London Voices Terry Edwards chorusmaster
London Voices was founded in 1981 by Terry Edwards and is now co-directed by Terry Edwards and Ben Parry. Terry Edwards was Director of the Chorus at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1992–2004, and Ben Parry is currently Director of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. London Voices draws on the pool of talented freelance professional solo, consort and choral singers who live in and around the capital, selecting the most suitable team for each project. Recent engagements have been as varied as the world premiere of Stockhausen’s opera Mittwoch, the first performances in China of Britten’s Peter Grimes and War Requiem, and a Bach/Reich programme at the 2016 Aldeburgh and Strasbourg festivals. The choir has a discography of over 200 recordings including recital discs with Angela Gheorghiu, Luciano Pavarotti and Bryn Terfel; works by 20th- and 21stcentury composers including John Adams (El Niño), Luciano Berio (Sinfonia), György Ligeti (the complete a cappella works), and Paul McCartney (Ecce Cor Meum); and large-scale choral works conducted by worldfamous names including Sir Georg Solti, Bernard Haitink and Sir Simon Rattle. London Voices has become the number one choir of choice for film soundtracks recorded in the UK: titles include Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Captain America, Beauty and the Beast and Doctor Strange. 16 | London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sopranos Ildiko Allen, Amy Carson, Elizabeth Drury, Cheryl Enever, Caroline Fitzgerald, Rachel Godsill, Alice Gribbon, Ruth Kerr, Philippa Murray, Christina Sampson, Rosalind Waters, Amy Wood Altos Amy Blythe, Helen Brookes, Tamsin Dalley, Amanda Dean, Alexandra Gibson, Vanessa Heine, Carmel de Jager, Susan Marrs, Melanie Sanders Tenors Richard Eteson, Peter Harris, Simon Haynes, Matthew Howard, Nicholas Keay, Norbert Meyn, Henry Moss, Julian Alexander Smith, Gareth Treseder, Andrew Walters, Richard Edgar Wilson* Basses Nicholas Ashby, Thomas Barnard, Neil Bellingham, John Evanson, Nicholas Garrett**, Christopher Jay Neale, Adrian Peacock, Simon Preece, Lawrence White, Jonathon Wood * First Prisoner ** Second Prisoner