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London Philharmonic Choir
Founded in 1947 as the chorus for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Choir is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest choirs. For the last seven decades the Choir has performed under leading conductors, consistently meeting with critical acclaim and recording regularly for television and radio.
Enjoying a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Founded in 1947 as the chorus for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Choir is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest choirs. For the last seven decades the Choir has performed under leading conductors, consistently meeting with critical acclaim and recording regularly for television and radio.
Enjoying a close relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir performs regularly at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Recent highlights have included Tippett’s A Midsummer Marriage and A Child of Our Time, Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 all under LPO Principal Conductor Edward Gardner; the UK premieres of James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio with the Choir’s President, Sir Mark Elder, and Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion conducted by Tan Dun himself; as well as the world premiere of Elena Langer’s The Dong with a Luminous Nose.
The Choir appears annually at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and performances have included the UK premieres of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s A Relic of Memory and John Luther Adams’s In the Name of the Earth. The Choir has been engaged by the BBC for all the Doctor Who Proms and, in recent years, has given performances of works by Beethoven, Elgar, Howells, Liszt, Orff, Vaughan Williams, Verdi and Walton. In 2023, the Choir was joined by singers from the Edvard Grieg Kor and Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Choir in a thrilling performance of Ligeti’s Requiem to a sold-out Royal Albert Hall.
A well-travelled choir, it has visited numerous European countries and performed in Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Australia. The Choir has appeared twice at the Le Touquet International Music Masters Festival. The Choir prides itself on achieving first-class performances from its members, who are volunteers from all walks of life.
The Choir is managed by a committee of members who are elected by the active Choir membership and appointed as trustees and directors at each Annual General Meeting to hold office for the period of one year. The committee resigns office at each AGM and all committee members are eligible for re-election as trustees in accordance with the company’s constitution. All committee members give their time, skills and experience voluntarily.