Gala Performances 2024

Choral music at its most vibrant filled the splendid Duke’s Hall at London’s Royal Academy of Music throughout the weekend of  20-21 October 2018 as singers, and then conductors, collaborated in an international celebration of the choral arts.

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Gala Concert
Saturday 20 October 2018

​On Saturday evening two of London’s best-known chamber choirs, Coro and Chantage, collaborated for the first time in nearly fifteen years. ​

​Between them they have represented London to competitive success at festivals in Estonia, France, Italy, Malta and the UK.

For the inaugural LICCC Gala Concert, Coro and Chantage welcomed world famous Finnish composer and conductor Jaakko Mantyjarvi and his chamber choir FREIA. Together they presented “Mantyjarvi conducts Mantyjarvi” – an opportunity not to be missed!

​CHANTAGE
Conductor: James Davey

Miškinis Dum medium silentium
Pott Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est
Clucas Crucifixus
Hahn Rondo Lapponico
Jansson The Choirmaster's Burial
 
CORO
Conductor: Mark Griffiths

Britten St. Godric’s Hymn
Weelkes As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending
Elgar My Love Dwelt In A Northern Land
Finzi My Spirit Sang All Day
Jackson In Memoriam
Vaughan Williams Valiant-For-Truth

​ccFREIA
Conductor: Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
"Mäntyjärvi conducts  Mäntyjärvi"
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Smoking can kill

- Come away, death
- Full fathom five
from Four Shakespeare Songs
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- Over hill, over dale
- A scurvy tune
from More Shakespeare Songs
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Seven last words
When I heard the learned astronomer
 
MASSED CHOIRS
Byrd Sing Joyfully

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Competition Grand Final
Sunday 21 October 2018

On Sunday the choral excellence continued, now focused on the UK’s first Choral Conducting Competition. The very finest choral conductors of the next generation, from Britain and abroad, competed at the Grand Final for a First Prize of £5,000 as well as other awards.

Our international jury comprised teachers and practitioners of the highest calibre from Slovenia, the United States, Norway and the United Kingdom. During the judging interval Coro, Chantage and ccFREIA provided a massed choir entertainment as the evening climaxed with the announcement of our first prizewinners!

Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David 
​Schütz Die Himmel erzählen  
Parry There is an old belief 
Mouton Salva nos, Domine 
Martin Kyrie (Mass for double choir) 
Daniel-Lesur La Voix du Bien-aimé
Antongnini Canticum Novum

Bruckner Os Justi
Spencer At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners 
Lobo Versa Est in Luctum
Runestad Alleluia 
Lukaszewski O Vos Omnes
Wheeler The Cries of Music (WORLD PREMIERE)
Mäntyjärvi The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls