Polyphony (choir)
| Polyphony | |
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| Seat: |
 London
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| Founding: | 1986 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Stephen Layton |
| Voices : | 20 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.stephenlayton.com/polyphony |
Polyphony is a British classical music choir .
history
It was founded in 1986 by Stephen Layton , at that time still a student at King's College, Cambridge , for a concert at King's College Chapel and has since made a name for itself around the world through recordings and critically acclaimed concerts.
The most important performances of the choir include the annual concerts of the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach during Easter and Handel's Messiah at Christmas in St John's Church , Smith Square . The performances, which are sold out every year, are counted among the most important music events in London and have already been broadcast on the BBC and EBU . The Evening Standard praised the interpretation of Handel's Messiah by the choir; year after year no one succeeds better than Polyphony .
Polyphony has also received several critical acclaim for its recordings . His interpretation of Benjamin Britten's Sacred And Profane won a Gramophone Award and the Diapason d'or for 2001. In 2004, the first recording of various works by Arvo Pärt under the title Tridodion was chosen as best in the Choral category of the Gramophone Awards. The album Cloudburst and other Choral Works of works by Eric Whitacre was on the Billboard Top Classical Albums for over 50 weeks .
In 2011, Gramophone voted Polyphony second in the 20 Greatest Choirs in the World .
Web links
- Singers.com: Polyphony (choir). Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- Stephen Layton: Polyphony (chorus). Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- Ewa Chamiec. Czarmuzyki: Karl Jenkins, Motets: Agnus Dei. Polyphony (Choir, YouTube). August 26, 2014, accessed February 18, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sheri Stormes: LibGuides: Singers 'and Choral Directors' Bible: 20 Greatest Choirs (GRAMOPHONE 2011). Retrieved February 18, 2018 .