St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow
Thursday 10th July at 8pm

Join Walthamstow Singers at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow for some beautiful and uplifting choral music, performed under the direction of conductor Tristan Weymes. Music will include choral classics including Bruckner’s ‘Locus Iste’, alongside Take That’s ‘Shine’, and Rollo Dilworth’s ‘I sing because I’m happy’ - what’s not to like!

Tickets £12 (£8 for students in full time education and under 18s – children must be supervised by a responsible adult). Seating is unreserved and doors open at 7.30pm. The concert begins at 8pm and is expected to finish at around 9.30pm.

Ark’s Gala concert is the culmination of months of hard work from pupils, schoolteachers, and Ark’s freelance music stuff, who pull together a large-scale concert at the Barbican. Featuring a Rap Collective, Beat Squad, and massed Primary and Secondary School choirs, the diversity of music-making on offer at Ark schools is clear, whilst the support and opportunity for young people to get involved in that music-making is strong.

Tristan is conducting the choir for the massed ensemble piece ‘Waloyo Yamoni’ by Christopher Tin, a show-stopping piece to end the concert. He is delighted to be partnering with his close friend Enyi Okpara for this piece in particular.

A MUSICAL FEAST FROM EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR

Epsom Chamber Choir’s summer concert takes place at St Martin’s Church, Epsom on Saturday 28th June. Titled ‘The Food of Love’, the programme is inspired by the words of – you’ve guessed it - William Shakespeare, interpreted by rather more contemporary composers George Shearing, Leonard Bernstein and Finnish composer Mäntyjärvi.  Jazz legend Shearing’s uplifting Songs & Sonnets take centre stage along with Mäntyjärvi’s setting of texts from Shakespeare plays and a medley of music from Bernstein’s magical update of Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story.  The Shakespeare link is maintained with music by near contemporary Purcell and a selection of English madrigals, sung by small groups within the choir. They then swing firmly into modern times with Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machineand a couple of toe-tapping Gershwin arrangements.Epsom Chamber Choir is a highly-regarded choir regularly performing ambitious and exciting programmes in St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom.

They will be directed in this concert by guest conductor Tristan Weymes and accompanied by pianist Stephen Ridge. 

Tiffin Boys’ Choir, under Ed Gardner

Three choirs, eight starry singers and one of the largest orchestras ever put on stage: there’s a reason why Mahler’s Eighth is often called the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’.

The form of the piece, setting the candescent medieval poem Veni Creator Spiritusalongside the lyrical last scene of Goethe’s Faust is in itself radical and mysterious.

At the core of the piece is a vast choir who seem to represent the whole human race in a passionate prayer for change but Mahler imagined they stood for something even greater: ‘Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound,’ he challenged. ‘There are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving.’

Exaggeration? Judge for yourself. Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is quite simply one of the most overwhelming experiences that music has to offer, and here it’s made even more staggering by a creative team headed up by director Tom Morris, with video design by Tal Rosner and lighting by Ben Ormerod.

This concert has been specially developed with the Southbank Centre. It is commissioned and produced by the Southbank Centre and London Philharmonic Orchestra, and generously supported by a group of individual donors.

The Walthamstow Singers are performing repertoire including ‘A Million Dreams’, a collection of old English folk songs, and music by Rollo Dilworth, based on the theme of ‘Home’.

London Youth Cambiata Choirs present a unique collaborative performance at St John’s Church, Waterloo, inspired by themes found in gospel music. Our young people have been collaborating with dynamic composer James B. Wilson and star bassoonist and BBC presenter Linton Stephens to create ‘A Spiritual for Today’ and will be premiering their new anthem in this concert. Alongside our Cambiata Choirs, London Youth Chamber Choir will be performing works by Anton Bruckner and Michael Higgins, and – in keeping with the concert’s theme – two of Michael Tippett’s moving Spirituals.

UCL CC presents repertoire including Benjamin Britten’s AMDG, Rheinberger’s Mass in Eb, alongside pieces by Bruckner, Cattley, Coleridge Taylor and Eric Whitacre.

Responses: Smith (5 part)

Canticles: Stopford Belfast Service

Anthem: Brahms Geistliches Lied

The London Schools Symphony Orchestra takes you on an epic tour of the orchestra before reaching for the stars with Holst's cosmic masterpiece.

Benjamin Britten’s educational masterpiece has inspired and initiated generations of young musicians around the world with its complex yet comprehensive navigation of the symphony orchestra and its instantly recognisable variations. 

Described as ‘Britain’s greatest living composer of art songs’, Ian Venables’s song cycle takes its words from the late 19th century poet John Addington Symonds. For this performance the songs have been specially orchestrated by the conductor Matthew Lynch. 

Further from home, Holst’s musical exploration of the solar system is packed with tunes that have laid the stylistic for a century of film music. Even if you have never heard of The Planets you will know the tunes.     

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/london-schools-symphony-orchestra

Join London Youth Choirs for an enchanting evening of song at Milton Court Concert Hall. Across both of our end of term concerts, you will experience a vibrant tapestry of music inspired by Diwali’s joyous lights, the spookiness of Halloween, the warmth of Hanukkah’s melodies, the reflective beauty of the Winter Solstice and the magic of Christmas time. You can expect an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary vocal pieces, creating a captivating atmosphere that embraces the spirit of our unity and festivity. However you celebrate this season, we hope to see you there!

Tristan has been conducting the Junior Boys’ Choir this term, and will lead them on stage for their performances. He will also be leading the Cambiata Boys’ Choir on an arrangement of his in this concert.

The Choristers of St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park, will be performing Britten’s "‘Ceremony of Carols’ alongside the Gaia Singers, and harpist Anwen Mai Thomas, on home turf at St Mary’s. The 25-strong cohort are all trained weekly at St Mary’s, and soloists will come from within the choir.

The Gaia Singers are a recently-formed trio, consisting of Elizabeth Howard, Natalie Dalcher, and Martha Littlehales. They performed at St Mary’s during the summer, and are back to sing alongside the choristers.

Anwen Mai Thomas is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (with Distinction), and a professional harpist from Wales. She gained the ‘Foyle Future First’ Harp position with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2023-24 season, and has performed with groups including the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Smith Square.

Walthamstow’s newest choir is presenting their first concert - A Merry Little Christmas. Come along to hear some festive joy from the choir, including Christmas classics such as Darke’s ‘In the bleak midwinter’, Gaudete; and sing along to ‘All I want for Christmas is you’ with us. At St Mary’s Walthamstow, it’ll be a gorgeous and heartwarming concert on a December evening.

Tristan is delighted to be covering Richard Harker at Parenthesis Choir, in Reading, for the winter term. The advent season concert will feature music by Sarah Quartel, Cecilia McDowell, and Richard Rodney Bennett. It’s sure to be a great way to kick off your Christmas season.

UCL Chamber Choir are presenting their Winter Concert, titled ‘Love Endureth’. Featuring music by Roxanna Panufnik, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Giovanni Croce.