The London Concert Choir (abbreviated LCC) is a major concert choir based in London, United Kingdom. The choir was formed in 1960 (as the Brompton Choral Society), and the full-time membership consists of approx 140 singers.
The choir performs at all the major London concert venues such as the Barbican Centre and has sung in cathedrals and other churches in and around London as well as touring to France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Ireland.
Recent seasons have featured Mozart's Requiem and C minor Mass, settings by Gretchaninov and Tchaikovsky of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and cantatas by Britten. Among major choral/orchestral works have been Verdi's Requiem, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony—all with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the South Bank. At the Barbican the choir has sung the Brahms German Requiem with the RPO and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the English Chamber Orchestra.
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