The Elysian Singers
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
The Elysian Singers, based in London under musical director Sam Laughton, is one of the UK’s leading chamber choirs.
Beauty for Ashes, our latest album on Signum Classics, premieres 6 works by women, 6 by men - and has won 5-star reviews.
Beauty for Ashes, our latest album on Signum Classics, premieres 6 works by women, 6 by men - and has won 5-star reviews.
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You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚
What a joy to play to a packed out @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social tonight with Elgar’s transcendent The Dream of Gerontius. Thank to everyone who came and to our magnificent soloists Thomas Elwin, Victoria Simmonds and Gareth Brynmor John and all 59 orchestral players. A night to remember.
October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What a joy to play to a packed out @sinfoniasmithsq.bsky.social tonight with Elgar’s transcendent The Dream of Gerontius. Thank to everyone who came and to our magnificent soloists Thomas Elwin, Victoria Simmonds and Gareth Brynmor John and all 59 orchestral players. A night to remember.
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“This,” wrote Edward Elgar, “is the best of me.”
I’ve always wanted to sing this deeply felt masterpiece of life and death with orchestra, soloists and chorus singing the roles of friends, demons and angels.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
Sat Oct 4. Book now!
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
I’ve always wanted to sing this deeply felt masterpiece of life and death with orchestra, soloists and chorus singing the roles of friends, demons and angels.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
Sat Oct 4. Book now!
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
The Dream of Gerontius - Sinfonia Smith Square
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“This,” wrote Edward Elgar, “is the best of me.”
I’ve always wanted to sing this deeply felt masterpiece of life and death with orchestra, soloists and chorus singing the roles of friends, demons and angels.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
Sat Oct 4. Book now!
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
I’ve always wanted to sing this deeply felt masterpiece of life and death with orchestra, soloists and chorus singing the roles of friends, demons and angels.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
Sat Oct 4. Book now!
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
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To celebrate 25 glorious years of working with our music director Sam Laugton, we’re singing Elgar’s devout, epic survey of life, death and the hereafter, The Dream of Gerontius in its 125th year!
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
The Dream of Gerontius - Sinfonia Smith Square
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To celebrate 25 glorious years of working with our music director Sam Laugton, we’re singing Elgar’s devout, epic survey of life, death and the hereafter, The Dream of Gerontius in its 125th year!
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
To celebrate 25 glorious years of working with our music director Sam Laugton, we’re singing Elgar’s devout, epic survey of life, death and the hereafter, The Dream of Gerontius in its 125th year!
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
The Dream of Gerontius - Sinfonia Smith Square
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To celebrate 25 glorious years of working with our music director Sam Laugton, we’re singing Elgar’s devout, epic survey of life, death and the hereafter, The Dream of Gerontius in its 125th year!
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm
www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/the-dr...
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Locusts! Frogs! Flies! Darkness! The vivid word-painting in Handel’s Great Escape oratorio Israel in Egypt is even more dynamic (and shorter) than his Messiah.
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Locusts! Frogs! Flies! Darkness! The vivid word-painting in Handel’s Great Escape oratorio Israel in Egypt is even more dynamic (and shorter) than his Messiah.
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Locusts! Frogs! Flies! Darkness! The vivid word-painting in Handel’s Great Escape oratorio Israel in Egypt is even more dynamic (and shorter) than his Messiah.
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Locusts! Frogs! Flies! Darkness! The vivid word-painting in Handel’s Great Escape oratorio Israel in Egypt is even more dynamic (and shorter) than his Messiah.
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Come hear us sing it on 12 July in the marvellous acoustic of St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theel...
Thanks to everyone who came to hear us sing our all @willtoddmusic.bsky.social programme including Will’s genuinely extraordinary Requiem for choir, soprano and electric guitarist. Susan Young and @thomasgraymusic were magnificent and watching you all, rapt, as we sang was a thrill.
May 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to hear us sing our all @willtoddmusic.bsky.social programme including Will’s genuinely extraordinary Requiem for choir, soprano and electric guitarist. Susan Young and @thomasgraymusic were magnificent and watching you all, rapt, as we sang was a thrill.
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Thrilled to sing Will Todd’s unique Requiem with @elysiansingers.bsky.social on Friday May 9. Ricocheting between tenderly shimmering and utterly wild, it’s scored for choir in multi-part harmony, soprano solo and electric guitar. A total one-off. Hear it live! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/blo...
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thrilled to sing Will Todd’s unique Requiem with @elysiansingers.bsky.social on Friday May 9. Ricocheting between tenderly shimmering and utterly wild, it’s scored for choir in multi-part harmony, soprano solo and electric guitar. A total one-off. Hear it live! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/blo...
