The Choir of Royal Holloway
The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, is the premier choral ensemble among the three active at Royal Holloway (a constituent university of the larger University of London group). The choir sings regularly at university services and gives concerts specializing in contemporary music, especially that of the Baltic countries.
The choir dates back to the founding of Royal Holloway as a women's university in 1886 by Queen Victoria. After Royal Holloway began to admit male undergraduates in 1965, the choir assumed its present form of 24 mixed-gender adult singers, admitted by audition to the choir and the university as Choral Scholars, with expenses paid. There is also an associated Organ Scholar. The choir sings at the university's choral evensong service on Thursdays and gives Midweek Music concerts on Wednesdays; both of these events are streamed live on the Internet. In addition, the Choir of Royal Holloway gives about 50 concerts annually in London and beyond. The choir has made several tours of the U.S., appeared in Beijing, and collaborated with such major groups as the BBC Singers, the London Mozart Players, and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. The group has commissioned new works from a variety of contemporary composers, including James MacMillan, Richard Rodney Bennett, and Cecilia McDowall. It often programs music from the Baltic countries.
Signing with the Hyperion label, the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, released the album Hail, Queen of Heaven: Choral Music of Rihards Dubra in 2009. The association with Hyperion brought the choir added international visibility, and most of the group's nine Hyperion albums were devoted to contemporary music. The choir moved to Decca for the 2017 album Winter Songs and to Signum Classics for The Hours: Choral Music by Ben Parry in 2020. In 2021, the choir moved to the Convivium Records label, releasing several albums of substantial British and American choral music; these have included As We Are Changed: Oratorio by Carson Cooman & Euan Tate (2021), Dan Locklair: Requiem & Other Choral Works (2022), and Matthew Coleridge: Requiem (2023). Prominent alumnus of the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, include Dame Felicity Lott, Susan Bullock, and Sarah Fox.
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Dreamweaver
Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 29 sep. 2023
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Winter Songs
Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway, 12 Ensemble
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 17 nov. 2017
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Matthew Coleridge: Requiem
Klassiek - Released by Convivium Records on 3 mrt. 2023
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Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 1. Prologue
Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 4 aug. 2023
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Peter Philips: Cantiones sacrae octonis vocibus – 8-Part Motets
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 24 feb. 2013
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Missa Festiva: Choral Music by Flor Peeters
The Choir of Royal Holloway, George Nicholls, Matthew Searles, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Ad Fontes on 22 jul. 2022
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Thomas Hewitt Jones: Can You Hear Me?
Laura Wright, Thomas Hewitt Jones, The Choir of Royal Holloway
Klassiek - Released by Signum Classics on 18 mei 2020
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Ben Parry: The Hours
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 1 mei 2020
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Winter Songs
Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway, 12 Ensemble
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 17 nov. 2017
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O Sacrum Convivium
Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone, The Choir of Royal Holloway
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 3 mrt. 2008
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Gjeilo: The Road: 6. Husedalen
Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Riddell, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 sep. 2023
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Gjeilo: Spotless Rose
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, Ola Gjeilo
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 20 okt. 2023
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English Romantic Madrigals: Secular Partsongs from Victorian England
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 27 mei 2016
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Kõrvits: Kreek's Notebook
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 30 jun. 2013
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My Heart's in the Highlands
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 11 mrt. 2020
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Carson Cooman: As We Are Changed, Op. 1340
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Sarah Fox, Robert Murray, Sebastian Comberti, London Mozart Players, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Convivium Records on 2 jul. 2021
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All Angels: Choral Works by George Arthur
Koormuziek - Released by Convivium Records on 18 nov. 2022
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Music: An Ode
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 29 apr. 2020
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Carols from Royal Holloway
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Kerstmuziek - Released by Edition Peters Sounds on 27 nov. 2015
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Lighten Our Darkness
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 6 apr. 2020
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Thomas Hewitt Jones: We Can Make It
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, Isaac Stott
Klassiek - Released by Signum Records on 6 jul. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo