City of London Chamber Choir
@clcc.org.uk
We are a friendly group of singers who perform services in Cathedrals and churches around the UK, with the occasional concert here in London.
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Our programme for 2025
🎼 14 June : Summer Concert (British sacred and folk summer music) Guy's Chapel
⛪️ 19-20 July : Services at Rochester Cathedral
⛪️ 1-2 Nov : Services at St Albans Cathedral, inc Faure Requiem for All Souls
🎼 10 Dec : Christmas Concert, inc "Ceremony of Carols" Guy's Chapel
🎼 14 June : Summer Concert (British sacred and folk summer music) Guy's Chapel
⛪️ 19-20 July : Services at Rochester Cathedral
⛪️ 1-2 Nov : Services at St Albans Cathedral, inc Faure Requiem for All Souls
🎼 10 Dec : Christmas Concert, inc "Ceremony of Carols" Guy's Chapel
Supporting this important campaign to add English Sacred Choral Music to the UNESCO heritage list
'English Sacred Choral Music is education, and worship, and a celebration of skill and artisanship. It is sheet music wet with drops of music, smudged and loved. It is notes scrawled with humour and frustration. It is community, and it is friendship.'
And hath exalted the humble and meek
Royalty. Celebrity organists. Famous former choristers. Even politicians can trace their lineage back to choristerships. The vein of choral music is rich with dazzling success and rightful pride in th...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Supporting this important campaign to add English Sacred Choral Music to the UNESCO heritage list
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'English Sacred Choral Music is education, and worship, and a celebration of skill and artisanship. It is sheet music wet with drops of music, smudged and loved. It is notes scrawled with humour and frustration. It is community, and it is friendship.'
And hath exalted the humble and meek
Royalty. Celebrity organists. Famous former choristers. Even politicians can trace their lineage back to choristerships. The vein of choral music is rich with dazzling success and rightful pride in th...
quiresandplaces.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
'English Sacred Choral Music is education, and worship, and a celebration of skill and artisanship. It is sheet music wet with drops of music, smudged and loved. It is notes scrawled with humour and frustration. It is community, and it is friendship.'
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48 hours left on our practitioner survey. Here's why it matters (and why we need YOU) 🧵
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#musiced #musiceducation #singingforhealth #singingforwellbeing #artsinhealth #edusky #creativehealth
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Singing & Vocal Work for Children & Young People's Mental Health & Wellbeing:Practitioner Survey
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January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
48 hours left on our practitioner survey. Here's why it matters (and why we need YOU) 🧵
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No pictures, but we had our first rehearsal back tonight. Preparing for @lincolncathedral.bsky.social on 21 /22 Feb.
January 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
No pictures, but we had our first rehearsal back tonight. Preparing for @lincolncathedral.bsky.social on 21 /22 Feb.
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This BBC Bitesize teaching aid is a good introduction to RVW's The Lark Ascending, with background on the composer and an overview of the piece.
Designed for younger students, it's a great introduction for older audiences too!
Explore here 👇
Designed for younger students, it's a great introduction for older audiences too!
Explore here 👇
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Explore Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with lesson plans and films, and audio downloads.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
This BBC Bitesize teaching aid is a good introduction to RVW's The Lark Ascending, with background on the composer and an overview of the piece.
Designed for younger students, it's a great introduction for older audiences too!
Explore here 👇
Designed for younger students, it's a great introduction for older audiences too!
Explore here 👇
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If you start listening to this recording of Orlando Gibbons' 'This is the Record of John' at 23:58.13 on New Year's Eve, midnight will strike as John says "NO".
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Gibbons: This Is the Record of John
YouTube video by Robin Blaze - Topic
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December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you start listening to this recording of Orlando Gibbons' 'This is the Record of John' at 23:58.13 on New Year's Eve, midnight will strike as John says "NO".
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Start 2026 the right way.
youtu.be/l7Rj1Z-fqaI?...
Apparently the family has a better as to when I will first check www.noradsanta.org/en/map . Got to 14.20 GMT, Santa delivering to Okinawa
Official NORAD Tracks Santa
www.noradsanta.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Apparently the family has a better as to when I will first check www.noradsanta.org/en/map . Got to 14.20 GMT, Santa delivering to Okinawa
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The Christmas season lasts for much longer than two days.
Many churches offer alternative choral services, and while choirs break after Christmas Day, festive music can often be heard into January.
