ABOUT US
The London Choral Sinfonia is a dynamic professional ensemble, specialising in bringing new life to a wide range of choral and orchestral music, striving to deliver world-class performances of mid-sized repertoire.
Each season the LCS choir and orchestra perform regularly across London, at venues including Cadogan Hall, Sinfonia Smith Square and Kings Place. The performances frequently involve collaborations with emerging composers to commission new works, whilst also seeking to shine a light on lesser-known pieces by established classical composers.
The LCS season also includes smaller concerts, such as the Tasting Notes: music & wine series, informal performances at 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo, as well as private events and functions.
Alongside public performance, LCS is committed to an active education and outreach programme. The annual Christmas Carol Competition draws entries from around the world, whilst the Leach Award for Singing helps profile the very best young vocalists and accompanists.
LCS - in association with Orchid Classics - maintains a busy recording schedule, having established a substantial catalogue to date. These recordings range from popular Christmas music (O Holy Night, On Christmas Night), to the 3-disc project of contemporary music by Richard Pantcheff. Other recordings of contemporary music include works by Stephen Hough, Simon Beattie and Edward Picton-Turbervill.
Recordings also feature world-premiere recordings by Vaughan Williams (on the album Retrospect), a rediscovered cantata by Lennox Berkeley (Colourise), music for Passiontide (Sword in the Soul), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and, most recently, by Malcolm Arnold and Benjamin Britten.
LCS COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE
Owain Park
Owain Park was born in Bristol, UK in 1993. His compositions are published by Novello, and have been performed internationally by ensembles including the Tallis Scholars and the Aurora Orchestra.
As a conductor, he maintains a busy schedule of projects with ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Academy of Ancient Music, London Mozart Players, Cappella Cracoviensis, and Cambridge Chorale. His own vocal consort, The Gesualdo Six, tour extensively around the world and have been lauded for their interpretation of renaissance and contemporary music.
Owain is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO), and was awarded the Dixon Prize for improvisation, having been Senior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Trinity College Cambridge. He holds a Masters degree in composition and regularly appears as a singer with ensembles including Tenebrae, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen and Polyphony.
Recordings:
Phos Hilaron - Sword in the Soul
And I saw a new heaven | Bainton orch. Park - Sword in the Soul
Commissions / Concert performances:
Christmas Day | Holst orch. Park
Ring Out, Wild Bells | Fletcher, orch. Park
While shepherds watched their flocks
O Holy Night | Adam, arr. Pappenheim, orch. Park