CELEBRATING 90 YEARS IN 2022
Enjoy one of the best choirs in London performing at some of the best venues
CHRISTMAS MUSIC CONCERT
At Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square
Join us for our annual Christmas concert of modern and traditional music for choir and audience. This was a sell-out last year, so buy your tickets early!
HYMNS OF PARADISE
Join us for our Spring Concert, Hymns of Paradise, in March 2025 at Smith Square Hall, featuring Brahms Geistliches Lied, Haydn Little Organ Mass, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, Dyson Hierusalem and Howells Hymnus Paradisi.
THE PASSING OF THE YEAR
Join us for our Midsummer concert, The Passing of the Year, a captivating evening of sacred and secular music celebrating the beauty of the changing seasons.
SUMMER SINGS 2025 - Bach: Mass in B minor
Come and sing with us – all are welcome!
Come and sing Bach: Mass in B minor choruses with Goldsmiths Choral Union choir, in an enjoyable evening conducted by our Music Director, Jack Apperley.
SUMMER SINGS 2025 - Brahms: Requiem
Come and sing with us – all are welcome!
Come and sing Brahms: Requiem choruses with Goldsmiths Choral Union choir, in an enjoyable evening conducted by our Music Director, Jack Apperley.
BAROQUE INSPIRATIONS - Handel, Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Shaw
Immerse yourself in the resplendent world of Baroque music in this choral concert featuring the majestic sounds of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and the radiant brilliance of Vivaldi’s Gloria as well as Buxtehude’s exquisite Ad Manus, beautifully complemented by the ethereal sounds of Caroline Shaw’s response, To the Hands.
THE GIFT OF LIFE
Our midsummer concert, including Bernstein’s wonderful Chichester Psalms, draws inspiration from a range of sacred texts. All are on the theme of creation from a variety of different religious belief systems, each uniquely interpreted by the composer.
Join us for an uplifting and thought-provoking evening of glorious music.
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Holst Hymns from the Rig Veda
Rutter The Gift of Life
Quartel This Endris Night
Palm Sunday Concert - Duruflé Requiem
A special concert for Palm Sunday, a performance of Duruflé Requiem at St James' Church, Norlands.
PARISIAN SPRING
A fabulously optimistic concert featuring three Parisian composers. The Fauré and Duruflé Requiem masses are linked by Lili Boulanger’s haunting setting of Pie Jesu. This music can’t fail to raise the spirits as we mark the first day of Spring.
COME AND SING HANDEL CHORUSES
This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a whole day singing a number of Handel’s choruses from the Messiah… and to improve vocal technique. Open to any singer, whatever their experience.
RAYMOND GUBBAY PRESENTS Beethoven’s Ninth
An unforgettable all-Beethoven programme featuring the monumental ‘Choral’ symphony with its climactic ‘Ode to Joy’ performed by the renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
CHRISTMAS MUSIC CONCERT
At Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square
Join us for our annual Christmas concert of modern and traditional Christmas music for choir and audience.
Jack Apperley conductor; Stephen Jones piano; Edward Batting organ. Ticket price includes a programme and a mince pie during the interval.
AUSTRIAN EXUBERANCE… Haydn, Dove, Mozart at Cadogan Hall
A gorgeous concert of music from and inspired by classic Austrian composers, featuring Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor and Haydn’s Te Deum in C along with Dove’s Figures in the Garden which is based on Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro. Mozart’s disarmingly simple motet sets the scene for this evening’s performance.
RAYMOND GUBBAY PRESENTS Carmina Burana at Royal Albert Hall
Carmina Burana returns by popular demand – seen by over 50,000 people! 400 VOICES IN MONUMENTAL HARMONY
SUMMER SINGS 2023: Verdi - Requiem
Come and sing with us – all are welcome!
Wednesday 28 June - EDWARD ELGAR Dream of Gerontius
Wednesday 5 July - GIUSEPPE VERDI Requiem
Our annual Summer Sings are an opportunity for you to join us to sing through two choral works, to get to know GCU as a choir, and perhaps to join us in the Autumn. Wine and soft drinks will be served before, during and after the singing, and you can be sure of a warm reception from our friendly members.
SUMMER SINGS 2023: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Come and sing with us – all are welcome!
Wednesday 28 June - EDWARD ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius
Wednesday 5 July - GIUSEPPE VERDI Requiem
Our annual Summer Sings are an opportunity for you to join us to sing through two choral works, to get to know GCU as a choir, and perhaps to join us in the Autumn. Wine and soft drinks will be served before, during and after the singing, and you can be sure of a warm reception from our friendly members.
SUMMER CONCERT: Folk songs from around the world
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square
Our Summer Concert features folk songs from around the world, reflecting different styles and influences, from Spanish and British folk songs, Hebrew love songs to a taste of the American choral tradition.
BACH - Magnificat, ROTH - A Time to Dance
Cadogan Hall
Goldsmiths Choral Union’s 90th anniversary season continues with a performance of Bach’s much-loved Magnificat, and Alec Roth’s A Time to Dance, a joyous celebration of times and seasons, and composed as a companion piece to the Magnificat.