Alban Berg’s devastating opera thrums with drama: feel its power at this collaboration between the London Philharmonic Orchestra and film-maker Ilya Shagalov.

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Stéphane Degout baritone, Wozzeck
Annette Dasch soprano, Marie
Peter Hoare tenor, Captain
Brindley Sherratt bass, Doctor
Christopher Ventris tenor, Drum Major
Eirik Grøtvedt tenor, Andres
Kitty Whately contralto, Margret
Adrian Thompson tenor, The Fool

London Voices
Ben Parry chorus master
Tiffin Boys' Choir
James Day chorus master

Blonde Redhead’s Shadow of the Guest reimagines their acclaimed 2023 album Sit Down for Dinner through dreamy textures and ethereal choral soundscapes. Joined by the Tiffin Youth Choir, the American trio blend ambient ASMR elements and luminous vocal writing to create a surreal companion piece exploring innocence, nostalgia, and sonic wonder.

Blonde Redhead
Tiffin Youth Choir – choir

James Day - conductor

James Day leads the Choir of St Gabriel’s, Pimlico and the Tiffin Boys’ Choir in a performance of Handel’s Messiah, accompanied by an orchestra of baroque period-musicians.

Messiah remains among the most celebrated oratorios in history. Widely recognized as Handel’s most accomplished work, it was composed in just twenty-four days. It debuted in Dublin in 1742, where it was met with overwhelming enthusiasm.

The response to its London debut the following year was less favorable. Only after performances at charity events for the Foundling Hospital did it gain public admiration in England, and its status as Handel’s finest work was recognised.

Helena Moore - soprano

Matthew Paine - alto

Johannes Moore - bass

James Day leads the Tiffin Choirs in their season’s first performance of Handel’s Messiah, accompanied by an ensemble of period-instrumentalists at St Luke’s Church, Kingston-upon-Thames.

James Day (Director of Choral Music, Tiffin School) conducts the combined Tiffin Oratorio Choirs in the annual Tiffin Oratorio.

Composed in 1906, The Kingdom continues Elgar’s exploration of faith and humanity, portraying the lives of the Apostles in the days following Pentecost. Set to the composer’s own libretto drawn from scripture, the oratorio unfolds with profound spiritual depth and luminous orchestration, revealing Elgar at his most visionary and contemplative.

Programme:
Edward Elgar - The Kingdom

James Day - conductor
Combined Tiffin Choirs
Carolyn Sampson - Soprano
Victoria Simmons - mezzo soprano
Xavier Hetherington - tenor
Gareth John - bass

The Tiffin Boys’ and Girls’ Choir (conducted by James Day) perform the boys’ choir part in Benjamin Britten’s seminal War Requiem (1962) with the Highgate Choral Society.

Robert Dean – conductor

Lee Bisset – soprano
Gwilym Bowen – tenor
Ross Ramgobin – baritone

New London Orchestra
Highgate Choral Society
Tiffin Boys’ and Girls’ Choir

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir join the London Philharmonic Choir and London Symphony Chorus in April 2025 for a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.

Completed in 1907, Mahler’s penultimate symphony has since acquired the nickname ‘The Symphony of a Thousand’ for the unprecedented scale of its composition and instrumentation.

Edward Gardner conductor

Sarah Wegener soprano

Emma Bell soprano

Jennifer France soprano

Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano

Andrew Staples tenor

Tomasz Konieczny bass-baritone

Derek Welton bass-baritone

James Day (Artistic Director, Barnes Music Festival) conducts the Festival Orchestra, the English Chamber Choir and the Tiffin Chamber Choir for the final concert of the Barnes Music Festival 2025.

The momentous work was composed in 1900, and relays the journey of a pious man’s soul facing death and the judgement of God, before being sent to purgatory. The piece is set to text from a poem by John Henry Newman, and is often considered Elgar’s masterpiece.

There will be a talk on Newman’s text prior to the performance from Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth and former Bishop of Oxford.

The concert will be preceded by a performance by this year’s Barnes Young Musician of the Year, chosen during the festival at the final adjudication on 16 March.

