Patron: Cecilia McDowall
Our Next Concert
Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire
Friday 23rd October 2026, 7.30pm
St Andrew's Church Holborn, 5 St Andrew's St, London EC4A 3AF
John Rockliffe - percussion
London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham open the new season with music to rouse the senses dedicated to the four classical elements, taking you on a journey through an array of styles and centuries, including settings by Elizabeth Poston, Ben Parry, Katerina Gimon, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen and Anna Disley Simpson.
Future performances
Candlelight Carols
Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December 2026, 7.30pm
St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Olivia Jageurs - Harp
Tom Winpenny - Organ
Join London Oriana Choir, Dominic Ellis-Peckham and special guests harpist Olivia Jageurs and organist Tom Winpenny for our ever-popular concerts of festive choral favourites, audience carols and spell-binding repertoire and readings - including music by Cecilia McDowall, Benjamin Britten, Abbie Betinis and John Rutter.
Haydn: The Creation
Friday 12th March 2027, 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, 146 Sloane St, London SW1X 9BZ
Sian Dicker - soprano
Ruari Bowen - tenor
Michael Ronan - bass
City of London Sinfonia
From chaos to order, darkness to light, emptiness to abundance, Haydn's vivid and characterful musical setting of the biblical genesis story has enthralled audiences for over 200 years. The combination of imaginative word-painting, vibrant orchestral colours and jubilant choruses makes it one of Haydn's most popular and spectacular pieces. Dominic Ellis-Peckham and London Oriana Choir are joined by critically acclaimed City of London Sinfonia and soloists.
Opera Gala
Wednesday 12th May 2027, time tbc
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Pope - conductor
London Oriana Choir is delighted to have been invited by Kestrel Music to perform some famous opera choruses at this opera gala night.
Mahler’s 2nd Symphony: Resurrection
Sunday 17th May 2027, 6.30pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Lambeth Orchestra
Peter Selwyn - conductor
Wesendock: Lieder
Mahler: 2nd Symphony
Sweeping across 90 minutes, Mahler’s mighty ‘Resurrection’ Symphony grapples with themes of life, death and ardent faith, in music of virtually unparalleled poignancy and overwhelming power. London Oriana Choir is delighted to be joining Lambeth Orchestra and Peter Selwyn for this uniquely moving musical experience.
The Birth of Baroque: Bach and Purcell
Saturday 22nd May 2027, 1.15pm
Our Most Holy Redeemer Clerkenwell, 24 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE
Jonatan Bougt - Lute
The compositional master-composers Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach take centre stage as London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham perform their most powerful, poignant and enticing settings with guest lutenist Jonatan Bougt in the stunning surroundings of Exmouth Market’s Our Most Holy Redeemer.
Four Corners
Saturday 3rd 2027, 7.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Rd, London NW1 7AY
London Oriana Choir's sell-out folk-infused performance returns, bringing the most captivating melodies and powerful stories to life in a unique collaboration with today’s leading traditional artists. Dominic Ellis-Peckham curates this celebration with special guest singers and instrumentalists.
CD recordings
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Her Voice
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in the 2023/4 season, London Oriana Choir presents an album of recordings of nine a cappella commissions written for the Choir’s ground-breaking five15 initiative promoting women composers, with works by composers-in-residence Cheryl Frances Hoad, Rebecca Dale, Jessica Curry, Anna Disley-Simpson and Hannah Kendall. Grant supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.
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The Lady Oriana
Celebrating the launch of its innovative five15 project to promote women composers, London’s most exciting choir presents a selection of choral masterpieces from across the ages ranging from John Wilbye’s late 16th century madrigal The Lady Oriana in honour of Queen Elizabeth I to O nata lux, a composition by British Composer Award-winning contemporary composer Kerry Andrew.
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Classic Quadrophenia
The London Oriana Choir joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfie Boe, Billy Idol, Phil Daniels and Pete Townshend in an exciting new orchestration of his classic rock opera by Rachel Fuller and Martin Batchelar, conducted by Robert Ziegler. CD recording, and DVD/Blu-Ray of the world première performance at the Royal Albert Hall in July 2015.
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Armstrong Gibbs: Odysseus
The première recording of the choral masterpiece Odysseus by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, by the London Oriana Choir and the BBC Concert Orchestra (2007).
If you like Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony you will love this tuneful and evocative work. Featuring Susan Gritton and Mark Stone as soprano and baritone soloists, the work tells the familiar story of Odysseus's wanderings after the fall of Troy, and his return to Ithaca. The CD also includes Dyson’ Four Songs for Sailors.
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Walford Davies: Everyman
Premiered in 1904, in an age notable for such works as Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Everyman has had only two performances in a hundred years and has never previously been recorded. This Dutton Digital recording was a Gramophone Magazine – Editor’s Choice.
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Stuff & Nonsense
Three world premiere recordings:
Richard Rodney Bennett: Nonsense Songs
John Gardner: Seven Songs
George MacIlwham: Tam O’Shanter
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