Thrilled to sing Will Todd’s unique Requiem with @elysiansingers.bsky.social on Friday May 9. Ricocheting between tenderly shimmering and utterly wild, it’s scored for choir in multi-part harmony, soprano solo and electric guitar. A total one-off. Hear it live! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/blo...
April 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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I'm singing this and it's bloody gorgeous.
Come to the concert!
Come to the concert!
This lush music is a joy to sing. Have a listen... and now imagine hearing it live, shimmering into space. We're singing it on Friday 9 May in an all-Will Todd concert including his wild and wonderful Requiem for choir, soprano & electric guitar.
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Vidi Speciosam
YouTube video by Tenebrae - Topic
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March 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm singing this and it's bloody gorgeous.
Come to the concert!
Come to the concert!
This lush music is a joy to sing. Have a listen... and now imagine hearing it live, shimmering into space. We're singing it on Friday 9 May in an all-Will Todd concert including his wild and wonderful Requiem for choir, soprano & electric guitar.
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Vidi Speciosam
YouTube video by Tenebrae - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This lush music is a joy to sing. Have a listen... and now imagine hearing it live, shimmering into space. We're singing it on Friday 9 May in an all-Will Todd concert including his wild and wonderful Requiem for choir, soprano & electric guitar.
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Ticket link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elId...
Thanks to everyone who came to our concert on Saturday at York Late Music Festival in honour of Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday – in the wonderful acoustic of the York Unitarian Chapel.
Next up, the haunting Requiem by @willtoddmusic.bsky.social
Next up, the haunting Requiem by @willtoddmusic.bsky.social
TONIGHT!
Thrilled to premiere a John Donne setting by @david-lancaster.bsky.social with @elysiansingers.bsky.social alongside other a capella wonders by Arvo Pärt, Ešenvalds, Lauridsen + Eric Whitacre’s astonishing, rapt masterpiece When David Heard in 18-part harmony. latemusic.org/elysian-sing...
Thrilled to premiere a John Donne setting by @david-lancaster.bsky.social with @elysiansingers.bsky.social alongside other a capella wonders by Arvo Pärt, Ešenvalds, Lauridsen + Eric Whitacre’s astonishing, rapt masterpiece When David Heard in 18-part harmony. latemusic.org/elysian-sing...
Elysian Singers - York Late Music Concerts
Saturday 1st March, 7:30pm A concert celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90
latemusic.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to our concert on Saturday at York Late Music Festival in honour of Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday – in the wonderful acoustic of the York Unitarian Chapel.
Next up, the haunting Requiem by @willtoddmusic.bsky.social
Next up, the haunting Requiem by @willtoddmusic.bsky.social
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This Saturday at Late Music the @elysiansingers.bsky.social will give the first performance of 'The World's Last Night', a setting of John Donne. I've written about it for the Late Music website with all the details of Saturday's performance. Come along if you can! latemusic.org/the-worlds-l...
The World’s Last Night by David Lancaster - York Late Music Concerts
My first serious encounter with the poetry of John Donne came when the Oxford Harmonic Choir commissioned me to compose a new piece for their concert in June 2019, to precede their performance of Moza...
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February 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This Saturday at Late Music the @elysiansingers.bsky.social will give the first performance of 'The World's Last Night', a setting of John Donne. I've written about it for the Late Music website with all the details of Saturday's performance. Come along if you can! latemusic.org/the-worlds-l...
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On our recent 5-star-reviewed @elysiansingers.bsky.social album we premiered the beautifully chilly Feathers by @david-lancaster.bsky.social. Thrilled now to be premiering his setting of John Donne's The World's Last Night:
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzP...
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzP...
Feathers
YouTube video by Elysian Singers - Topic
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January 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On our recent 5-star-reviewed @elysiansingers.bsky.social album we premiered the beautifully chilly Feathers by @david-lancaster.bsky.social. Thrilled now to be premiering his setting of John Donne's The World's Last Night:
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzP...
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzP...
On our new 5-star-reviewed disc we premiered the beautifully chilly Feathers by @david-lancaster.bsky.social. Thrilled now to be premiering his setting of John Donne's The World's Last Night + music by Pärt, Whitacre, Ešenvalds & more.
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
youtu.be/0xzPEzcnj6c?...
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
youtu.be/0xzPEzcnj6c?...
Feathers
YouTube video by Elysian Singers - Topic
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January 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On our new 5-star-reviewed disc we premiered the beautifully chilly Feathers by @david-lancaster.bsky.social. Thrilled now to be premiering his setting of John Donne's The World's Last Night + music by Pärt, Whitacre, Ešenvalds & more.
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
youtu.be/0xzPEzcnj6c?...
Sat 1 March
York Late Music Festival.
youtu.be/0xzPEzcnj6c?...
