Lunchtime Organ Concert 26/27: Thomas Trotter with Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir

Birmingham City Organist Thomas Trotter is joined by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir for today’s concert of choral works. Conducted by Julian Wilkins, the choir comprises auditioned student singers who form an expert and flexible group. Expectations are high as their reputation grows nationally and internationally. They record almost every year for Somm Records, give concerts in Birmingham and further afield, and make occasional broadcasts. The choir is unique amongst all the UK’s conservatoires in having a significant recording presence; they have now made nine CDs in recent years. Their recent recording of music by Richard Rodney Bennett, conducted by Paul Spicer, won critical acclaim in Gramophone magazine which described the choir’s singing as “splendidly disciplined and infectiously fervent”. The choir’s Radio 3 debut came in 2015 when the BBC recorded a concert from the Ludlow English Song weekend. See Full Season Here