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David Gostick
David Gostick’s relationship with Medici Choir began in the summer of 2003, and he has conducted several major performances with us. In 2019 he took on the role of Musical Director, launching with a rousing performance of Elijah before the pandemic struck. After a year and a half of keeping singers’ spirits up at home, he was delighted to return to the concert platform with the group. Together they have performed repertoire as diverse as Handel Judas Maccabeus, Bach St John Passion, Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits and Todd Mass in Blue. A particular highlight was the colossal Verdi Requiem, featuring two of his choirs.
David’s busy conducting career encompasses choral, operatic and orchestral work. He is conductor of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Dorset’s leading chamber choir, with a strong reputation for contemporary music. With the Portsmouth Choral Union and Southern Pro Musica he has recently made the first recording of Samuel Wesley’s masterpiece Confitebor Tibi, Domine. He has led the same forces through significant repertoire such as Berlioz Te Deum, Britten War Requiem and Elgar Dream of Gerontius. Having spent 13 years directing the cathedral-style choir of men and children at Wimborne Minster, he now works at St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield. London’s oldest extant church, St Bart’s boasts a professional choir and exceptional high church liturgy and music.
Outside the choral world David has worked with opera companies including Dorset Opera, OperaUpClose, CoOperaCo and British Youth Opera, with orchestras such as Bristol Ensemble, Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, Bournemouth Philharmonic, Salisbury Sinfonia and Salisbury Baroque, and as a collaborative pianist. He holds a PhD from the University of Southampton on provincial music making in the 18th Century, including the influence of Handel’s oratorios.
