About the choir

The Choir began life in 1960 as the Brompton Choral Society; since that time it has continued to grow in size and ambition and now has more than 100 members of a wide range of ages. London Concert Choir gives concerts and has made guest appearances at all the major London concert venues and has sung in cathedrals and other churches in and around London as well as touring to France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Ireland.

A hallmark of London Concert Choir has always been its diverse repertoire. Recent seasons have featured Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt and the London première of a reconstruction of Mozart's great C minor Mass with the Counterpoint ensemble, as well as rarely-heard unaccompanied settings of the Russian Orthodox liturgy by Gretchaninov and Tchaikovsky. Performances of major choral works of the 19th and 20th centuries have included Verdi's Requiem, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony - all with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the South Bank. Also with the RPO, the Choir has sung the Brahms German Requiem at the Barbican and has jointly presented 'Spirit of Christmas' concerts in the Cadogan Hall.

The Choir has performed concert versions of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and highlights from the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and over the years has commissioned a number of works from contemporary composers. London Concert Choir regularly gives performances for charity, including an annual carol concert at Leatherhead for SeeAbility.