Our 1 March concert at York Late Music Festival features the premiere of a piece by @david-lancaster.bsky.social following his ethereal Feathers on our Beauty for Ashes album.
Also, Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David Heard in 18-part harmony +’music by Arvo Pärt. latemusic.org/product/elys...
Also, Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David Heard in 18-part harmony +’music by Arvo Pärt. latemusic.org/product/elys...
January 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our 1 March concert at York Late Music Festival features the premiere of a piece by @david-lancaster.bsky.social following his ethereal Feathers on our Beauty for Ashes album.
Also, Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David Heard in 18-part harmony +’music by Arvo Pärt. latemusic.org/product/elys...
Also, Whitacre’s stunning setting of When David Heard in 18-part harmony +’music by Arvo Pärt. latemusic.org/product/elys...
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Our concert on Thursday features fresh thoughts on Christmas classics including this luminous arrangement by Bob Chilcott. Join us at St.Giles-in-the-Fields at 7.30pm for programme of shimmering and shiveringly beautiful seasonal music.
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Away in a Manger (arr. B. Chilcott for choir)
YouTube video by Elora Festival Singers - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Our concert on Thursday features fresh thoughts on Christmas classics including this luminous arrangement by Bob Chilcott. Join us at St.Giles-in-the-Fields at 7.30pm for programme of shimmering and shiveringly beautiful seasonal music.
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Supper awaits me for after tonight’s rehearsal for our Christmas concert on Thursday at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London WC2H 8LG.
Can’t promise to feed you but there is deliciousness via Bob Chilcott, Judith Weir, Richard Allain, The Swingle Singers, Roderick Williams and heaps more. Treat yourself!
Can’t promise to feed you but there is deliciousness via Bob Chilcott, Judith Weir, Richard Allain, The Swingle Singers, Roderick Williams and heaps more. Treat yourself!
December 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Supper awaits me for after tonight’s rehearsal for our Christmas concert on Thursday at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London WC2H 8LG.
Can’t promise to feed you but there is deliciousness via Bob Chilcott, Judith Weir, Richard Allain, The Swingle Singers, Roderick Williams and heaps more. Treat yourself!
Can’t promise to feed you but there is deliciousness via Bob Chilcott, Judith Weir, Richard Allain, The Swingle Singers, Roderick Williams and heaps more. Treat yourself!
Our concert on Thursday features fresh thoughts on Christmas classics including this luminous arrangement by Bob Chilcott. Join us at St.Giles-in-the-Fields at 7.30pm for programme of shimmering and shiveringly beautiful seasonal music.
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Away in a Manger (arr. B. Chilcott for choir)
YouTube video by Elora Festival Singers - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Our concert on Thursday features fresh thoughts on Christmas classics including this luminous arrangement by Bob Chilcott. Join us at St.Giles-in-the-Fields at 7.30pm for programme of shimmering and shiveringly beautiful seasonal music.
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
Link for tickets below.
youtu.be/95UHIigQAJc?...
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My next concert has some seriously delicious music in multiple-part harmony. Our Messiah last Sunday sold out so book now to avoid disappointment.
Go on: treat yourself!
Go on: treat yourself!
From John Tavener’s tender The Lamb to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas via shimmering modern classics by Judith Weir, The Swingles and this beauty by Bob Chilcott from one of our albums.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...
Remember, O Thou Man
YouTube video by The Elysian Singers of London - Topic
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December 11, 2024 at 7:29 AM
My next concert has some seriously delicious music in multiple-part harmony. Our Messiah last Sunday sold out so book now to avoid disappointment.
Go on: treat yourself!
Go on: treat yourself!
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Everybody needs a fabulous Christmas concert! And our @elysiansingers.bsky.social concert will be fabulous indeed. Come along, and I guarantee you’ll leave smiling and with a bunch of festive earworms
Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details and tickets here:
tickettailor.com/events/theelys…
Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details and tickets here:
tickettailor.com/events/theelys…
December 11, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Everybody needs a fabulous Christmas concert! And our @elysiansingers.bsky.social concert will be fabulous indeed. Come along, and I guarantee you’ll leave smiling and with a bunch of festive earworms
Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details and tickets here:
tickettailor.com/events/theelys…
Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details and tickets here:
tickettailor.com/events/theelys…
From John Tavener’s tender The Lamb to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas via shimmering modern classics by Judith Weir, The Swingles and this beauty by Bob Chilcott from one of our albums.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...
Remember, O Thou Man
YouTube video by The Elysian Singers of London - Topic
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 AM
From John Tavener’s tender The Lamb to Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas via shimmering modern classics by Judith Weir, The Swingles and this beauty by Bob Chilcott from one of our albums.
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...
@elysiansingers.bsky.social Dec 19
St.Giles-in-the-Fields
London WC2H 8LG
7.30pm
youtu.be/_2HL8AOyE-A?...