Information for members

Dates for your diary:

Our regular Tuesday rehearsals are at 19.45
in St Michaels Church, Elmwood Road W4

Tuesday 29th April 2025 – Summer term starts
NB Sectionals on Monday 12th May for S&A and Tuesday 13th May for T&B

Saturday 5th July 2025
Summer Concert at St Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road, SW7
(note new venue)
‘Over the Rainbow’

A selection of songs on the the theme of ‘colour’, including a newly composed piece by Bob Chilcott.

..and book your place now on our next Choral Getaway Weekend!

20th/21st September 2025 at the Chartered Institute of Marketing campus in Cookham

Following the success of our previous Choral Weekend at Churchill College Cambridge, this event will be at the Chartered Institute of Marketing campus at Moor Hall in Cookham, with accommodation, meals – and singing!

Follow this link to register and get more details.

..and that’s not all!
Book now for our planned Tour to Spain on 8th-12th April 2026

We’ll be heading to the Castile y Leon region of Spain, north west of Madrid. We are booked to sing in two Cathedrals, Salamanca and Valladolid, two glorious and ancient buildings, with time for some tourism for singers and non-singers. The region is historically and gastronomically rich and a treasure house of palaces, castles and cathedrals, with superb wines and food.

We’ll be staying for the four nights in central Salamanca, itself a UNESCO World Heritage city, in the well-reviewed ABBA Fonseca hotel, 10 minutes’ walk from the Cathedral.

The trip cost will include flights (London > Madrid, return), coach transfer to and from the Hotel and to and from Valladolid, B&B ensuite rooms, a full-time bi-lingual courier, plus Hilary leading us chorally, with a soloist and organist to play in both venues.

The company arranging our trip, Specialised Travel Ltd, has a long track record of choral and orchestral trips and will ensure our performances are well advertised locally, with high levels of audience attendance to be expected.

The cost per member will depend on our numbers, but will be around £990 each (£920 for non-singers) with a £200 deposit to be paid this coming April, with the balance to follow in two halves, in Sept 2025 and then Dec 2025.

Please register your interest via this link and watch out for further details

Some further dates for your diary!
Watch out for extra events and details to be added.

19/20th July – Guest choir at Southwark Cathedral

9th September 2025 – Autumn term starts
[Sectionals – Monday 22nd Sept T&B – Tuesday 23rd Sept S&A]

6th December 2025 – Winter Concert at SMAA – Rep tbc

December 2025 date tbc – WLC Chorale Christmas Concert
– and possible Chiswick Film festival event – rep tbc

December 2025 date tbc – WLC Christmas Party

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6th January 2026 – Spring term starts
[Sectionals Monday 19th January 2026 S&A – Tuesday 20th January T&B]

21st March 2026 – Spring Concert – rep tbc – also for possible tour

Easter/April Tour of Spain tbc

14th April 2026 – Summer Term starts

16th May 2026 – Come & Sing
[Sectionals Monday 27th May T&B – Tuesday 28th May S&A]

4th July 2026? – 50th Anniversary Concert poss in Cadogan Hall
Rep tbc – possibly same as first sung by choir in 1976 & something by Cecilia McDowall

8th September 2026 – Autumn term starts
[Sectionals Monday 28th Sept S&A – Tuesday 29th Sept T&B]

5th December 2026 – Winter Concert – Rep and venue tbc

14th December 2026 – WLC Chorale Christmas Concert – rep and venue tbc

December 2026 date tbc – WLC 50th Christmas Party

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5th January 2027 – Spring term starts

20th March 2027 – Spring Concert – rep and venue tbc

13th April 2027 – Summer term starts

15th May 2027 – Come & Sing – rep tbc

10th July 2027 – Summer Concert – rep tbc

7th September 2027 – Autumn term starts

4th December 2027 – Winter Concert – rep tbc

December 2027 date tbc – WLC Chorale Christmas Concert – rep tbc

December 2027 date tbc – WLC Christmas Party

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Recent events

Saturday 5th April 2025 at St Michaels and All Angels, Bedford Park W4
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
A complete performance of this intriguing work played to an attentive and appreciative full house.

Saturday 1st March 2025 at St Peters Church, Black Lion Lane, London, W6
A ‘Come and Sing’ afternoon working on Rutter’s Gloria, finishing with a scratch performance for friends and family!

Monday 16th December 2024 – Christmas Concert – St Nicholas Church
‘A Christmas Rose’ – A seasonal candle-lit concert by our recently newly created WLC Chorale singing a selection of ‘Rose’ based songs.

Saturday 7th December 2024 – Autumn concert at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park W4
Handel – Messiah – Part One complete, with an afternoon Mini-Messiah for families and children.
Both played to packed and appreciative houses!

