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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Lovely programme TODAY from our friends at @thomastallissoc.bsky.social and St Paul's Sinfonia 🎶

Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

1 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!

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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

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Svensk masa (Swedish Mass) No. 1: Herre forbarma dig (Lord have Mercy)

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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

1592 painting of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Track of the week: The Kingdom by Edward Elgar (1857-1934) youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

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

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

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?

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Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Track of the week: Salieri's Requiem in C minor Listen here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mozart & Salieri: Requiem - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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?...

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The Stolen Child

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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". youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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La Pasión Según San Marcos. Osvaldo Golijov. Edición Deutsche Grammophon. 2010 - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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

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.

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Track of the week: George Lloyd's Requiem youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Lloyd: Requiem & Psalm 130 - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Track of the week: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani's Vespro della Beata Vergine youtube.com/playlist?lis... #classicalmusic

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Cozzolani: Vespro - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Into the final week of preparations for our concert this Sunday - some tickets still available from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Track of the week: 3 Gedichte (op. 29) by Robert Schumann 1810-56 Tracks 3-5 in the album linked below youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Robert Schumann: An die Sterne (Carus Classics) - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Our soloists for April 6th: soprano - Maud Niklas alto - Richard Decker tenor - Jake Harris bass - Francisco Ribeiro Tickets from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Track of the week: 'see, darkness covers the earth' for choir and cello by Stefan Klaverdal youtu.be/X1Kf3ew9eJM?...

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see, darkness covers the earth (Klaverdal) - score video

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Track of the week: Kerensa Briggs' Requiem Listen on Spotify here open.spotify.com/album/6VNeI9...

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Kerensa Briggs: Requiem

Kerensa Briggs · Album · 2023 · 14 songs

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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)

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Track of the week: Sicut lilium inter spinas by Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1512) youtu.be/d7PrDlq_lag?...

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Sicut lilium inter spinas

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Track of the Week - 3 ancient Irish poems for voice viola and harp, by Ina Boyle. We usually only share choral works but, although she wrote many, there are very few recordings for us to share with you. So enjoy these beautiful moments instead! I - Eve's Lament youtu.be/XxT7gYWJ4kw?...

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Three Ancient Irish poems for voice, viola and harp: I. Eve’s Lament

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Track of the week - Three Latin Motets by John Pickard. The motets make up the first tracks of the linked album, but do listen to all the works if you have time youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A beautiful programme coming up on April 6th. Tickets available now!

A poster for Blackheath Choir's upcoming concert.
Beethoven: Mass in C
Pergolesi: Miserere II in C minor.
Sunday 6th April 2025, 7:30pm, St Margaret's Church, Lee, SE13 5DL.
Soloists are Maud Niklas, Richard Decker, Jake Harris and Francisco Ribeiro.
Tickets £16/8 from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Track of the week: Mass in Time of War (or Paukenmesse) by Franz Joseph Haydn. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Haydn: Missa in tempore belli; Missa in angustiis "Nelson" Mass - YouTube

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This week, our track of the week is the recently released "Now I Lay" by Joanna Marsh. Listen here: youtu.be/AZ6eseYAJyM?...

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Now I Lay

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

On a wet and windy day, our Track of the Week is Gustav Holst's "The Cloud Messenger" youtu.be/i71y4J3-WZU?...

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Gustav Holst - The Cloud Messenger (1913)

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We missed our Track of the Week last week 🙈 so today you get two! "Begin the Song!" by John Blow (1649-1708) "Agnus Dei" by Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenskaya links to both below 👇

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

In 2024 we started sharing a choral 'Track of the Week' on our social media accounts - and here's a round up of the composers we featured! Tell us your favourites, who's new to you, and which works we should share in 2025 🎶 #ClassicalMusic #choirs #choral

A diagram with a timeline running from 1500AD to the present day. Approximately 40 composers, their years of birth and death, and their nationalities are distributed along the timeline.

If you are visually impaired and would like the full details within the diagram, please message us and we will organise an audio described version.

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Our new term starts on January 7th - come along to a free Open Rehearsal to sing some Beethoven and Pergolesi 😍 Links for more info on joining in our bio 🎶

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Last week some of our members went carol singing at Canary Wharf and raised over £3000 for @samaritans.bsky.social 💚 what a wonderful total! Thank you all for your time and donations.

Approx 20 choir members smile at the camera. They are all wearing coats and a variety of tinsel/Santa hats.

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

What a night! Thank you to all who braved the weather for our sell-out concert on Sunday. Our thanks to our conductor and MD Pat, and the team of volunteers who make the choir and all our events possible. We're back on 6.4.25 for Beethoven & Pergolesi - save the date! #londonchoir

A photograph taken from the back of the church. A fully packed audience stands to applaud at the end of the Messiah. The choir and orchestra are visible over their heads in the background. The church's tall pillars stretch upwards

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Blackheath Choir @blackheathchoir.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Exciting news that next week's concert is a sell-out! You can still email tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk to be put on the waiting list, but please don't come to buy tickets on the door as you will be disappointed.

Poster for Blackheath Choir's upcoming concert. There is a background image of a sketched angel with outstretched wings. Overlay text reads:
Blackheath Choir and Orchestra
Handel's Messiah and Puccini's Messa di Gloria
Conductor: Patricia Williams
Soprano: Maud Niklas
Tenor: John Upperton
Bass: Nick Gee
Sunday 8th December 2024, 7:30pm
St Margaret's Church, Lee, Brandram Rd, SE13 5DL

Tickets (which are now sold out) £8/16/20 from tickets@blackheathchoir.org.uk

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