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British musical group; symphonic choir based in north London
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All the conducting master class
2024-03-16 09:22:00
02 Sep 2024 – 31 Jul 2025 An exciting opportunity for 2 talented young musicians with a passion for symphonic choral music to develop their conducting skills in a 1year mentoring programme run by Crouch End Festival Chorus (CEFC).Successful applicants will receive :– 2 mentoring sessions per month with Music Director David Temple, MBE– participate […]
2023-11-10 10:23:00
The Christmas Gap
[…] a 'playful reimagining' of The Nutcracker, the comedian Reuben Kaye, Pussy Liquor's Christmas Party and the family show The House with Chicken Legs. Over at the Barbican Centre there is plenty of theatre with Told by an Idiot's Get Happy and the RSC production of My Neighbour Totoro, but beyond that we have lone beacons of Gavin Bryars celebrating his 80th birthday with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, and a visit from King's College Choir who are joined by the Crouch End Festival Chorus, plus Love Actually with live orchestra, and candlelit carols.Kings Place has just three shows that week, columnist and broadcaster, Steve Richards' Rock 'n' Roll Politics, Tim Edey's Celtic Christmas, and the wonderful Sansara's The Waiting Sky which is a seasonal sequence, exploring the poignancy of Christmas in war-torn Ukraine and seeking consolation and new hope.Cadogan Hall is in real Christmas mood with carols from The Bach Choir and London City Brass, the City of London Choir and […]
2023-09-22 10:47:59
Ovo Arena Wembley, LondonFollowing pandemic-related delays, the longtime Hayao Miyazaki collaborator helms a highlight reel of his most iconic work – including a sneak preview of a new themeIt felt as if this would never happen. Film fans waited so long to see Joe Hisaishi play his Studio Ghibli music live in London that tickets were bought when global pandemics only existed in sci-fi movies. This string of gigs in the UK was first moved due to Covid. Then it was moved again (still the pandemic), then again when Hisaishi was sick (with Covid, obviously). Tonight people are joking about it in their seats: is he actually going to show up?The spritely 72-year-old musical director is extremely present though, breaking into smiles and winks as he takes the audience through a two-hour highlight reel of his soundtracks, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus (with vocal soloists […]
2023-08-22 06:45:00
Unbound and Unleashed: Hubert Parry's cantata Prometheus Unbound gets the glorious first recording that it deserves
Hubert Parry: Prometheus Unbound, Blest Pair of Sirens; Sarah Fox, Sarah Connolly, David Butt Philip, Neal Davies, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players; ChandosDrawing a remarkable line between Wagner and Elgar, Parry's glorious early cantata takes Shelley as its inspiration and in a fine performance makes a strong impression despite the complex philosophising of the textThe young Hubert Parry had ambitions to study with Brahms, but he needed to earn a living and study with Brahms wasn't feasible. So, Parry worked at Lloyd's Register and took lessons with the German pianist and composer Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905) who was resident in the UK from 1863 and who would remain Parry's mentor until his death. And in 1880, Dannreuther was the soloist in Parry's Piano Concerto in F sharp major.Dannreuther venerated Brahms but was also a great champion of Wagner (he founded the London Wagner Society in 1872). In 1876 Dannreuther acquired tickets for […]
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