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Parry's Prometheus Unbound in new release
Sep 2023
Crouch End Festival Chorus joined the London Mozart Players, soprano Sarah Fox, mezzo Dame Sarah Connolly, tenor David Butt Philip and baritone Neal Davies under the baton of William Vann to make a world première recording of Sir Charles Hubert H Parry’s early work Scenes from Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound.
Commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival, in Gloucester in 1880, the première received a mixed reception, but despite
Choir is monumental in BBC Proms performance
Aug 2023
"The choir sounded truly monumental"...."The movement was sung with unflinching confidence allied to parade ground precision."
This was the resounding praise from two separate reviews of Crouch End Festival Chorus' appearance at the BBC Proms on July 31 2023.
In rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall. Picture: Rhonwen Jones
The choir joined up with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales for a performance of John
Harmonium Prom
Apr 2023
Crouch End Festival Chorus will make its seventeenth appearance at the BBC Proms on Monday 31 July when it will join the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Ryan Bancroft in a pe
Twenty two concerts in 2022
Dec 2022
Crouch End Festival Chorus singers enjoyed the busiest year of the choir's 38-year history in 2022 with 22 concerts, in three cities, and 10 recording sessions involving a vastly eclectic range of mus
Choir makes triumphant Proms return
Jul 2022
Crouch End Festival Chorus returned to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 15 July for the first night of the 2022 BBC Proms. The choir had previously sung at the first night in 2010
Young conductors Klaudia and Daniel
Jun 2022
Two talented young musicians who are passionate about conducting will join us from September 2022 on the third year of our Young Conductors Mentoring Scheme. Seven musicians, shortlisted fro