A world-class choir in London
2018-19 Season
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 'Choral' with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 22 September 2018
The Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 2AP
An unmissable all-Beethoven concert culminating in the monumental 'Choral Symphony' with its climactic Ode to Joy.
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West Side Story
Wednesday 24 October 2018 7:30 PM
Barbican Hall, London EC2Y 8DS
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Ryan Latimer Frigates & Folly (world premiere of Crouch End Festival Chorus commission)
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Bernstein West Side Story Suite No. 2
Crouch End Festival Chorus teams up with the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra and talented Musical Theatre graduates of the Royal Academy of Music for a performance celebrating the 100th anniversary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth.
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Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd November 2018
The O2 Arena, London SE10 0DX
The popular Italian tenor, one of the biggest selling classical artists of all time, returns to London for two special nights at the O2. More information.
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Ennio Morricone - The 60 Years of Music Tour
Monday 26 November 2018
The O2 Arena, London SE10 0DX
The world's greatest living film composer performs his last-ever UK concert at the O2 in London. More information.
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Christmas with King's College Choir
Thursday 13 December 2018
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
The world-renowned Choir of King's College, Cambridge joins forces with The Philhamonia Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus for a night of Christmas celebration. More information.
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Sing Christmas! 2018
Saturday 15 December 2018 7:30 PM
Holy Innocents, 134 Tottenham Lane, London N8 7EL
Crouch End Festival Chorus
David Temple conductor
Peter Jaekel organ and piano
Crouch End Festival Chorus is delighted to be holding its Christmas concert this year at Holy Innocents – the church where the choir started out in the 1980s.
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Saturday 22 December 2018
Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 2AP
This much-loved comedy classic movie featuring John Williams' delightful score is shown live with music from the Cinematic Sinfonia and Crouch End Festival Chorus. Conducted by Ben Palmer. More information.
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Sunday 10 February 2019 7:00 PM
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Mozart Players
David Temple conductor
Kitty Whately mezzo soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Ashley Riches baritone
Crouch End Festival Chorus returns to the music of Elgar after an absence of 11 years. The Dream of Gerontius, based on a poem by Cardinal Newman, is Elgar's most famous and beloved choral work. Despite a premiere that did not do it justice, it was later hailed as a success and helped elevate Elgar to the forefront of European composers.
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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday 16 February 2019
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester M2 3WS
Hector Berlioz's captivating comic opera is one of the most joyful operatic translations of Shakespeare from page to stage. More information.
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Parry: Judith with London Mozart Players
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
Witness the first full London performance since the 19th century of Hubert Parry's stunning oratorio Judith under the baton of William Vann. More information.
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Handel: Messiah
Saturday 6 April 2019 7:30 PM
St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Handel Messiah
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Bach Camerata
David Temple conductor
Jessica Cale soprano
Diana Moore mezzo-soprano
Sam Furness tenor
Benjamin Bevan baritone
Handel's Messiah is the best-known and best-loved choral work of all time. Building on the success of CEFC's performance and Chandos recording of J S Bach's St John Passion, the choir works once more with the Bach Camerata, a period orchestra, combining this authenticity of sound with the thrilling communicative power and dynamic range for which the choir is known. The work will sound magnificent in St John's Smith Square which was engulfed by fire in 1742, the same year that Messiah was first performed. Restoration then and also after World War Two has ensured the survival of this wonderful venue.
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Classic FM Live with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 2AP
A spectacular evening of favourites from the Classic FM Hall of Fame, including Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture and Jenkins' Benedictus from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. More information
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Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor plus works by
Vasks, Bruckner, Britten, Tavener and Pearsall
Saturday 22 June 2019 7:30 PM
St Andrew Holborn, London EC4A 3AF
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor
Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes
Anton Bruckner Motets
John Tavener Annunciation
Benjamin Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland
Crouch End Festival Chorus
David Temple conductor
Ruth Rogers violin
Sarah Butcher cello
A rich mixture of familiar pieces and groundbreaking contemporary choral music – a concert in which Crouch End Festival Chorus will create a variety of soundscapes. Vaughan Williams’s beautiful Mass in G minor is featured alongside the hypnotic Plainscapes by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, for choir, solo violin and solo cello, and works by Tavener, Britten and Pearsal…
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