-Marie Owens, Edmund Barham, John Tomlinson, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, The Markham and Nettle Piano Duo, Peter King, Simon Halsey | 1990 | Album |
Classic Hymns | City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1989 | Album |
From The Bavarian Highlands / Dirge And Hymeneal / The Evening Watch · Sing Me The Men / Five Partsongs Op. 12 | Sir Edward Elgar / Gustav Holst - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey, Richard Markham | 1987 | Album |
Partsongs / Folksongs For Chorus / Songs From 'The Jungle Book' | Frederick Delius, Percy Grainger, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | Album |