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The Fourth Choir

A Meeting Place

,Milton Court Concert Hall
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Deaf and hearing worlds unite in this musical ‘meeting place’, as choral music and BSL signed performance come together in an acoustic and visual evening celebrating the diversity of human connection.

How can sung and signed performances marry together on a stage to emphasise cultural experiences can and should be shared on an equal footing? Get closer to music spanning the last 450 years, from Thomas Tallis’s If Ye Love Me to the world premiere of Novel Meetings, a poem by British Sign Language Poet DL Williams that has inspired a new choral work by rising star composer Kate Whitley. 

In a British Sign Language-signed a cappella feast, London’s LGBT+ choral group The Fourth Choir take us on a voyage of discovery, collaborating with an ensemble of Deaf musicians, led by Paul Whittaker OBE, and conductor Nicholas Chalmers, in what will be a fully immersive bilingual and bicultural evening.

Tagged with: Classical music

Access

To book seats with the best view of the BSL performers, email [email protected] or call our access line on 0203 855 4745 (Mon–Fri 10–4pm).

Promoted by The Fourth Choir

Programme

  • Thomas Tallis   If Ye Love Me
  • William Byrd   Justorum Animae
  • Thomas Weelkes   As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams   The Dark Eyed Sailor
  • Nils Lindberg   Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day
  • Kate Whitley/DL Williams   Novel Meetings (world premiere)
  • Stuart Beatch   Girl Hours
  • Kate Rusby   Underneath the Stars (arr Jim Clements)
  • Samuel Barber   Heaven-Haven (A Nun Takes the Veil)
  • Manning Sherwin   A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (arr Jim Clements)
  • Leonard Bernstein   Somewhere (arr Robert Edgerton)

Performers

  • The Fourth Choir  
  • Nicholas Chalmers   conductor
  • Paul Whittaker OBE   BSL signing ensemble
  • Sean Chandler   BSL signing ensemble
  • Stacey Ghent   BSL signing ensemble
  • Raffie Julien   BSL signing ensemble
  • DL Williams   BSL poet and performer
  • Becky Barry   BSL/english interpreter

Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available