Hilary Davan Wetton

His discography also includes the Holst Choral Symphony, with the Guildford Choral Society and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which won the Diapason d'Or, and several recordings with the City of London Choir, including Flowers of the Field with the London Mozart Players (number two in the Classical Charts for eight consecutive weeks) and The Nation's Favourite Carols - with the RPO - which reached number one in the Chart.

In 1991 he conducted for the French company Ballet du Nord, the first ever danced version of Mozart's Requiem in a double bill with Stravinsky's Apollo at London's Sadlers Wells Theatre.

For 25 years, he directed the Classical Roadshow, which commissioned a wide range of works for performance by massed children's groups with professional orchestras and narrators.

He introduced and conducted the Classic FM Masterclass programme from 1989 to 1994, as well as teaching Jo Brand the organ for the BBC1 series Play it Again.

He has made recordings with the Military Wives Choirs the 2018 disc, Remember was created to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.