The Camden Choir

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.

In the last couple of years, we have performed Michael Haydn's Requiem, Brahms' Liebeslieder, Handel's Chandos Anthem No.9, works by Rutter and Tavener, and the world première of Richard Blackford's Babel, specially commissioned for our 50th Anniversary debut at the Cadogan Hall.

Last season, we performed Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem (in his piano-duet version), Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, two Glorias (by Vivaldi and Poulenc), Victoria's Vidi Speciosam and George Shearing's Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, as well as works by Palestrina, Duruflé, Gjielo and Mäntyjärvi. Please visit our past repertoire page for a full list of performed works.

A highlight of the choir year is the Choir awayday — a summer get-together, normally held in July — when we explore different styles of music during an informal weekend in the country.