Programme:
Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Pre-concert talk on Newman’s text - Bishop Richard Harries

James Day - conductor
Barnes Festival Orchestra
English Chamber Choir - chorus
Tiffin Chamber Choir - semi chorus
Helen Charlston - mezzo soprano
Edward Lyon - tenor
Gareth John - bass

James Day (Director of Choral Music, Tiffin School) conducts the combined forces of the Tiffin Oratrio, Tiffin School Choir and Tiffin Boys’ Choir the annual Tiffin Oratorio

Composed in 1906, The Kingdom continues Elgar’s exploration of faith and humanity, portraying the lives of the Apostles in the days following Pentecost. Set to the composer’s own libretto drawn from scripture, the oratorio unfolds with profound spiritual depth and luminous orchestration, revealing Elgar at his most visionary and contemplative.

Programme:
Edward Elgar - The Kingdom

James Day - conductor

Tiffin Oratorio, Tiffin School Choir, Tiffin Boys’ Choir - chorus

Carolyn Sampson - sopano
Victoria Simmons - mezzo soprano
Xavier Hetherington - tenor
Gareth John - bass

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir join the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall to perform a programme convened by the orchestra’s Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski.

Anna Devin - soprano

Hanna Hipp - mezzo-soprano

Rupert Charlesworth - tenor

Trevor Eliot Bowes - bass

London Philharmonic Choir

Programme:

Haydn: Mass in C (Missa in tempore belli)

György Kurtág: Petite musique solennelle

John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls

James Day leads the Choir of St Gabriel’s, Pimlico and the Tiffin Boys’ Choir in a performance of Handel’s Messiah, accompanied by an orchestra of baroque period-musicians.

Messiah remains among the most celebrated oratorios in history. Widely recognized as Handel’s most accomplished work, it was composed in just twenty-four days. It debuted in Dublin in 1742, where it was met with overwhelming enthusiasm.

The response to its London debut the following year was less favorable. Only after performances at charity events for the Foundling Hospital did it gain public admiration in England, and its status as Handel’s finest work was recognised.

Helena Moore - soprano

Matthew Paine - alto

Johannes Moore - bass

James Day leads the Tiffin Choirs in their season’s first performance of Handel’s Messiah, accompanied by an ensemble of period-instrumentalists at St Luke’s Church, Kingston-upon-Thames.

James Day leads the Tiffin Choirs in their season’s first performance of Handel’s Messiah, accompanied by an ensemble of period-instrumentalists at St Luke’s Church, Kingston-upon-Thames.

The Pimlico Foundation Choir and Pimlico Chorus join together for a performance of John Rutter’s Requiem (1985). The English composer’s extensive career has cemented his place as a figurehead in the modern English choral tradition, with his Requiem drawing on influences from Fauré and Gregorian chant.

Anna Semple - soprano

James Day - conductor

The Tiffin Choirs are joined by the Tiffin Oratorio Choir and soloists to perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah for the school’s annual Oratorio concert.

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir perform Benjamin Britten’s seminal War Requiem (1962) for Prom 37 of the 2024 season.

Antonio Pappano - conductor

Natalya Romaniw - soprano

Allan Clayton - tenor

Will Liverman - baritone

BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir join the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus to perform Mahler’s longest symphony at the Barbican Hall, London.

Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor

Alice Coote - mezzo-soprano

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir records choral evensong from All Saints, Kingston, London, with music by Howells, Stanford and Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.

Mahler Symphony No.3

Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Hanna Hipp Mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Riotous, hallucinatory, extraordinary: Mahler’s Third Symphony knows no bounds, taking us from the smallest flower to the mystery of divine love.

Mahler’s famous quote about ‘embracing the world’ in his symphonies finds its fullest expression in this, his longest symphony. In six movements he charts the evolution of nature and mankind. The elemental power of summer is set against the delicacy of the natural world. And the dark night of the soul is broken by the sounds of angels and a ‘great summons’ to love more deeply than ever before.

A symphony filled with music of life-enhancing physicality and breathtaking melodic beauty, it is a story of such breadth and ambition that only Mahler could have dreamed of it, let alone write it.

Join us for an unmissable full-length concert performance of Bizet’s most celebrated opera, Carmen. Featuring internationally-acclaimed, multi-Grammy Award winning Joyce DiDonato as Carmen and renowned Michael Spyres as Don José.

Conducted by John Nelson, the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and Tiffin Choirs bring Bizet’s searing score to life. Featuring Carmen’s most memorable melodies, from Escamillo’s Toreador Songto Don José’s heart-wrenching Flower Song.

This event continues a series of high-profile concerts and recordings by Joyce DiDonato and John Nelson, which have included Berlioz’s Romeo & Juliet, Damnation of Faust and Les Troyens.

Don’t miss out on the classical event of the season.