Lewisham Choral Society

When the community choir [Lewisham Choral Society -Ed], inhabiting the level above the audience add their voice to the tragedy there is a sense of total involvement, being completely wrapped up in the drama.

In short, this is a tremendous production of a great show. Don’t miss it – it’s running at the Young Vic (with the Southbank Sinfonia and conductor Tim Murray taking over the musical honours from the BBC Concert Orchestra and Keith Lockhart) to 1 October before touring [without LCS -Ed].

Sunday 16th Nov 2008 - LCS with The Derbyshire Singers

"Rarely comest thou spirit of delight"
(Epigram from Shelley on Elgar's 2nd Symphony)

I first discovered Gerontius in a piano score in a friend's garage in the early 60s. I played through what I could cope with, memorised the text, and then bought the LPs.

In time, since it was rare to hear any other choral work by Elgar, I had attended over 30 performances and found I could not enjoy a performance without analysing it bar by bar.