Come back in 2026 to find Evensong.
choralevensong.org
Many churches offer alternative choral services, and while choirs break after Christmas Day, festive music can often be heard into January.
Come back in 2026 to find Evensong.
choralevensong.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Christmas season lasts for much longer than two days.
Many churches offer alternative choral services, and while choirs break after Christmas Day, festive music can often be heard into January.
Come back in 2026 to find Evensong.
choralevensong.org
Many churches offer alternative choral services, and while choirs break after Christmas Day, festive music can often be heard into January.
Come back in 2026 to find Evensong.
choralevensong.org
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Have you got 7 minutes to help us? ⏰
We're gathering insights from practitioners about children's mental health & singing. Your experience shapes our State of Play report.
Quick survey, closes Jan 17.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BS72MHB
#ChildMentalHealth #MusicEducation #EduSky #artsinhealth #musiced
We're gathering insights from practitioners about children's mental health & singing. Your experience shapes our State of Play report.
Quick survey, closes Jan 17.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BS72MHB
#ChildMentalHealth #MusicEducation #EduSky #artsinhealth #musiced
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Have you got 7 minutes to help us? ⏰
We're gathering insights from practitioners about children's mental health & singing. Your experience shapes our State of Play report.
Quick survey, closes Jan 17.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BS72MHB
#ChildMentalHealth #MusicEducation #EduSky #artsinhealth #musiced
We're gathering insights from practitioners about children's mental health & singing. Your experience shapes our State of Play report.
Quick survey, closes Jan 17.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BS72MHB
#ChildMentalHealth #MusicEducation #EduSky #artsinhealth #musiced
Hearing all these Christmas tunes,but minor, if making me giggle this morning! Thanks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Hearing all these Christmas tunes,but minor, if making me giggle this morning! Thanks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
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As Christmas draws nearer, search out Evensong amidst the candlelit carol services.
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
choralevensong.org
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
choralevensong.org
Choral Evensong
Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
choralevensong.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As Christmas draws nearer, search out Evensong amidst the candlelit carol services.
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
choralevensong.org
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
choralevensong.org
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"Those fond of sparrows may object to Jesus valuing them so much less than human beings... Jesus appears to be teaching an important truth by contrasting the lesser with the greater.” Julian Templeton in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://ow.ly/5Rff50XH1Be
#URC
Image: Tobias Roth | Unsplash
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#URC
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December 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Those fond of sparrows may object to Jesus valuing them so much less than human beings... Jesus appears to be teaching an important truth by contrasting the lesser with the greater.” Julian Templeton in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://ow.ly/5Rff50XH1Be
#URC
Image: Tobias Roth | Unsplash
https://ow.ly/5Rff50XH1Be
#URC
Image: Tobias Roth | Unsplash
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A petition has been launched to stop the closure of the Royal Shakespeare Company's music department, eradicating over 60 years of cultural heritage
The ISM call on the RSC to reverse this proposal and commit to protecting live music
Sign the petition 📝
www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
The ISM call on the RSC to reverse this proposal and commit to protecting live music
Sign the petition 📝
www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Music Department
www.change.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A petition has been launched to stop the closure of the Royal Shakespeare Company's music department, eradicating over 60 years of cultural heritage
The ISM call on the RSC to reverse this proposal and commit to protecting live music
Sign the petition 📝
www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
The ISM call on the RSC to reverse this proposal and commit to protecting live music
Sign the petition 📝
www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
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"Matthew 10 reads like an induction programme for new recruits. We get a brief, the detailed instructions, the warnings and guidance. These verses are part of the warnings.” Tony Jeans contemplates Jesus’ teachings about students and teachers. https://ow.ly/VngX50XBXl9
Image: Yan Krukau | Pexels
Image: Yan Krukau | Pexels
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Matthew 10 reads like an induction programme for new recruits. We get a brief, the detailed instructions, the warnings and guidance. These verses are part of the warnings.” Tony Jeans contemplates Jesus’ teachings about students and teachers. https://ow.ly/VngX50XBXl9
Image: Yan Krukau | Pexels
Image: Yan Krukau | Pexels
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Many choirs are singing some of their most atmospheric music at this point in Advent.
If you have never been to Evensong before, this is an ideal moment to discover it.
choralevensong.org
If you have never been to Evensong before, this is an ideal moment to discover it.
choralevensong.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Many choirs are singing some of their most atmospheric music at this point in Advent.
