A group of FCMG Senior Choir singers took centre stage in the world premiere of Christian Mason’s The Singing Tree at Birmingham Town Hall. Alongside world-class soloists from Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and 25 professional instrumentalists, it was a privilege for our singers to perform this substantial new work. The performance was recorded by the BBC and was featured on Radio 3’s New Music Show.
Summer School 2023
This year’s FCMG residential summer school held at Stowe School was another storming success, thoroughly enjoyed by our Senior and Chamber Choir singers. In just one week our singers performed a fully staged (off copy!) production of The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan and a concert in the school’s chapel with music spanning everything from Bach to a recent composition by our Patron Roderick Williams.
ENO – The Dead City
FCMG joined English National Opera’s production of The Dead City (Die Tote Stadt) by Korngold at the London Coliseum. Dame Sarah Connolly, Rolf Romei, Allison Oakes and Audun Iversen starred in the 6-show run, conducted by Kirill Karabits and directed by Annilese Miskimmon. The opera received four-star reviews in The Guardian, The Times and The Telegraph, with our singers described as “first-rate” (The Guardian) and singing “to perfection” (Artsdesk). It was a wonderful experience of making a professional opera production, from studio to stage.
