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Blackheath Choir
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A friendly, dynamic choir based in Blackheath, SE London.
Rehearsals Tuesday evenings, SE13 5BU.

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We can't wait to perform these absolute gems for you on 29th June.

Tickets £8/16 from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

#blackheath #londonconcerts #greenwich #lewisham #WestSideStory
Lovely programme TODAY from our friends at @thomastallissoc.bsky.social and St Paul's Sinfonia 🎶
Our summer concert is Magnificent Magnificats! The much-loved Cantique de Jean Racine plus gorgeous Magnificats by Schubert and by Taylor Scott Davis
@TaylorScDavis
- the latter seems set to become a modern classic!
Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/gre...
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
1 week until our concert of West Side Story, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and more 🎶

Full details pinned to our profile - we hope to see you there!
June 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Track of the week: Svensk mässa by Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929)

Listen to the first movement here - youtu.be/tPOmVSWmYTI?...

If anyone can direct us to a full recording, we'd be very grateful!

#classicalmusic #choralmusic #choralcomposers #composer
Svensk masa (Swedish Mass) No. 1: Herre forbarma dig (Lord have Mercy)
YouTube video by Boel Adler - Topic
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June 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hear Parry's setting of The Pied Piper of Hamelin on June 29th, alongside the choral suite from West Side Story and songs from our soloists.

29.6.25
7:30pm
St Margaret's Church Lee
Tickets £16 (£8 u-18s) from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

#LondonConcerts #sing #blackheath #lewisham #greenwich
June 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Track of the week: The Kingdom by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

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Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 - YouTube
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June 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We can't wait to perform these absolute gems for you on 29th June.

Tickets £8/16 from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

#blackheath #londonconcerts #greenwich #lewisham #WestSideStory
May 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Track of the week: Seven poems of Robert Bridges, by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Find them towards the end of the album here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Which is your favourite?
Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works - YouTube
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June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One month until our next concert - join us for Bernstein's "West Side Story" choral suite and Parry's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin".

🕢 Sunday June 29th, 7:30pm
📍St Margaret's Church, Lee, SE13 5DL
🎫 £16 in advance (£8 under-18s) from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

#blackheath #londonconcerts #choir
May 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Track of the week: Nunc Dimittis by Joanna Forbes-L'estrange

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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Nunc Dimittis
YouTube video by Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge - Topic
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May 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Track of the week: Salieri's Requiem in C minor

Listen here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Mozart & Salieri: Requiem - YouTube
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May 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We can't wait to perform these absolute gems for you on 29th June.

Tickets £8/16 from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

#blackheath #londonconcerts #greenwich #lewisham #WestSideStory
May 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our track of the week is a lush setting of Yeats' poem The Stolen Child, by Cyril Rootham (1875-1938)

Listen here: youtu.be/CGez1Z3tcxo?...
The Stolen Child
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our first rehearsal of the new term started us off with a bang - and it's not too late to join us! Drop an email to secretary@blackheathchoir.org.uk and come along on Tuesday evening for West Side Story and The Pied Piper of Hamelin 🎶

#londonchoirs #blackheath #greenwich #lewisham
May 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Track of the week: Sicut Cervus by Sarah Cattley

Listen here: youtu.be/ZSSULoJ2tsU?...

#choirs #singing #classicalmusic
Sicut Cervus
YouTube video by Caritas Chamber Choir - Topic
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April 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Track of the Week: La Pasión Según San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) by Osvaldo Golijov (1960-)

An exuberant approach which Golijov describes as being "about enactment and ritual".

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La Pasión Según San Marcos. Osvaldo Golijov. Edición Deutsche Grammophon. 2010 - YouTube
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April 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We can't wait for our new term singing West Side Story and Pied Piper of Hamelin - join us from April 29th! All voices welcome 🎶
a group of young men sitting next to each other on a fence
Alt: a clip from the film West Side Story showing a group of young men sitting next to each other clicking their fingers
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April 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We were thrilled to sing Beethoven and Pergolesi to a very receptive audience last Sunday 🎶

Our next concert is West Side Story and Pied Piper of Hamelin on June 29th - put the date in your diary, and/or join us as a singer from April 29th!

#blackheath #sing #londonchoir
April 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Track of the week: George Lloyd's Requiem

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Lloyd: Requiem & Psalm 130 - YouTube
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April 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Track of the week: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani's Vespro della Beata Vergine

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#classicalmusic
Cozzolani: Vespro - YouTube
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April 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Into the final week of preparations for our concert this Sunday - some tickets still available from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk
A beautiful programme coming up on April 6th. Tickets available now!
April 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Track of the week: 3 Gedichte (op. 29) by Robert Schumann 1810-56

Tracks 3-5 in the album linked below

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Robert Schumann: An die Sterne (Carus Classics) - YouTube
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March 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our soloists for April 6th:

soprano - Maud Niklas
alto - Richard Decker
tenor - Jake Harris
bass - Francisco Ribeiro

Tickets from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Track of the week: 'see, darkness covers the earth' for choir and cello by Stefan Klaverdal

youtu.be/X1Kf3ew9eJM?...
see, darkness covers the earth (Klaverdal) - score video
YouTube video by Stefan Klaverdal
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March 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Track of the week: Kerensa Briggs' Requiem

Listen on Spotify here open.spotify.com/album/6VNeI9...
Kerensa Briggs: Requiem
Kerensa Briggs · Album · 2023 · 14 songs
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March 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Each week we share a recommended choral track, many by composers who happen to be female. So for #IWD2025 here's a recap of the brilliant women we've discussed in the past year:
Margaret Bonds, Marianna Martines, Ethel Smyth, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Caroline Shaw, Maddalena Casulana, (1/3)
March 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM