As part of the Exon Singers' 50th anniversary, this concert presents favourites from the last 50 years, including The Turtle Dove, Byrd’s Sing Joyfully and Duruflé’s Ubi caritas, with some of the best loved works commissioned from Festival Composers-in-Residence.
Handel's brilliant Dixit Dominus will be conducted by the Exon Singers President David Hill, with soprano Katharine Fuge; in the first half Richard Wilberforce conducts Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra in Vivaldi's famous La Notte Flute Concerto with Jaymee Coonjobeeharry, Bach's joyous Lobet den Herrn and Scarlatti's beautiful Stabat Mater.
Epiphoni perform a selection of music from their forthcoming Great Fire of London concert, marking its 350th anniversary, together with a preview of music by David Bednall from their forthcoming CD. For more details see https://www.epiphoni.org.uk/event/out-of-the-ashes-2/.
Bach, Schubert, Mozart and more as Pegasus opens the 2016 Brandenburg Choral Festival of London’s autumn series with a one-hour concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields church. For more information see http://pegasuschoir.org.uk/event/meditation-at-st-martins/.
7:30 pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016 St James' Church, Prebend Street, Islington Choral masterpieces from across the centuries combine to tell the story of the Great Fire of London, marking its 350th anniversary, and the rebuild that followed. Part of the Islington Proms season, and featuring music by Morley, Byrd, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart, Bainton, Bairstow and Parry. With excerpts […]
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Andrew Staples tenor Carole Bouquet narrator Philharmonia Voices choir Tiffin Boys' Choir choir Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Andrew Staples tenor Carole Bouquet narrator Philharmonia Voices choir Tiffin Boys' Choir choir STRAVINSKY Orpheus STRAVINSKY Apollon musagète -interval- STRAVINSKY Perséphone This concert explores Stravinsky’s fascination with classical mythology. Music of great subtlety and exquisite beauty, […]
British conductor Edward Gardner, formerly Music Director of English National Opera, channels the combined forces of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Rodolfus Choir and Philharmonia Voices for Verdi’s epic Requiem. Written for his dear friend, writer Alessandro Manzoni, Verdi’s Requiem is explosive, an otherworldly drama powered by emotional intensity, haunted by offstage trumpets and bass drum thunder. […]
Following the popular and critical acclaim of Ex Cathedra's Brazilian Adventures CD, we return to the music of this vast, enchanting country, with a programme of elegant music from Ouro Preto, and including a major, Christmas work by one of Brazil’s most important 18th-century composers Castro Lobo's Matinas de Natal. The concert is being performed in Birmingham's beautiful historic […]
The Locrian Ensemble perform Christmas classics from Christmas Oratorio excerpts to 'Walking in the Air' from the Snowman and jazzy Christmas numbers as part of their yearly Christmas celebration alongside carols sung by the Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs at the beautiful St Martin-in-the-Fields. More details and tickets
A festive concert of Christmas music at the beautiful St George's Hanover Square. The event is MCed by Radio 3's Petroch Trelawney.