Upcoming Events
Carmina Burana
Conductor: Christopher Warren‑Green
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Gounod St Cecilia Mass
Dvořák – Te Deum
Dvořák – Nocturne in B, op.40
Dvořák – Goin’ Home (arr. Paul Ayres)
Conductor: Sam Evans | New London Orchestra
St Jude on the Hill, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11 7AH
Ronald Corp OBE: A Celebration of his Life
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Dame Jane Glover DBE conductor
Sam Evans conductor
Ian MacGregor conductor
William Vann conductor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Highgate Choral Society
The London Chorus
New London Orchestra
New London Children’s Choir alumni
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Haydn Nelson Mass
Haydn – Missa in Augustiis (Nelson Mass)
Haydn – Insanae et Vanae Curae
Schubert – Mass in G no.2, D.167
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Conductor: Sam Evans | New London Orchestra
St Jude on the Hill, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11 7AH
Beethoven's Ninth
Raymond Gubbay presents Christmas Festival 2025
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor
Beethoven Symphony No 9, Choral
Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
and
Goldsmiths Choral Union | Highgate Choral Society
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8D
Family Carols
Conductor: Sam Evans
Organist: Edward Batting
with: Highgate Choral Society | Brass Ensemble
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, London N6 6BJ
Bach Magnificat
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel May no rash intruder from Solomon
Bach Cantata 82 Ich habe genug
Handel O lovely peace from Judas Maccabaeus
Handel Let thy deeds be glorious from Deborah
Handel Waft her angles from Jephtha
Bach Widerstehen doch der Sunde
Bach Cantata 50 Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
Bach Magnificat
Conductor: Jennifer Sterling | New London Orchestra
All Hallows’ Church, Savernake Road, Gospel Oak, London NW3 2JP
A Season to Sing
Elgar Give Unto the Lord
Russell Hepplewhite The Diarist’s Pages (premiere)
Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange A Season to Sing
Guest Conductor: Hilary Campbell | Organist: Edward Batting
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate N6 6BJ
Monteverdi Vespers
Soloists – Sopranos: Aoife Miskelly | Harriet Burns
Countertenor : James Laing
Tenors: Gwilym Bowen | Ruairi Bowen
Baritone: Felix Kemp
Bass-Baritone: Florian Störtz
Conductor: Jeremy Jackman | New London Orchestra
All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London, NW3 2JP
Family Carols
An evening of carols for all the family. Join us for some Christmas festivities along with mulled wine and mince pies. Soft drinks available for the children.
Conductor Ronald Corp
Organist Edward Batting
Highgate Choral Society
St Michael’s C of E Primary School Choir
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, London N6 6BJ
Fauré Requiem
Holst A Somerset Rhapsody
Ronald Corp Phoenix from the Ashes – a cantata for suffering children
Fauré Requiem
Lucy Crowe soprano
Roderick Williams baritone
Highgate Choral Society
The London Chorus
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp conductor
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Carmina Burana
Raymond Gubbay presents Carmina Burana
Wagner Prelude to Act III Lohengrin
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Orff Carmina Burana
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Royal Choral Society
The Bach Choir
Highgate Choral Society
The London Chorus
The Southend Boys’ Choir
David Hill Conductor
Helena Dix Soprano
Anthony Gregory Tenor
Samuel Dale Johnson Baritone
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Come and Sing Handel Messiah
Registration: 1:30pm | Rehearsal: 2:00-5:15pm | Performance: 6:00pm
A chance to learn and sing favourite choruses from the choral masterpiece – all welcome.
With expert coaching from conductor Ronald Corp and voice coach Greg Link
We will be using the New Novello (Watkins Shaw) edition. Many singers may have a copy but we also will have some available to hire.
