21/04/2012
Pegasus and the Linden Baroque Orchestra join forces for a concert featuring Bach’s rarely performed oratorio, composed for performance in Leipzig on Easter Sunday, 1725. The composer’s glorious first orchestral suite punctuates two settings of the joyful text “Singet dem Herrn” – a festive cantata accompanied by orchestra, and the dazzling motet for unaccompanied double choir. All are performed in one of London’s most beautiful 19th-century churches, the “cathedral of the Arts and Crafts movement”. Buy tickets here.
J.S. Bach and the Lutheran Chorale
03/03/2012
A recital given as part of the 26th London Organ Day, with music from three countries and four centuries illustrating the lasting influence of chorale melodies in European music.
French Impressions
29/01/2012
Let the light and colour of France brighten your midwinter
weekend! Pegasus presents a concert of sensuous masterpieces by French
composers… and composers inspired by France. This free, hour-long performance
takes place in one of London’s most striking churches.
A Candlelight Christmas
10/12/2011
Pegasus performs traditional and new carols and music for Christmas, alongside guest guitarist Tom Ellis and readings by Michael Aspel OBE.
Christmas through the ages
04/12/2011
Our programme in partnership with Handel House embraces carols from the medieval period to the present day. An hour of beautiful music in this intimate and glorious Mayfair church.
Music and Readings for Christmas
03/12/2011
Pegasus joins the Friends of Shakespeare’s Globe for their annual Christmas carol concert. With a range of Christmas music old and new by Pegasus, special guest appearances by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe who will give seasonal readings, and carols for everyone to sing.
Handel: The Choice of Hercules
14/11/2011
Anna Devin soprano
Alexandra Gibson mezzo-soprano
Christopher Ainslie counter-tenor
London Handel Orchestra
Adrian Butterfield leader
Laurence Cummings conductor
Pegasus joins a stellar line-up of vocal and instrumental talent for a performance of Handel’s one-act oratorio, first performed at London’s Covent Garden Theatre in 1751. Handel’s glorious music depicts the youthful Hercules as he chooses between the paths of pleasure and virtue.
One Equal Music: A Concert for World Hospice Day
08/10/2011
One Equal Music is a performance as part of Voices for Hospice Day, a global bi-annual event raising awareness and funds for hospice and palliative care.
Our programme includes Allegri’s famous Miserere and Mendelssohn’s equally renowned Hear My Prayer, as well as works by British composers Purcell, Gibbons, Vaughan Williams and Francis Grier.
Excerpts from Frank Martin’s voluptuous Mass for Double Choir will be complemented by two serene and moving motets by William Harris, setting the visionary poetry of Edmund Spenser (Faire is the Heaven) and John Donne (Bring Us, O Lord God).
Hear my Prayer: Settings from the King James Bible
18/09/2011
To mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, Pegasus performs a free recital of choral settings of texts from the King James Version, in the 19th-century splendour of Holy Trinity Church. Let yourself be transported by the beauty of works by Henry Purcell, Herbert Howells, Maurice Greene and others, surrounded by the glorious architecture and stunning stained glass of this church, the “cathedral of the Arts and Crafts movement.”
Holy Trinity Church is one of the buildings welcoming the public during the 2011 Open House London weekend on September 17-18. Come to the church on Sunday afternoon and stay for this free, hour-long recital. (There will be a voluntary retiring collection to benefit the church’s work.)
For more information, visit http://www.londonopenhouse.org The church is located in Sloane Street, just off Sloane Square. For further information and a map, visit http://www.holytrinitysloanesquare.co.uk.
Hear my prayer : Settings from the King James Bible
18/09/2011
To mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, Pegasus performs a free recital of choral settings of texts from the King James Version and other translations, in the 19th-century splendour of Holy Trinity Church. Let yourself be transported by the beauty of works by Henry Purcell, Herbert Howells, John Ireland and others, surrounded by the glorious architecture and stunning stained glass of this church, the “cathedral of the Arts and Crafts movement.”
