Music, mental health and Handel’s Messiah
So much science has shown how positively music, and in particular singing, improves our mental health that we thought we’d take a look at that this month as it’s Mental Health Awareness Week especially
Symphony of a thousand – the Choir sings Mahler’s Eighth Symphony
Three choirs, eight starry singers and one of the largest orchestras ever put on stage: there’s a reason why Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is often called the “Symphony of a Thousand”. From its first notes,
It’s movie night!
It’s movie night! Join us on 22nd March for the Gala Concert at the at the new London Soundtrack Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Who doesn’t love a movie? At the cinema with
Love is in the air
In this so called “romantic month of St Valentine’s” we thought we’d take a look at love – not the amorous kind usually associated with the name of this 3rd century Roman saint however,
On the Transmigration of Souls and a “Mass in Time of War” – music and memories for our time
For this special and profound concert from the Music and Memories series, the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski KBE, who will be conducting, has conceived an intensely personal programme with two towering
Ringing in the new season with Rachmaninoff’s The Bells
As the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s new artistic year begins this month with a fabulous array of concerts, we’re delighted to be joining them with Edward Gardner, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Dmytro Popov and Kostas Smoriginas in
Maiden Mahler
On Saturday 25 November the Choir will be performing Mahler’s Third Symphony with Robin Ticciati, Alice Coote, Trinity Boys Choir and the LPO. Issy Davies (soprano) is excited for her first performance of Mahler’s music. Early music I
From Score to Screen: Amadeus Live at the Royal Albert Hall
On Tuesday, October 24th, the London Philharmonic Choir, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, pianist Alexandra Dariescu, and conductor Benjamin Pope will provide the classical backing track for ‘Amadeus’ – the dazzling