Locrian Ensemble with the Tallis Chamber Choir

This exciting new ensemble is bringing together some of the most prominent string soloists in London who together have established an enviable international reputation for recordings, broadcasts and live performances.
"The Locrians were spirited and sensitive, ensemble and balance were precise - the result was utter pleasure." - Daily Telegraph

The Tallis Chamber Choir was formed by Philip Simms in 1982 and quickly established itself as one of the leading British choirs, numbering between 12 and 60 singers. TCC has sung at many English and European Festivals, at all London's major concert halls with most of Britain's leading orchestras as well as ones from Paris, Budapest, Perugia, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Gothenburg. Conductors have included Ashkenazy, Bruggen, Domingo, Harnoncourt, Hickox, Jarvi, Leonhardt, Leppard, Mackerras, Malgoire, Mehta, Menuhin, Norrington, Sacher, Spivakov, Tate, Tilson Thomas and Viotti. "... the highlight - a most moving and commandingly structured performance of Fauré's Requiem, one which had you searching your memory for an interpretation of comparable intensity and perfection of delivery in both the orchestral and choral forces." Barbican concert with the ECO/Christophers - The Independent, April 1997 TCC has a number of commercial recordings to its credit, including several with the English Chamber Orchestra. They have appeared on British and Irish TV, made several documentaries, broadcast for the BBC many times and also for French, German and Irish radio, made commercial "backing tracks", and performed twice at Buckingham Palace. With their conductor, Philip Simms, the choir has also sung in Switzerland, Italy, Turkey Belgium and Poland.

Programme
Handel – Choruses from Messiah
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart – ‘Finale’ from Coronation Mass
Carol Medley for Strings
Seasonal Christmas for choirs by Rutter and others
Carols for choirs, organ, harp and audience

Tallis Chamber Choir
Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs
Locrian Ensemble
Justin Pearson, Roger Humphrey and Philip Simms Conductors

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