Current Season

Autumn 2009

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1

London Concert Choir 50th Anniversary Concert

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
with two pianos and percussion
Erica Eloff soprano
Andrew Radley counter-tenor
William Berger baritone

and English and American Music of the last 50 years

Tickets £25, £20, £16, £12 Box Office (020) 7730 4500 or http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=1074

The choir launches its 50th Anniversary Season with Carmina Burana (songs of Beuern) in which Orff set the verses of a roving band of medieval clerics, celebrating the coming of spring, the pleasures of the tavern and the delights of love. Framed by the famous appeal to Destiny - 'O Fortuna', the work's exuberance and sensuality, simple melodies and driving rhythms have ensured its lasting popularity.

The concert begins with a sequence of unaccompanied choral music from the last 50 years by English and American composers, including William Walton, John Tavener and Morten Lauridsen.

Christmas 2009

Saturday 5 December 2009
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2

James McVinnie organ

4.00pm: Family Christmas Carols
Tickets £12; under-16s £6

7.30pm: Advent Carols by Candlelight
Tickets £28, £24, £20, £14, £7

Box Office for both concerts: (020) 7766 1100 or http://www.smitf.org

Wednesday 16 December 2009, 7.45pm
St Columba’s Church, Pont Street, SW1

Carols for Choir and Audience

James McVinnie organ

This concert is being given in conjunction with West London Action for Children.

Tickets £15; under-16s £5
LCC Box Office (020) 7937 7540

Spring 2010

Wednesday 31 March 2010, 8.00pm
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, EC2

Britten: War Requiem

Janice Watson soprano
Adrian Thompson tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
with Southbank Sinfonia

Tickets £26, £22, £18, £13, £7
Box Office: (020) 7638 8891 or http://www.barbican.org.uk

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem was first performed in 1962 to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, built after the medieval cathedral had been destroyed in World War II. Britten's masterstroke was to interweave the Latin text of the Mass for the Dead with the uncompromisingly realistic poetry of Wilfred Owen, who was killed in action in November 1918. The Mass is sung by the soprano soloist and choir, while the words of Owen's soldiers are given to the tenor and baritone soloists. The result is a timeless and profoundly moving commentary on 'War and the pity of War'.

Summer 2010

Friday 21 May 2010, 7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2

Italian Night

Tickets £24, £20, £16, £10, £6
Box Office: (020) 7766 1100 or http://www.smitf.org

An evening of choral music by Italian composers from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Thursday 8 July 2010, 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1

Beethoven: Mass in C
and
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Overture: Leonore No. 3
Finale from Fidelio

with Counterpoint period instrumental ensemble
Soloists to be confirmed

Tickets £25, £20, £16, £12 Box Office: (020) 7730 4500, www.cadoganhall.com