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The Singers are a chamber choir of 36 voices
which rehearses in central London every 3 - 4 weeks on a Sunday
afternoon. It gives and average of 6 concerts a year in the
South East : often mixed programmes of a cappella music, with
an orchestral concert including a larger scale work every
other year in London.
They give concerts further afield, including Norwich Cathedral
(1996), Rheims Cathedral (1997), Verona and St. Mark's, Venice
(1998), St Nicholas Cathedral, Galway and other venues in
Ireland (2000), Barcelona (2002), Florence, Sienna and San
Gimignano (2004) and Ballywillan, Northern Ireland (2004).
In 2005 the performed in and around Erfurt, Germany and as
part of the Thaxted Festival .
They have given concerts on behalf of local and national
charities, including the National Trust, Christchurch Forum,
MENCAP. the Museum of Garden History and the Hospice Movement
and have raised over £20,000 since their formation.
A special feature of the choir is its support of younger
singers by giving concerts which have incorporated youth choirs
in works such as Andrew Carter's: Benedicite and Guido Haazen's:
Missa Luba and with school choirs in Oxford, New Malden and
Heathfield. They invite other singers to join them for special
events, such as Brahm's: Requiem which it performed in Heathfield,
Sussex (1996) and the Rachmaninov: Vespers (2001).
Its enterprising programmes range from a mix of sacred and
secular works interspersed with readings, to longer and rarely
performed works such as Pizzetti's: Messa De Requiem (1997),
Camerata of London), Vaughan Williams': Mass in G Minor (1999)
and Finzi's: Requiem da Camera with the Camerata of London
in 2003 and Britten's: Company of Heaven in 1998 and again
in 2005 at St James’ Piccadilly with the Camerata of
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In addition
to his work with the Grove Singers, Brian is conductor of
the Heathfield Choral Society and the Lyric Chamber Orchestra.
He has also worked with massed choirs, as chorus master for
Opera Galas and other concerts at major venues, including
the Royal Albert Hall, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham and
the Crystal Palace Concert Bowl.
He has conducted in America with the London Chorale, and in
China and Europe with the Grove Singers and the English Concert
Singers. He has prepared choirs for television and CD recordings.
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