Tickets: £20 including tea and cake during rehearsal interval (or £15 for under-35s)
Audience tickets: £10
Score hire: £5
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BJ
Mozart Solemn Vespers
Mozart
Vesperae solemnes de confessore K339
Exsultate jubilate K165
Litaniae Lauretanae K195
And music by Salieri and Michael Haydn
Conductor: Ronald Corp | New London Orchestra
Performers: Fflur Wyn – Soprano, Richard Decker – Alto, Nick Allen – Tenor, Alistair Sutherland – Baritone
All Hallows’ Church, Savernake Road, Gospel Oak, NW3 2JP
Choral Suites
Choral Suites from
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man
Bernstein West Side Story
with works by Whitacre and Samuel Barber
Conductor: Ronald Corp
Performers: Stephen Whitford – Baritone | Edward Batting – organ/piano
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BJ
Poulenc Stabat Mater
Poulenc Stabat Mater
Bizet Te Deum
Lili Boulanger Vieille prière bouddhique
Conductor: Ronald Corp | New London Orchestra
Performers: Iuno Connolly – Soprano, Thomas Elwin – Tenor
All Hallows’ Church, Savernake Road, Gospel Oak NW3 2JP
Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival 2023
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor
Symphony No 9, Choral
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green conductor
Sarah Gilford soprano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo-soprano
Oliver Johnston tenor
Thomas D Hopkinson bass
Dinara Klinton piano
Coro Spezzato
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Highgate Choral Society
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Family Carols
Conductor: Ronald Corp
Organ: Edward Batting
St Michael’s CofE Primary School Choir
St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate N6 6BJ
Mendelssohn Elijah
Conductor: Ronald Corp | New London Orchestra
Performers: Gweneth Ann Rand – Soprano, Emma Brown – Alto, Ruairi Bowen – Tenor, Felix Kemp – Bass
All Hallows’ Church, Savernake Road, Gospel Oak NW3 2JP
Glinka | Saint-Saëns | Orff
Raymond Gubbay presents
Glinka
Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ Symphony’
Orff
Carmina Burana
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Bach Choir
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Highgate Choral Society
Wimbledon Choral Society
The Southend Boys’ Choir
Ailish Tynan soprano
Oliver Johnston tenor
Grant Doyle baritone
Richard Gowers organ
David Hill conductor
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Will Todd – Mass in Blue
Will Todd – Mass in Blue
Max Jaffa – A selection for piano and violin
Ronald Corp – Walter de la Mare
SOPRANO: Sarah Gabriel
VIOLIN: Simon Blendis
PIANO: Saoko Blendis
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
All Hallow’s Church, Savernake Road, London NW3 2JP
Duruflé Requiem
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem op 9
Hubert Parry – Blest pair of Sirens
Maurice Duruflé – Ubi caritas
Johannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied
Gerald Finzi – God is gone up
VENUE: St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BJ
MEZZO SOPRANO: Carolyn Holt
BARITONE: Mark Nathan
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORGAN: Edward Batting
Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion
VENUE: All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London NW3 2JP
SOPPRANO: Lucy Hall
MEZZO SOPRANO: Catherine Hopper
TENOR: William Morgan
BARITONE: Timothy Nelson
BASS: Dingle Yandell
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORCHESTRA: New London Orchestra
Family Carols
VENUE: St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BJ
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORGAN: Edward Batting
CHOIRS: St Michael’s C of E Primary School Choir
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Garden of Proserpine
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Garden of Proserpine
Ronald Corp – Symphony no 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
VENUE: All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London NW3 2JP
SOPRANO: Eleanor Pennell-Briggs
MEZZO SOPRANO: Emma Jüngling
TENOR: Henry Ross
BASS: Sam Evans
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORCHESTRA: New London Orchestra
Joseph Haydn – The Creation
VENUE: All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London NW3 2JP
SOPRANO: Alexandra Oomens
TENOR: William Morgan
BASS: William Thomas
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORCHESTRA: New London Orchestra
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs
Christopher Hussey – Songs from the Temple – a world premiere
SOPRANO: Iúnó Connolly
BARITONE: Jacobo Ochoa
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORGAN: Edward Batting
VENUE: St Michael’s Church Highgate, South Grove, London N6 6BJ
HCS’s Spring concert presents an enduring French choral favourite together with English song settings of celebrated poems by the seventeenth century Anglican priest George Herbert – including a new commission by HCS, and a piece in anticipation of the upcoming 150th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ birth.
Bruckner – Mass in E Minor
Anton Bruckner – Mass in E Minor
Amadeus Mozart – Serenade in E flat K375
Ronald Corp – Nothing Can Be Beautiful Which Is Not True – world premiere in memory of Alf Mignano
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
Anton Bruckner – Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
VENUE: All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, London NW3 2JP
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORCHESTRA: New London Orchestra
Family Carols
VENUE: St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate London N6 6BJ
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORGAN: Edward Batting
CHOIRS: New London Children’s Choir and St Michael’s C of E Primary School Choir
Join Highgate Choral Society for its annual family carol concert; an unmissable event!
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem
VENUE: All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, NW3 2JP
SOPRANO: Anita Watson
MEZZO SOPRANO: Samantha Price
TENOR: Frederick Jones
BARITONE: Stephen Gadd
CONDUCTOR: Ronald Corp
ORCHESTRA: New London Orchestra
Verdi’s Requiem is a setting of the Catholic funeral mass in seven movements scored for double choir, solo quartet and large orchestra. It was composed in honour of the memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, who was greatly admired by Verdi and who, like Verdi, was a leader in the Risorgimento, the cultural and political movement for Italian independence and unification. The first performance, conducted by Verdi himself, was given in the church of San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death, 22 May 1874, and received immediate acclaim. A second performance, also conducted by Verdi, followed three days later at La Scala in Milan.
Today, Verdi’s Requiem is the most performed major choral work in the repertoire – a choral tour de force fitting for HCS and its supporters to celebrate a long-anticipated return to live performance.
Ludwig Beethoven
Ludwig Beethoven – Ninth Symphony and Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor
VENUE: Barbican Hall
SOPRANO: Lauren Fagan
MEZZO SOPRANO: Kathryn Rudge
TENOR: Oliver Johnston
BARITONE: Morgan Pearse
PIANO: Daniel Lebhard
CONDUCTOR: Oliver Gooch
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Members of Highgate Choral Society, Goldsmiths Choral Union and The London Chorus