Fulham Camerata aspires to be a distinctive, excellent, amateur chamber choir. With relatively few voices to each part, everyone has a key role in a genuinely collaborative experience.
We explore a varied repertoire, spanning over 500 years of composition, ranging from the Medieval and Renaissance periods to the present day. Renowned and popular works, both great and small by Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Dvorak, Faure, Vaughan-Williams to name but a few - are interwoven with eclectic discoveries such as Finnish composer Jaako Mantyjarvi’s setting of lines from Macbeth, or lesser known Renaissance jewels. We will tackle challenging pieces, Britten’s Hymn to Saint Cecilia, for example, and more approachable works such as Copland’s settings of Simple Gifts and At the River. 21 st century composers figure in our repertoire - Cecilia McDowall, Howard Goodall, Eric Whitacre and Alexander Campkin – some of whom attend our performances.
We explore a varied repertoire, spanning over 500 years of composition, ranging from the Medieval and Renaissance periods to the present day. Renowned and popular works, both great and small by Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell, Handel, Mozart, Dvorak, Faure, Vaughan-Williams to name but a few - are interwoven with eclectic discoveries such as Finnish composer Jaako Mantyjarvi’s setting of lines from Macbeth, or lesser known Renaissance jewels. We will tackle challenging pieces, Britten’s Hymn to Saint Cecilia, for example, and more approachable works such as Copland’s settings of Simple Gifts and At the River. 21 st century composers figure in our repertoire - Cecilia McDowall, Howard Goodall, Eric Whitacre and Alexander Campkin – some of whom attend our performances.
For performances we frequently feature professional soloists, occasionally with a chamber orchestral accompaniment. The main choir is bolstered by a handful of choral scholars, who also assist their sections during regular rehearsals.
Repertoire
This list of previous concerts gives a taste of the music we sing:
2019/2020
2019/2020
- Rutter's Requiem, Purcell's Verse Anthems
- "A Sprig of Thyme": Rutter, MacMillan, Mealor, Vautor, Charles Wood, Rowarth, Seb Johnson
- Howard Goodall's Invictus at Barnes Music Festival, Vierne’s Messe Solennelle
- Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, Elgar, Durufle, Rachmaninoff and a Rowarth world premiere
- Handel's Messiah with orchestra, by candlelight at St Paul's, Hammersmith
- Victoria’s Officium Defunctorum Requiem 1605, Tippett's Negro Spirituals
- Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Rowarth's Life Cycle
- Mozart's Requiem, Ešenvalds’ Passion and Resurrection with orchestra
- "Georgian London": Handel and Purcell with Barnes Baroque at Barnes Music Festival
- "Dawn till Dusk": a beautiful collection performed a cappella
- Totally Thames Festival
- Durufle's Requiem, Faure's Requiem with orchestra
- Eternal Light Requiem at Barnes Music Festival opening night
- Brandenburg Choral Festival at St Paul's, Covent Garden
- "My Spirit Sings"
- Dominus Vobiscum
- The Pilgrim’s Progress, Valiant for Truth
- Summer is a-Coming In
- Lux Eterna
- "Songs for My Mother": a concert for Mother’s Day
- How Can we Keep from Singing?
- Staves and Stripes: A Thanksgiving Celebration
- Carols by Candlelight with Fulham Children’s Choir
- "Songs of Britain": including the world premiere of Alexander Campkin’s The Man Cub
- "Freedom is Coming!" with West London Free School
- "I Was Glad": Music for the Diamond Jubilee
- Bruckner, Schuetz, Campkin with Fulham Symphony Orchestra at St John’s Smith Square