Carlos Acosta Premieres Plus
27/07/2011
Following the sell-out success of his 2010 show Premieres, world-renowned ballet dancer Carlos Acosta returns to the Coliseum for four further performances, and once again Pegasus will accompany Carlos and Royal Ballet star Zenaida Yanowsky in Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium. Featuring new solos and duets not seen in last year’s performances, the show reaches its emotional climax when Pegasus joins the dancers on stage to perform Lauridsen’s hauntingly beautiful work.
Reviews of Pegasus in Premieres at the London Coliseum, August 2010
“The Pegasus Choir, whose heavenly voices, backlit within a mist of dry ice for maximum impact, made the singing of Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium a significant – and very moving – conclusion.” Londondance.com
“The singing is clean and strong.” The Independent
“The wonderful Pegasus choir.” Evening Standard
For tickets, visit www.eno.org.
Pegasus has recorded O Magnum Mysterium. For more information,
click here.
A Royal Concert in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust
27/04/2011
An evening of magnificent music for Royal and State occasions in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust with Soprano Alexandra Kennedy and countertenor Oliver Gerrish, Conductor Hugh Brunt, Pianist and Organist Timothy End and Choir of the Year Semi-Finalists, Pegasus and Jenny Agutter as Guest of Honour.
Tickets: £20 with a glass of champagne afterwards.
Cotact: chelseaconcerts@gmail.com
If you would like to buy a ticket please go to our website; www.chelseaconcerts.com.
(just to note - tickets on the website appear as £21 to cover admin fee + postage)
The CLIC Sargent Symphony Orchestra Presents: Mozart 's Requiem in D minor
26/03/2011
Tickets: FREE!
Turn up on the door, but be warned it will be very busy, so get there early not to be disappointed!Programme:
Beethoven : Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 Interval Mozart : Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626 Violin: Rowan Bell Cello: Stephan Rees Piano: Craig Greene Pegasus Chamber Choir Conductor: Will Kunhardt Join the CLIC Sargent Symphony Orchestra for their exciting return to the the church where it all began, Holy Trinity Brompton. This spring concert is the first time the orchestra returns to the church since their successful debut in November 2009, it surely is an event not to be missed! Escape to the beautiful sound world of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in our first half, courtesy of tonight's soloists Rowan Bell, Stephan Rees and Craig Greene. After the interval we welcome Pegasus Chamber Choir, who join us to perform Mozart’s enigmatic Requiem Mass. One of the greatest choral masterpieces ever written, the Requiem was the last work Mozart composed and remained incomplete at his death in 1791. Franz Süssmayr completed the Requiem within one hundred days of Mozart’s paupers burial, supposedly aided by instructions left by the late composer on his death bed. ***The NET Proceeds of tonight's concert goes to CLIC Sargent, Britain's leading Children's cancer charity. Every day 10 families are told that their child has cancer. Diagnosis often comes as a shock. Treatment usually starts straightaway and can last up to three years. As the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is there with clinical, practical and emotional support, every step of the way. Currently CLIC Sargent saves 2 in every 3 children under its care. Join us tonight to help change the life of the 1 in 3 that is not so lucky, and the many more who the charity's overburdened resources cannot touch.***Trinity Hospice Light up a Life Carol Concert
16/12/2010
Pegasus will be joining forces with a local school choir and other musicians for the Light Up A Life carol service in aid of Trinity Hospice on 16th December. This wonderful Christmas service is an opportunity to celebrate life and remember those being cared for by the hospice. This year the funds raised by the service will help fund Trinity Hospice's community team who visit over 1,750 patients and their families in their own homes each year. Afterwards there will be mulled wine and mince pies! For more details see the Hospice's website:http://www.trinityhospice.org.uk/events/light-up-a-life-2010
Princess Alice Hospice Carol Concert
11/12/2010
Friends of Shakespeare's Globe Carol Concert
04/12/2010
Under the Stars
07/10/2010
Pegasus is proud to have been invited to join with other London-based choirs to form the chorus for this prestigious event, which will be presented by Griff Rhys Jones with Joan Rodgers heading up a starry line-up of opera soloists and Toby Purser conducting the Orion Symphony Orchestra. The evening will raise vital funds for The Passage homeless charity.