21st/22nd September 2024 – Getaway singing weekend at Churchill College Cambridge

Choir members at Churchill College Cambridge

This two-day event was for members and friends to sing and socialise, while working on an informal repertoire chosen by Hilary to widen our choral scope and develop our technique. We savoured the collegiate atmosphere for the weekend, with comfortable ensuite rooms and all meals provided, including a relaxing dinner together – and a convenient on-site bar!

22nd June – Social Evening at St Michaels Church Elmwood Road W4
‘The World of Theatre‘ with Michael Attenborough

Saturday 6th July 2024 – Summer concert at St Nicholas, Chiswick Mall
‘A Fancy of Folksongs’ on the subject of ‘love and courtship’, including works by Stephen Jackson and our Patron, Cecilia McDowall. Said Stephen afterwards:
“I was thrilled by your performance of Rio Grande. It’s not easy and you absolutely nailed it.”
..and from Cecilia: “What a truly lovely concert! I just loved A Fancy of Folksongs from the swaggering Ramblers to the engaging choral dialogue in O no, John! “

Saturday 11th May – Come and Sing – Messiah Choruses
An afternoon romp through some selected choruses from this iconic work with Hilary and Maria to raise funds for the Choir – with a scratch performance for friends!

13th/14th April 2024
Guest choir at York Minster for their weekend services

Here is the York Minster live stream of our Choral Eucharist service on the Sunday.
Here is the York Minster live stream of our Choral Evensong service on the Sunday.

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Saturday 23rd March 2024 – Spring concert at St Paul’s Grove Park W4
Schubert Mass No5 in A flat D678

Rehearsing Schubert

Another welcome full house came to hear our performance of this innovative work supported by the British Sinfonietta and professional soloists.

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11th December 2023 at St Nicholas Church W4
‘Candlelight Christmas’

A special bonus Christmas-flavoured concert given by our new Chamber Chorale.

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2nd December 2023 – Winter Concert at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park W4
Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Gloria.
A full house enjoyed these two much-loved classics of the choral repertoire, with music both magnificent and glorious from the choir, our guest soloists and the orchestral forces of the British Sinfonietta!

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2nd/3rd September 2023
Guest Choir at Llandaff Cathedral.

We were the guest choir at Llandaff Cathedral for Choral Evensong on the Saturday and Sunday and for Choral Eucharist on the Sunday. Besides supporting the hymn singing and chanting the Psalms, the works we performed as part of these services included Mozart’s Missa Brevis and Ave Verum Corpus, Magnifcat and Nunc Dimittis by Vaughan Williams and Stamford, Rutter’s A Crown of Glory, Elgar’s O Hearken Thou and Howell’s Like as the Hart.

Here’s a link to the ‘live stream’ of our Sunday Choral Evensong on the Llandaff Cathedral website.
The actual service starts at about four minutes in.

Saturday 1st July 2023 – Summer Concert at St Paul’s Grove Park
‘A Coronation Celebration’

We were joined by the West London Chamber Choir and tbrass ensemble Bella Tromba for this concert to sing…
Coronation Te Deum – Walton
A Crown of Glory – Rutter
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus – Bruckner
O Hearken Thou – Edward Elgar
I Was Glad – Parry
…with other rousing works for organ and brass.

April 2023 – Spring Concert at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park
‘Psalms, Songs and Seasons’

Bernstein, Whitacre and McDowall

This concert included Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein, Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre and A Time for all Seasons by Cecilia McDowall, who is also the Choir’s Patron.

December 2022 – Winter concert at St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park
Mozart Requiem

With professional soloists and a full orchestra, and in front of a packed house, many of those present said this was one of our best performances!

July 2022 at St Peters Church, Acton W4
‘Platinum Jubilee Celebratory Summer Concert’
Coronation Anthems – Handel
I was glad – Purcell
…performed in front of our first substantial audience since the Coronavirus restrictions had been lifted.

April 2022 at St Paul’s Church, Grove Park – and in Belgium
‘A New Heaven‘
This was our Easter concert of sacred and uplifting 20th Century choral works by British composers. It was followed a few days later by our much-delayed tour to Bruges, Ghent and Ypres, where we performed selected works from this concert’s repertoire.

Singing in Bruges and at the Menin Gate in Ypres

January 2022
The first event of 2022 was our ‘Come and Sing’ workshop when choir members and guests spent the afternoon working on Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ with our musical director Hilary Campbell.

December 2021
At this Christmas concert we launched our recent CD recording with a performance of Chilcott’s Wenceslas and other seasonal pieces.

September 2021
We finally managed to put on our long-awaited Robin Johnson Composition Competition concert in front of a live invited audience.

Listen to the music!
Watch the whole evening’s event!
More about the Robin Johnson Composition Concert

December 2020 – Chilcott’s ‘On Christmas Night’
During a temporary relaxation in the Coronavirus restrictions, this concert took place without an audience and with a reduced number of singers performing together for the first time in nearly a year.