Choir of Royal Holloway here April 10
March 14, 2016
11:00 a.m. Choral Eucharist and 4:30 p.m. Concert
The Choir of Royal Hollway will sing at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, April 10, at the 11:00 a.m. Choral Eucharist and a 4:30 p.m. concert. There is a suggested donation of $10 for the concert.
During March and April 2016, the acclaimed Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, directed by Rupert Gough, will tour Canada and the USA, performing a varied repertoire for which they are rightly celebrated. Their not to-be-missed concerts include a selection of the finest choral gems from England, America, Finland and the Baltic states.
"What more can you possibly ask for? Here is a choir of young singers, fresh of tone and fresh of mind. They blend perfectly, they shade sensitively, they appear to work with a like mind towards an agreed ideal of choral sound." Gramophone
The Choir of Royal Holloway is considered to be one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Equally at home on the concert platform, the choir gives 50-plus concerts a year with a particular specialism in music from the late renaissance and contemporary music, especially from the Baltic states. Its recordings on the Hyperion and Edition Peters Sounds labels have attracted top reviews from all major music publications. The choir also benefits from a unique training programme in collaboration with The King’s Singers, Royal Holloway’s Ensemble in Residence.
Created at the time of the foundation of Royal Holloway in 1886, the choir now comprises 24 Choral Scholars who undertake a busy schedule of weekly services, as well as concerts, international tours, recordings and broadcasts. In addition to these, Royal Holloway is the only university that still maintains a tradition of daily sung morning services. Recent engagements have included a residency at the Presteigne Festival, giving the first performance of a new work by Paul Mealor for the 2014 Festival of Remembrance at the Albert Hall (live on BBC TV), and a new John Rutter commission for the 2015 Magna Carta 800th anniversary in front of HM The Queen, the Prime Minister and Archbishop of Canterbury.