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If ye love me orvieto duomo london concert choir
The London Concert Choir (abbreviated LCC) is a major concert choir based in London, United Kingdom. The choir was formed in 1960 (as the Brompton Choral Society), and the full-time membership consists of approx 140 singers.
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- If ye love me orvieto duomo london concert choir
- Beyond the sea london concert choir
- Musical Director
- References
The choir performs at all the major London concert venues such as the Barbican Centre and has sung in cathedrals and other churches in and around London as well as touring to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland.
Recent seasons have featured Mozart's Requiem and C minor Mass, settings by Gretchaninov and Tchaikovsky of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and cantatas by Britten. Among major choral/orchestral works have been Verdi's Requiem, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony—all with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the South Bank. At the Barbican the choir has sung the Brahms German Requiem with the RPO and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the English Chamber Orchestra.
Beyond the sea london concert choir
Musical Director
Mark Forkgen has directed London Concert Choir since 1996. He is also Music Director of Canticum chamber choir and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Kokoro, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's contemporary music group.
A champion of Youth Music, Mark is the Principal Conductor of Dorset Youth Orchestra and, after conducting youth orchestras in London and Scotland for some years, is now Director of Music at Tonbridge School in Kent.