The Rodolfus Choir

Choral Evensongs

The choir regularly provides singers for evensong at St Gabriel’s Pimlico and further afield.  During the Easter holidays the choir schedule an evensong at a major London church or Cathedral.  In recent years this has included venues such as Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral.  The choir sing at least one BBC Radio 3 broadcast evensong each year.

We have also collaborated with charities such at Breast Cancer Haven and Thames Hospicecare to provide the choir for fundraising carol services at Christmas.

Educational Projects

Over the past few years the choir has been part of the Barnes Music Festival Community concert in South West London.  Mentors from the choir take part in leading a workshop for local primary schools in rehearsal for a large community concert with school children and community choirs at the end of the Festival. Not only does this give joy and benefit the children but it also helps our singers to learn about choral directing and being part of music in schools.

40 singers mentored singers in Inner Voices to perform Spem in Alium in the skate park area and on the Royal Festival Hall Stage at the South Bank Centre.

Come & Sing with PMF

The choir leads two Come and Sing days a year in collaboration with Pimlico Musical Foundation and Brandenburg Concert Series.  Singers of every ability are invited to join in the day when our musical director, Ralph Allwood, will take them through works from opera courses and oratorios to Gershwin and more contemporary programmes.  The days are great fun for all involved and gives younger members of our choir an opportunity to take solos during the programme in an informal setting.  The day concludes with an informal concert.

Recordings & Broadcasts

The Choir have been recording CDs since 1992 and have amassed an impressive back catalogue of some 20 CDs of some of the finest choral music.

Festivals and Tours

An invitation to sing in a Festival is not to be missed and usually provides a good reason to take the choir on a UK tour. Most recently they have performed at the Three Choirs Festival in both Gloucester and Worcester Cathedrals, the Thaxted Festival, and the Barnes Music Festival. They have been further afield too – to the US and Norway’s Midsummer Festival Halden in recent years. Future plans include a tour of the North of England and a tour to the US.

Professional Chorus 

The Rodolfus Choir are regularly asked to provide the choral singing to large orchestral works with major orchestras. The choir has appeared singing Beethoven’s 9th with the the Philharmonia and Brahms Requiem with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, and Busoni’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms. They have also sung with the English String Orchestra and the Hanover Band.