In November, CML performed an intriguing programme of music inspired by birds, including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, featuring Brodsky quartet violinist Ian Belton. The concert marked a return to Temple church for the choir, and was rapturously received by a packed house. Continue Reading
CML’s summer concert featured Romantic choral music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms in a new venue: St Gabriel’s Church in Pimlico. Stay tuned for details of the choir’s next concert, Bird/Song, in November at Temple Church. Audience reaction ‘An absolute joy. We enjoyed the programme of Romantic music and the changes of texture with different… Continue Reading
Another packed house for CML on 3 May, for the choir’s stirring performance of Bach’s masterpiece at St James’s, Clerkenwell. Stylish performances from all four soloists Eloise Irving, Martha McLorinan, Simon Wall and Tristan Hambleton, accompanied by a fine orchestra of Baroque instrumentalists produced a standing ovation at the end of a memorable evening. On… Continue Reading
This February Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir celebrated Valentine’s a day early with a special midweek concert featuring an eclectic collection of love songs spanning six centuries. Choral music by Lassus, Victoria, Mendelssohn, and Whitacre combined with popular favourites by Gershwin, Leiber and Stoller and Billy Joel in a programme illustrating the agony and… Continue Reading
This autumn, CML returned to St Stephen’s, Gloucester Road for a concert featuring Leonard Bernstein’s famous Chichester Psalms. November 23 saw the choir, alongside an illustrious array of instrumentalists, perform the American composer’s spectacular work, alongside choral music by an eclectic roll-call of modern composers, to the delight of an appreciative audience. ‘Everything about this… Continue Reading
Saturday July 6 saw Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir perform choral music from the Sistine Chapel in the elegant surroundings of St Peter’s Church in Eaton Square. And judging by the audience comments below, the performance was enthusiastically received! ‘Lovely relaxing choral music . Just closed my eyes and listened . Good singing in… Continue Reading
