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"fine line and clear sound - lovely transparency of texture"
Review of 'Joy, Sorrow, Song' 30 October 2007: Robert Hugill, Music and Vision
Choral ensemble Londinium is one of London's most versatile chamber choirs
which has rapidly established a reputation since its launch in 2005 for
high-quality performances of lesser-known choral music from all periods,
generally unaccompanied.
With between 20 and 30 performers drawn from a pool of singers,
Londinium promotes around 5 concerts each year, under our Musical Director
Madeleine Lovell, as well as undertaking other projects by invitation,
and has been praised for its 'fine line and clear sound' and
'lovely transparency of texture'.
This year Londinium is proud to have performed at the
Classical Brit Awards supporting
Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazon, Rhydian and Only Men Aloud at the Royal Albert Hall
at the ceremony which was broadcast on ITV1.
In autumn 2010 Londinium will be premièring Jessica Curry's
Perpetual Light:
Requiem for an Unscorched Earth, a new site-responsive choral work by Jessica Curry, which will be performed in nuclear
bunkers across the south of England. Promoted by Arts Agenda, Perpetual Light
will be performed at Gravesend Cold War
Bunker, Woodlands Park, Gravesend on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 October
2010. There will be two performances each evening at 6.45pm and 8.30pm.
Please note that there is restricted access to theses sites and that
there are no public services.
In November we take a rest from sin for Requiem - including works by
Howells and Whitacre - before celebrating Christmas in style with Gluttony, the final concert in the Seven
Deadly Sins cycle.
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