More details and ticket booking here - http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/a-night-under-the-stars-51607
Concorso Polifonico Internazionale, Arezzo
15/09/2010
Pegasus has been invited to take place as the only English choir in the Arezzo Choral Competition, one of the feeder events for the European Grand Prix for Choral singing.
Carlos Acosta Premieres
28/07/2010
Pegasus is delighted to have been asked to take part in a number of the items commissioned for Carlos Acosta's new show, taking place over eight nights.
We will be singing Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium as part of the evocative finale to the show.
Full details and tickets can be purchased from the ENO website.
Winchelsea Patronal Festival: Saints and Sinners
03/07/2010
Pegasus at Tilford Bach Festival
05/06/2010
Programme still being finalised. Please look for more details in the new year.
The Place 40th anniversary show
20/05/2010
h2dance has been commissioned to create a 15 minute mixed choral and dance piece for the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of The Place as a centre for dance teaching and performance. The piece (choreography by h2dance, music commissioned from Sylvia Hallett) is to refer to the history of the building, which was the HQ of the Artists’ Rifles from 1889 – 1969. The performances will take place at The Place over two weekends in May. Pegasus is delighted to have been asked to take part in this project.
Choir Project: Attention!
"A Place commission supported by the Columbia Foundation Fund of the Capital Community Foundation"
Attention! is specially commissioned by the Place Theatre for its 40th anniversary celebration. The piece is referring to the history of the building, which prior to the Place was the Head Quarters of the volunteer military regiment, the Artist Rifles.
Attention! will be performed by Pegasus Choir with original music by composer Sylvia Hallett. The work is forming a part of h2dance's upcoming project Choir Project that sees the company working with a range of choirs in the UK and Scandinavia.
A celebration of St George
23/04/2010
Pegasus are regulars at the Tilford Bach Society, and are delighted to join them again for this concert celebrating St George. Advance details are on the Tilford Bach Society web page.
TNRA concert in Henry Wood Hall
20/02/2010
Following the Trinity Newington Resident's Association's very successful classical concert in 2009, they are holding another on 20 February 2010. Pegasus is delighted to be taking part. More details on the TNRA website.
Handel House carols
13/12/2009
Carols in aid of Princess Alice Hospice
12/12/2009
Light Up A Life: Carols in aid of Trinity Hospice
10/12/2009
One of Trinity Hospice’s most important events of the year is Light Up A Life, when many people take the opportunity to remember a loved one by joining Trinity in this touching service. Everyone is always welcome. Pegasus is delighted to take part in this service for the second time.
Friends of Shakespeare's Globe Christmas Concert
05/12/2009
This concert is for patrons of Shakespeare's Globe only. You can find out more about the poets' church, St Giles-in-the-Fields.
Bach B Minor Mass
01/11/2009
Pamela Spofforth Memorial Concert
London Bach Society’s Bachfest celebrating the centenary of Paul Steinitz
Bach Mass in B minor
(download pdf flyer) Julia Doyle soprano Diana Moore alto Charles Daniels tenor Peter Harvey baritone Adrian Butterfield conductor Pegasus Choir Orchestra of Pro Corda Alumni, Alison Bury leader Pamela Spofforth was an extraordinary and inspiring violin teacher and, with cellist Elizabeth Hewlins, brought about no less than a transformation of the playing of chamber music in this country. Pro Corda, which they founded in 1969 and continues to flourish, has inspired two generations of young musicians with the joys and challenges of playing string quartets and Pamela devoted her time, energy and money to that end throughout her working life. The astounding number of former Pro Corda students who are active in the profession today as well as an equally large number who, though not active professionally, have been inspired with a lifelong passion for music is her marvellous and enduring legacy. This performance is being promoted by Pro Corda (International Chamber Music Academy) in memory of co-founder Pamela Spofforth MBE who died last December. All the proceeds from this concert will go towards a Scholarship Fund set up in Pamela Spofforth’s memory. Paul Steinitz was a Patron of Pro Corda from 1977-1988.Admission/Tickets
Seating is unreserved. £10 (£5 concessions) To book, please contact the Pro Corda office on 01728 831354 Credit cards accepted or cheque (payable to Pro Corda) and sae to Pro Corda, Leiston Abbey, Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4TD Available at the door from 6.45pm. Gift Aid donations welcome on the night.