Concerts

Musical Garlands

Gloriana and IMVC

Friday 12 November 2021

St James’s Piccadilly, London W1

A garland from Pearsal, rousing music from Gabrieli and Wagner, lovers’ sighs from Rutter and Giordano, the Northern Lights, shimmering ethereally with the sounds of musical glasses and folk-song arrangements and popular pieces from Sondheim and G&S.

Farewell to Linden

Thursday 1 July 2021

St Mary’s, Welwyn

Gloriana said farewell to its wonderful accompanist, Linden Innes-Hopkins, with a short summery concert of music for women’s voice ensemble and an organ flurry from Linden herself.

It was a Lover and his Lass

A Whimsical Look at Love

Monday 9 March 2020

Sky Pavilion, London EC4

Tuesday 3 December 2019
St Stephen Walbrook, EC4

Friday 29 November 2019
St Mary Abchurch, London EC4

A gentle stroll through the condition of love: joy, ecstasy, despair – and the perils of dating! Including music by Morley, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Rutter and Gershwin.

Pietà

Baroque Music for Female Voices

Thursday 7 March 2019

St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill, London NW3

Instrumental music and pieces for women’s voices from the eighteenth century for the period in the church calendar leading up to Easter.

Mayor of London’s Carol Service

Monday 17 December 2018

Southwark Cathedral, London SE1

Gloriana sang at The Mayor of London’s very special carol service in Southwark Cathedral for an invited congregation. The choir led the congregation in traditional carols and sang Duruflé’s Tota Pulchra Es and Warlock’s touching The First Mercy.

Poppies • Peace • Power

Saturday 17 November 2018

St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London SW1

A celebration of the momentous events of 1918: the armistice, women’s suffrage and the achievements of women, especially in music, including pieces by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Imogen Holst.

Men from Mars, Women from Venus, Music from Heaven!

Gloriana with Imperial Male Voice Choir

Sunday 1 April 2018

Holy Trinity Sloane Square, SW3

The two groups sang glorious Gabrieli, Poulenc’s Ave Verum Corpus and Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas. Plus Ave Maria from Bruckner, Brahms’ Regina Coeli, robust contributions from IMVC in Weill and Starsong, a new commission from Chris Cook.

The Spangled Heavens

Saturday 25 November 2017

St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London SW1

The premiere of Perfect Light, a new piece by Kim Porter, alongside starry music by Holst, Whitacre, Schubert, and Elgar’s The Snow featuring violinists Serena Leader and Amos Sharp. Celestially inspired readings from Classic FM presenter, Charlotte Green, our patron.

Spirits of Heaven, Spirits of Earth

Saturday 10 June 2017

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London EC1

A superb evening of music including the angelic Duo Seraphim by Victoria, the contemplative calm of Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge Noire, the luscious harmonies of Les Sirènes by Lili Boulanger, plus witches and sprites galore!