Commissions

Commissions

Crouch End Festival Chorus has a rich legacy of commissions

2022: Cassie To Songs of the Reef

2021: Jessica Curry Echo

2019: Ian Lawson 'From the heart – may it return to the heart!'

2018: Bernard Hughes Revelation Window

2018: Ryan Latimer Frigates & Follies

2017: Laura Bowler navigating the dog watch

2015: Roland Perrin Lansky: The Mob’s Money Man

2014: Murray Gold when my brother fell into the river... 

2014: Will Todd Rage Against the Dying of the Light

2014: Bernard Hughes Salve Regina 

2014: James McCarthy Malala

2012: James McCarthy 17 Days 

2009: Roland Perrin Heaven on Earth 

2009: Matthew Ferraro The Tension of Opposites

2004: Orlando Gough Shift 

2001: Bedford The City and the Stars

2000: Joby Talbot The Same Dog

1998: Robert Hugill Here Be Angels 

1998: Paul Patterson Hell’s Angels 

1997: Joby Talbot Finding Silence

1994: Bedford I Am Going Home with Thee 

1994: Simon Bainbridge Herbsttag 

1994: Sally Beamish Love is Leaping 

1993: John Woolrich Far From Home 

1990: Howard Haigh Saeta 

1985: Ian Lawrence African Hodie

 

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Hear extracts of our recordings

J.S. Bach: St John Passion

Ennio Morricone: The Mission: On Earth as it is in Heaven

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Concerts and events

Concert artwork for Elijah 2024
26October
Mendelssohn's Elijah
6pm  -  Alexandra Palace Theatre, Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY
Crouch End Festival Chorus celebrate their 40th anniversary with Mendelssohn’s Elijah, one of the greatest oratorios of all time.
Sir Bryn Terfel
1December
Mendelssohn's Elijah
6pm  -  Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ
Crouch End Festival Chorus join the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in the Sheldonian Theatre to perform Mendelssohn's Elijah.
Home Alone still from the movie
7December
Home Alone live in concert
2:30pm & 7:30pm  -  Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP
This beloved festive favourite features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture.
King's College Cambridge Choristers
20December
Christmas with King's
7.30pm  -  Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge herald the Christmas season, joined on stage by the superb Crouch End Festival Chorus
CEFC Christmas
21December
Sing Christmas!
4pm and 7.30pm  -  St Michael's Church, South Grove, London N6 6BJ
Two concerts of Christmas favourites presented by Crouch End Festival Chorus.
Verdi
25January
Verdi Requiem
7pm  -  Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ
World-class soloists and the massed voices of the Crouch End Festival Chorus gather with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for this performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring work
Crouch End Festival Chorus
1February
World O World
7.30pm  -  Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St, London SW1X 9BZ
Crouch End Festival Chorus return to Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, for a programme of mostly a cappella works.
Beethoven
13April
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
6pm  -  Alexandra Palace Theatre, Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY
Crouch End Festival Chorus performs one of Beethoven's greatest choral works with The Hanover Band in the atmospheric reburbished theatre at Alexandra Palace.
Faure
5July
Fauré, Weir, Bernstein, Janáček
7.30pm  -  Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St, London SW1X 9BZ
Crouch End Festival Chorus returns to Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, to perform a selection of timeless masterpieces and contemporary works.