Corporate Open DS/UK/20689 Elysian Singers; 1986-; English chamber choir Elysian Singers 1986- English chamber choir

Music Group; Choir The choir was founded in 1986 by Matthew Greenall, who drew together a number of former members of chamber choirs in Oxford and Cambridge. New music was a priority from the outset, and as early as 1991 the choir released Child of Light, a CD that included first recordings by Peter Maxwell Davies, Kenneth Leighton and Sir John Tavener, who subsequently became the choir’s Patron. One of the choir’s first broadcasts was of Henryk Górecki’s extraordinary Miserere, with the composer in attendance. Concerts with Patricia Rozario and Stephen Isserlis followed, most notably at the BBC Mercury Music Awards and in the ruined stadium in Delphi. In the late nineties, the choir appeared at the Wigmore Hall with Tasmin Little and Julian Lloyd Webber, and participated in a fiftieth Birthday concert for HRH The Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle alongside Mstislav Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra. (July 2015) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSKeyte 7/8/2015 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 ac35442a-c3b2-4dc1-85d4-12cc03ea8796