Concerts
Next concert
Tuesday 8 December, 7.30pm
St John's, Smith Square
Booking opens 2 November - 020 7222 1061
EC4 Choir and Orchestra
In aid of The National Autistic Society
Tim Crosley conductor
Faryl Smith mezzo-soprano
Stars Shine for Autism Christmas Concert
Programme to include:Trad. Once in Royal David’s City; A Child is Born in Bethlehem;
Good King Wenceslas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Leighton Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
Whiteacre Lux Aurumque
works by John Williams and selections from Faryl Smith’s forthcoming album
Concert archive
17 & 18 June 2009, 7pm
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
EC4 Choir and Orchestra
Svendsen, Romance for violin and orchestra
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
Mozart, Requiem mass for solo, chorus and orchestra
7 April 2009, 7.30pm
Barbican
EC4 Choir and Orchestra
In aid of The Prince's Trust
Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Camille Saint-Saëns, Dance Macabre, op. 40
Claire Ashby, violin
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Pipe Major Jim Banks, bagpipes
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Claire Seaton, soprano
Daniel Joy, tenor
Koji Terada, baritone
The Boys of St Albans Cathedral Choir
15 December 2008, 7pm
Church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1
EC4 Music - Evening of seasonal choral music
6 December 2008, 3pm and 7.30pm
Barbican
EC4 Orchestra with Laurence Cummings and Ian Bostridge
Saint Nicolas, Britten
Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June 2008
St Brides Church, Fleet Street, EC4
Handel, "Messiah"
Saturday 10 May 2008
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, High Holborn
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde : Prelude and Liebestod
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double stringed orchestra
Edmund Knollys, Where There Is Darkness
Brahms, Symphony no. 4, op. 98, E minor
12 December 2007
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, High Holborn.
Hosanna to the son of David - Thomas Weelkes
Hymn to the Mother of God - John Tavener
Lo, He comes with Clouds Descending (carol)
The Lamb - John Tavener
This day Christ was born - William Byrd
O Little Town of Bethlehem (carol)
i thank you God for this most amazing day - Eric Whitacre
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
Hymn to St Cecilia - Benjamin Britten
Of the Father's Heart Begotten (carol)
With a lily in your hand - Eric Whitacre
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard - Benjamin Britten
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre
August 3rd/4th 2007 Barbican Freestage
Music of Mozart and his contemporaries
June 20th/21st 2007
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro, overture
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Brahms, Hungarian dances 5, 6 & 7
Elgar, Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Sibelius, Finlandia
Parry, I Was Glad
Mozart, Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Claire Seaton Soprano
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb, Claire Seaton, Soprano; Leonora Dawson-Bowling, Alto; David Knight, Tenor; James Arthur, Baritone
Whitacre, Cloudburst
Harris, Faire is the Heaven
Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
3 February 2007
Barbican
In aid of The Prince's Trust
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving magpie) Overture Gioacchino Rossini
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano & orchestra, op. 43 Sergei Rachmaninov
Angelina Kopyrina piano
Stabat Mater, op. 53 Karol Szymanowski
Claire Seaton, soprano
Deborah Miles-Johnson, alto
Christopher Tonkin, baritone
Sleep Eric Whitacre
Three Shakespeare Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs for baritone solo, chorus & orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams
Christopher Tonkin baritone
20/21/22 July 2006
Mostly Mozart, Barbican Freestage
Music of Mozart and his contemporaries
21/22 June 2006
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3, Hamish MacCunn
Elegy for Strings, Op. 14a, Edmund Knollys
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, Antonin Dvorák
Askar Bigashev Cello
Mass in C Minor, K. 427, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Claire Seaton, Helen Neeves Soprano
David Knight Tenor
Jonathan Saunders Bass
27 November 2005
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
The Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", op. 26, Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for piano & orchestra no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Angelina Kopyrina, piano
Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein
David Sheringham, countertenor
Dance, Clarion Air, Michael Tippett
Gloria, John Rutter
22/23/24 July 2005
Mostly Mozart, Barbican Freestage
Music of Mozart and his contemporaries
22/23 June 2005
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Jimmy Banks, bagpipes
Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite Op. 35, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Claire Ashby, violin
Requiem Op. 9, Maurice Duruflé
Claire Seaton Soprano
Jonathan Saunders, baritone
5 February 2005
Barbican
In aid of The Prince's Trust
Romeo and Juliet: fantasy overture, Piotr Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2, Op. 18 in C minor Sergei Rachmaninov
Angelina Kopyrina piano
Symphony no. 1 (Sea Symphony), Ralph Vaughan Williams
Claire Seaton soprano
William Clements baritone
22/23 June 2004
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
William Tell Overture, Gioacchino Rossini
Symphony No.6 "Pastoral", Ludwig Van Beethoven
A Litany, George Lloyd
Soprano solo - Claire Seaton
Baritone solo - William Clements
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
Tuesday 30 March 2004
EC4 Music and the Cream of the Conservatoires
Genius of the Violin
Outstanding violinists from three London conservatoires perform works by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams with EC4 Music, one of the leading amateur ensembles in London.
Finlandia Op.26, Jean Sibelius
The Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Carmen Fantasy Op. 25, Pablo Sarasate
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35, Peter Tchaikovsky
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
Saturday 13 December 2003
Fundraising for the Genius of the Violin
Finlandia, Op.26, Jean Sibelius
Wesendonck Lieder, Richard Wagner
Soprano - Claire Seaton
Ein Deutches Requiem, Op. 45, Johannes Brahms
Claire Seaton soprano
William Clements baritone
18/19 June 2003
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Solo quartet: Claire Ashby, Claire Turner, Edmund Knollys and Dominique Pecheur
Zadok the Priest: Coronation Anthem, George Frederic Handel
Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29), Edward Elgar
Serenade to Music, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soprano: Claire Seaton
Tenor: David Knight
Bass: William Clements
Solo violin: Claire Ashby
Coronation Te Deum, William Walton
20 Feb 2003
Barbican
In aid of the Prince's Trust
Overture: Béatrice et Bénédict, Hector Berlioz
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor Op. 47, Jean Sibelius
Nathaniel Vallois violin
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), Richard Strauss
Claire Seaton soprano
Requiem Op. 48, Gabriel Fauré
Claire Seaton soprano
William Clements baritone
19/20 June 2002
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
Overture: Béatrice et Bénédict, Hector Berlioz
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor Op. 47, Jean Sibelius
Nathaniel Vallois violin
Ein Deutches Requiem, Op. 45, Johannes Brahms
Claire Seaton soprano
William Clements baritone