Founded in 1971, the Camden Choir enjoys an excellent reputation, with high standards and a distinctive repertoire. We are a small friendly choir that performs three concerts a year — usually in Primrose Hill, but further afield on occasions — and we also present a Christmas concert in aid of charity. We aim to combine mainstream works with more unusual and musically challenging pieces by a wide range of composers.
Since we reconvened after the pandemic, we have performed Michael Haydn's Requiem, the world première of Richard Blackford's Babel, specially commissioned for our 50 th Anniversary debut at the Cadogan Hall, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem (in his piano-duet version), two Glorias (by Vivaldi and Poulenc), and George Shearing's Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare. Please visit our past repertoire page for a full list of performed works.
Last season, we performed Handel's Judas Maccabeus to great acclaim, Cecilia McDowall's Christus Natus Est, Byrd's Mass for Four Voices, Victoria's Missa Alma Redemptoris, and Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, as well as works by Finzi, Guerrero, Moeran, Tomkins, Tallis and Whitacre.
A highlight of the choir year is the Choir awayday — a summer get-together, normally held on a Saturday in July — when we explore different styles of music during an informal weekend in the country.