Londinium - London chamber choir

Londinium photographed at All Hallows Gospel Oak — “Gloriously assured and superbly committed”
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Directed by Andrew Griffiths, Londinium is one of London’s most versatile chamber choirs.

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Next concert: Arise, my love

Friday 17 May at 7.30pm, St John’s Waterloo
In a thrillingly eclectic programme celebrating the power of love, we sing settings of the Song of Songs by Victoria, Palestrina, Guerrero, and John Sanders, tell of divine love in Kerensa Briggs' Ubi caritas, and explore earthly delights and sorrows in music by Finzi, Lassus, Pearsall, Clara Schumann, and Skempton. These themes are stunningly united in Francis Pott’s Amore Langueo and Bernard Hughes’ I Sing of Love.

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New album release: Every Living Creature

We are delighted to have released Every Living Creature, our album of choral music by Kenneth Leighton, on the SOMM label - a Gramophone Critics’ Choice for 2023. Entirely devoted to the music of Kenneth Leighton, the new album includes a number of significant premiere recordings - about two-thirds of the playing time - most notably of the magnificent unpublished cantata Laudes Animantium, for double choir, soloists and children’s chorus.

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Every Living Creature "a triumph for all involved" - Fanfare

“[Laudes Animantium] is the first recording of what truly is a major piece of English choral music of the last century… this recording is a triumph for all involved…” (William Kempster, Fanfare)

Leighton album 'Every Living Creature' is a Gramophone Critics' Choice for 2023

“…music of uncommon grace, personable warmth, inventive flair and enthralling beauty, fervently performed and ideally recorded.” (Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone)

Leighton album 'Every Living Creature' is a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year

“Another of the year’s major discoveries… a model of programming and superb musicianship beautifully recorded.” (Nick Barnard, MusicWeb International)

Every Living Creature "a really fine disc with fantastic singing" - Finzi Friends Journal

“In all, a really fine disc with fantastic singing. The tuning is spot-on to my ear and I am thrilled that Griffiths and Londinium have achieved such an excellent aural advocacy for Kenneth Leighton with this innovative programme." (Tom Coxhead, Finzi Friends Journal)

Leighton 'carefully prepared and sung with great devotion' - MusicWeb International

"The performances here have been carefully prepared and sung with great devotion, with the chamber choir Londinium taking the bulk of the work... the whole is a valuable contribution to the Leighton discography." (Stephen Barber, MusicWeb International)