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After 17 years as director of music, Stephen Layton is to leave Trinity College Cambridge to pursue his guest-conducting career <\/p>

By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Stephen Layton<\/strong><\/a> MBE has announced that he is to leave Trinity College Cambridge after 17 years as fellow and director of music. He will be devoting more time to his international guest-conducting career.<\/p>\n

Layton\u2019s final concerts with the choir will be on a tour to Germany in summer 2023, where they will perform the Durufl\u00e9 Requiem<\/em> in six concerts, including at Frankfurt Cathedral.<\/p>\n

His guest-conducting in the coming weeks includes returning to Sydney Opera House to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducting the annual Bach St John Passion<\/strong><\/a> with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and, after Easter, returning to The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, with Polyphony and Britten Sinfonia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Under Layton\u2019s directorship, the Choir of Trinity College become celebrated for its exploration of new choral works and synonymous with paving the way for young professional singers.<\/p>\n

A history of Cambridge mixed choirs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn 2012, the Choir earned a Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance for Beyond All Mortal Dreams<\/em>, released on the Hyperion label. Trinity\u2019s wide-ranging concert, touring and recording repertoire, including the Bach B Minor Mass<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and Bach Christmas Oratorio<\/em><\/strong><\/a> with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, culminated in the acclaimed 2023 recording and film of the Durufl\u00e9 Requiem<\/em> in Paris\u2019s St Eustache.<\/p>\n\nIn 2012, Layton pioneered the audio live-streaming form, and in 2019 he launched video livestreams, taking every note of Trinity Choir\u2019s music to audiences around the world.<\/p>\nStephen Layton said: \u2018The time has come for me to move on from Trinity College Cambridge and pursue my own guest-conducting career, something I have always hoped to do.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/worlds-best-choirs\/"\">Ten best choirs in the world<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u2018It has been a joy and an exceptional privilege to work with The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge for so many years. Beyond the services, discography, technological advances and touring successes, it is the students who form the major part of my legacy: those members of this extraordinarily gifted group who changed the nature of a \u2018college choir\u2019 into a leading artistic professional beacon on the world stage.<\/p>\n\u2018I warmly wish them rich success for the future and I know that they will go from strength to strength.\u2019<\/p>\nLayton\u2019s guest-conducting career will see him continue to tour the world each season, working with leading choirs, orchestras, and composers. His interpretations have been heard from Sydney Opera House to the Concertgebouw, from Tallinn to S\u00e3o Paolo, and his recordings have won or been nominated for every major international recording award.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/the-best-cathedral-and-abbey-choirs-across-the-uk\/"\">The best cathedral and abbey choirs across the UK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe conductor boasts five Grammy nominations in all, together with the Diapason d\u2019Or de l\u2019Ann\u00e9e in France, the Echo Klassik award in Germany, the Spanish CD compact award and Australia\u2019s Limelight Recording of the Year.<\/p>\nStephen Layton has introduced a wide range of choral works to the UK and the rest of the world, thanks to his close associations with established composers including <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/five-essential-works-arvo-p-rt\/"\">Arvo 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