London Philharmonic Choir Patron HRH Princess Alexandra | President Sir Mark Elder | Artistic Director Neville Creed Accompanist Jonathan Beatty | Chairman Ian Frost | Choir Manager Tessa Bartley
Founded in 1947, the London Philharmonic Choir is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest choirs, consistently meeting with great critical acclaim. It has performed under leading international conductors for more than 65 years and made numerous recordings for CD, radio and television. Enjoying a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir frequently joins it for concerts in the UK and abroad. As part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise festival, the Choir performed Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat and Berlin Mass, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar), Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, Britten’s War Requiem, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time and John Adams’s El Niño. In early 2014 the Choir performed Julian Anderson’s Alleluia – which it premiered at the reopening of Royal Festival Hall in 2007 – and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Vladimir Jurowski, repeating the latter at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris. In November 2014 the Choir was delighted to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 under the Orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and looks forward to performances of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass this season.
Sopranos Annette Argent, Hilary Bates, Catherine Boxall, Hannah Boyce, Anisoara Brinzei, Laura Buntine, Whitney Burdge, Olivia Carter, Paula Chessell, Emily Clarke, Emma Craven, Sarah Deane-Cutler, Victoria Denard, Lucy Doig, Jessica Eucker, Rachel Gibbon,Jane Goddard, Anna Greco, Emma Hancox, Sally Harrison, Carolyn Hayman, Louisa Hungate, Laura Hunt, Georgina Kaim, Mai Kikkawa, Jenni Kilvert, Judith Kistner, Olivia Knibbs, Clare Lovett, Natasha Maslova, Janey Maxwell, Alexandra May, Meg McClure Tynan, Adi McCrea, Carmel Oliver, Lydia Pearson, Marie Power , Kathryn Quinton, Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh, Rebecca Schendel, Cathy Stockall, Susan Thomas, Susan Watts, Charlotte Wielgut Altos Deirdre Ashton, Sally Brien, Andrei Caracoti, Noel Chow, Yvonne Cohen, Sheila Cox, Fiona Duffy-Farrell, Andrea Easey, Carmel Edmonds, Romaine Gerber, Kathryn Gilfoy, Henrietta Hammonds, Kristi Jagodin, Charlotte Kingston, Andrea Lane, Emma MacDonald, Lisa MacDonald, Ayla Mansur, Michelle
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The Choir appears regularly at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and performances have included the UK premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s A Relic of Memory and Goldie’s Sine Tempore in the Evolution! Prom. The Choir performed at the Doctor Who Proms in 2008, 2010 and 2013, and in 2011 appeared in Verdi’s Requiem, Liszt’s A Faust Symphony and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. In 2012 it performed Elgar’s The Apostles with Sir Mark Elder and Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi under Martyn Brabbins. Last year’s Proms season included Walton’s Henry V with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and John Hurt under Sir Neville Marriner, who at 90 years old now holds the record as the oldest conductor to lead a Proms concert. A well-travelled choir, it has visited numerous European countries and appeared in Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Perth, Australia. Members of the Choir performed Weill’s The Threepenny Opera in Paris, with a repeat performance in London. In 2012 and 2014 it appeared at the Touquet International Music Masters Festival in France, performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mozart’s Requiem. The Choir prides itself on achieving first-class performances from its members, who are volunteers from all walks of life. For more information, including details about how to join, please visit lpc.org.uk
Marple, Sophie Morrison, Rachel Murray, Angela Pascoe, Carolyn Saunders, Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg, Catherine Travers, Susi Underwood, Jenny Watson, Philippa Winstanley Tenors Scott Addison, David Aldred, Geir Andreassen, Chris Beynon, Kevin Darnell, Fred Fisher, Iain Handyside, Stephen Hodges, Patrick Hughes, Tony Masters, Knut Olav Rygnestad, Keith Saunders, Jaka Škapin, Owen Toller, Martin Yates Basses Martyn Atkins, Geoff Clare, John Clay, Bill Cumber, Phillip Dangerfield, Marcus Daniels, Leander Diener, Paul Fincham, Ian Frost, Christopher Gadd, Nick Hennell-Foley, Mark Hillier, Stephen Hines, David Hodgson, Martin Hudson, Steve Kirby, Anthony McDonald, John D Morris, John G Morris, Rob Northcott, Will Parsons, Johan Pieters, Mike Probert, Jonathan Riley, John Salmon, Ed Smith, Daniel Snowman, Tom Stevenson, Alex Thomas, James Torniainen, Hin-Yan Wong, John Wood