The Gluepot Connection praised on BBC Radio 3 Record Review and France Musique
/"An amateur chamber choir, but a highly capable one... an impressive vocal and dynamic range.” Andrew McGregor (BBC Radio 3 Record Review)
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"Admirable clarity to Bax's richly layered textures" Planet Hugill
/“Arnold Bax claimed that 'Mater ora filium' was inspired by Byrd's Mass for five voices, but Bax's extravagant textures are well beyond anything that Byrd might write. It is a big, complex work and Andrew Griffiths takes a controlled and concentrated approach to Bax's richly layered textures in a performance which flows well and never wallows… this disc is full of things that should be far better known.” Robert Hugill (Planet Hugill)
Read MoreMusicWeb International says The Gluepot Connection is "rather special"
/"Over time I have got used to the very high quality of Somm's engineering, presentation, programming and performances. But even by those high standards this is a very fine disc indeed - possibly one of their finest… Griffiths achieves a quite superb rich blend and balance across all the parts… this new disc has a collective conviction and real sensitivity to the text(s) and an engagement with the varied styles of each composer that is massively compelling… I am a fan of Somm - they produce consistently impressive discs - but even by those standards this is rather special.” Nick Barnard (MusicWeb International)
Read MoreThe Daily Telegraph praises The Gluepot Connection with 4 stars
/“They relish the dreamy harmonies of Lutyens's 'Verses of Love'; they produce a thrillingly intense tone on Alan Rawsthorne's 'Four Seasonal Songs'; and they're not intimidated by the cruelly high notes in Bax's 'Mater ora filium… It's a dream of Old England, which in the best of the pieces, such as Warlock's 'The Full Heart' attains a beauty and intensity that goes far beyond nostalgia." ★★★★ Ivan Hewett (The Daily Telegraph)
Read More"Beautifully balanced singing" - first review for The Gluepot Connection
/“Beautifully balanced singing from the Londinium chamber choir keeps texture clear and clean. Warlock's 'The Full Heart' is a stand out, on its own worth the price of the CD… The voices of the Londinium chamber choir rise to the task, their voices glowing, “Amen, Amen”. It's as if a stained glass window were bursting into song!' Anne Ozorio (Classical Iconoclast)
Read MoreLaunch of fundraising for our debut CD!
/Londinium’s ‘Kensington to Bloomsbury’ concert launched the crowdfunding for its debut album, ‘The Gluepot Connection’…
Read MoreTour to Alsace - 'performance vocale spectaculaire'
/“La fraîcheur d’une performance vocale spectaculaire libérant des tessitures semblant sans limites. (The freshness of a spectacular vocal performance with seemingly limitless vocal textures.)” (DNA France) Londinium toured to Colmar in Alsace…
Read MoreConcert raises over £1,000 for Central London Samaritans
/Londinium was delighted to be invited by St Paul's Beckenham to give a charity fund-raising concert on Saturday, 9th July. Our 'Sunshine after Rain' programme raised over £1,000 for Central London Samaritans…
Read More'Voices of the North' praised by the UK Sibelius Society
/'Nielsen’s 'Tre Motetter'... made a much better impression at this concert than they did at the recent Prom where the polyphonic harmonies were largely lost in the Albert Hall acoustic... Londinium, conducted with great style by Andrew Griffiths, has the twin merits of balance and clarity in its projection of each work.” Edward Clark (Musical Opinion)
Read MorePraise for 'Once Upon a Time'
/“They performed the Vaughan Williams as though it had been written for them.” Hilary Glover (Planet Hugill) also noted the choir’s ‘blend and flexibility‘ and 'beautiful bass sound’…
Read MoreConcerts for the Art Fund and FGSJ
/Londinium was delighted to be engaged to give fundraising concerts for two charities, the Art Fund and the Friends of the Georgian Society of Jamaica…
Read MoreUK premiere of Nico Muhly's 'Recordare, Domine'
/“Londinium found poignancy and beauty in the atmospheric setting of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate' Hilary Glover (Planet Hugill) “The two soloists brought an ethereal quality to a powerful, yet most poignant performance [of ‘The Lord is Good']” Cecilia McDowall (composer)
Read MoreA 'choir to watch'
/'Londinium with conductor Andrew Griffiths are known for their quality performances, and this foray into French music at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate did not disappoint” Hilary Glover (Planet Hugill)
Read More'Jerusalem-Yerushalayim' recording released
/Tonus Peregrinus' premiere recording of Anthony Pitts' new oratorio Jerusalem-Yerushalayim, on which Londinium is the chorus, was digitally released through the Hyperion website on 29th July 2013…
Read MoreLondinium's performance of 'A.M.D.G.' a 'tour de force'
/Benjamin Britten’s A.M.D.G. is ‘… a terrific piece if taken on its own terms and one which gives the choir a chance to shine, which Londinium did quite brilliantly. Their performance of the whole work was a tour de force, and it was presented with a confidence, firmness and vividness which was altogether admirable.’ Robert Hugill (Planet Hugill)
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