@blackheathchoir.bsky.social
A friendly, dynamic choir based in Blackheath, SE London. Rehearsals Tuesday evenings, SE13 5BU. linktr.ee/blackheathchoir
Lovely programme TODAY from our friends at @thomastallissoc.bsky.social and St Paul's Sinfonia 🎶
06.07.2025 11:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 01 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!
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
1592 painting of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin
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
Track of the week: The Kingdom by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
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The poster for Blackheath Choir's upcoming concert on 29th June 2025, 7:30pm, at St Margaret's Church Lee. A rickety flight of fire escape stairs are silhouetted against a strong red background, with a few small rats scurrying around. Overlay text announces the programme: Bernstein: Choral Suite from West Side Story Parry: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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
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?
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
Track of the week: Nunc Dimittis by Joanna Forbes-L'estrange
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Track of the week: Salieri's Requiem in C minor
Listen here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The poster for Blackheath Choir's upcoming concert on 29th June 2025, 7:30pm, at St Margaret's Church Lee. A rickety flight of fire escape stairs are silhouetted against a strong red background, with a few small rats scurrying around. Overlay text announces the programme: Bernstein: Choral Suite from West Side Story Parry: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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
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?...
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
Track of the week: Sicut Cervus by Sarah Cattley
Listen here: youtu.be/ZSSULoJ2tsU?...
#choirs #singing #classicalmusic
Lovely series of programmes!
22.04.2025 18:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The layers of El Cordero Pascual dropping away for the start of Judas' aria is particularly magical.
What's yours? Performing it live must have been such an experience!
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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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 🎶
21.04.2025 09:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our thanks to conductor Patricia Williams; soloists Maud Niklas, Richard Decker, Jake Harris and Francisco Ribeiro; répétiteur and continuo Andrew Tait; our brilliant orchestra with particular thanks to organiser Jim Urpeth; and all the volunteers who contributed along the way.
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The choir singing during the concert. They are all smartly dressed in black. Behind them is an ornate stained glass window.
Our conductor and soloists post for a photograph before the concert. They are all smiling towards the camera.
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
Track of the week: George Lloyd's Requiem
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Track of the week: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani's Vespro della Beata Vergine
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#classicalmusic
Into the final week of preparations for our concert this Sunday - some tickets still available from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk
01.04.2025 09:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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Four headshot images, each of one of our soloists looking into the camera. A banner across the middle of the image shows the Blackheath Choir logo and reads 'Beethoven Mass in C, Pergolesi Miserere II'
Our soloists for April 6th:
soprano - Maud Niklas
alto - Richard Decker
tenor - Jake Harris
bass - Francisco Ribeiro
Tickets from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk
Track of the week: 'see, darkness covers the earth' for choir and cello by Stefan Klaverdal
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Track of the week: Kerensa Briggs' Requiem
Listen on Spotify here open.spotify.com/album/6VNeI9...
Of course this is only the tip of the iceberg - tell us your favourite choral works by female composers below!
08.03.2025 08:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Stef Conner, Amy Beach, Cecilia McDowall, Imogen Holst, Raffaella Aleotti, Rhiannon Randle, Florence Price, Francesca Caccini, Alice Mary Smith, Sally Beamish, Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya, Joanna Marsh, Ina Boyle.
#IWD #femalecomposers (2/3)
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)