If you have never been to Evensong before, this is an ideal moment to discover it.
choralevensong.org
If you have never been to Evensong before, this is an ideal moment to discover it.
choralevensong.org
And if this is your bag, you can hear the whole of "A Ceremony of Carols" at our concert tomorrow (Wed 10) at 7.30 at Guy's Hospital Chapel. And with a harp.
The St Margaret's Choristers sing As Dew in Aprille from Benjamin Britten's much-loved A Ceremony of Carols.
Hear more from the choir in the St Margaret's Advent Liturgy, which is available to watch on demand until 6 January at: www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/watch-services?id=15931
Hear more from the choir in the St Margaret's Advent Liturgy, which is available to watch on demand until 6 January at: www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/watch-services?id=15931
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And if this is your bag, you can hear the whole of "A Ceremony of Carols" at our concert tomorrow (Wed 10) at 7.30 at Guy's Hospital Chapel. And with a harp.
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The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize supports young composers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
Prize: £1,000 bursary
Deadline: 5 Jan
www.londonmozartplayers.com/sctprize-2025/
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Not all December services are carol services.
Advent worship often has a stillness all of its own.
Evensong in Advent can be a refreshing contrast to the pace of the month.
choralevensong.org
Advent worship often has a stillness all of its own.
Evensong in Advent can be a refreshing contrast to the pace of the month.
choralevensong.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not all December services are carol services.
Advent worship often has a stillness all of its own.
Evensong in Advent can be a refreshing contrast to the pace of the month.
choralevensong.org
Advent worship often has a stillness all of its own.
Evensong in Advent can be a refreshing contrast to the pace of the month.
choralevensong.org
And I've just been Hark'ed! Our concert on Wednesday, 7.30, Guy's Hospital Chapel remains a safe zone, even if @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social is not
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And I've just been Hark'ed! Our concert on Wednesday, 7.30, Guy's Hospital Chapel remains a safe zone, even if @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social is not
Oh no! I'm out of Whammageddon. But I'm still in Harkageddon. And, more importantly, you can come to our concert on Wed 10 Dec, 7.30pm Guy's Hospital and still be safe by the end of it. So no excuses!
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Oh no! I'm out of Whammageddon. But I'm still in Harkageddon. And, more importantly, you can come to our concert on Wed 10 Dec, 7.30pm Guy's Hospital and still be safe by the end of it. So no excuses!
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Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Advent begins today.
A season of watchfulness and hope.
If you are looking for a quiet moment amid December’s noise, Evensong offers calm, beauty, and space to breathe.
choralevensong.org
A season of watchfulness and hope.
If you are looking for a quiet moment amid December’s noise, Evensong offers calm, beauty, and space to breathe.
choralevensong.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Advent begins today.
A season of watchfulness and hope.
If you are looking for a quiet moment amid December’s noise, Evensong offers calm, beauty, and space to breathe.
choralevensong.org
A season of watchfulness and hope.
If you are looking for a quiet moment amid December’s noise, Evensong offers calm, beauty, and space to breathe.
choralevensong.org
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This year’s Christmas morning service on BBC One will come live from Bradford Cathedral, reflecting Bradford’s status as UK City of Culture.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/bbc-announce-christmas-line-up/
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/bbc-announce-christmas-line-up/
BBC Announce Christmas Line-up - The Association of English Cathedrals
This year's Christmas morning service on BBC One will come live from Bradford Cathedral, reflecting Bradford’s status as UK City of Culture.
englishcathedrals.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This year’s Christmas morning service on BBC One will come live from Bradford Cathedral, reflecting Bradford’s status as UK City of Culture.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/bbc-announce-christmas-line-up/
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/bbc-announce-christmas-line-up/
Saw "The Choral" yesterday. Quite enjoyed it and enjoyed the recognisable characters and habits of a choir. Lovely to hear some "Dream of Gerontius", and was reminiscing singing it under Mark Elder (with another choir). I gave myself bonus points for spotting Alice Coote singing over the credits
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Saw "The Choral" yesterday. Quite enjoyed it and enjoyed the recognisable characters and habits of a choir. Lovely to hear some "Dream of Gerontius", and was reminiscing singing it under Mark Elder (with another choir). I gave myself bonus points for spotting Alice Coote singing over the credits
And if you'd like to hear the original (and we didn't say better), join us at our Christmas Concert 10 Dec 7.30pm at Guy's Chapel, Guy's Hospital
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And if you'd like to hear the original (and we didn't say better), join us at our Christmas Concert 10 Dec 7.30pm at Guy's Chapel, Guy's Hospital