We are active exponents of C20/C21 music, and have forged relationships with leading British composers such as John Tavener, James Macmillan, Bob Chilcott, Tarik O'Regan and John Woolrich, who described us on Radio 3 as "that superb choir".

The choir has commissioned a number of new works and won awards from the PRS Foundation for New Music, Making Music and The Holst Foundation for outstanding enterprise in choral music. It has some twenty first recordings to its name, and numerous premieres, which are as listed below:

Julian Allwood: Mettimi come un sigillo London Premiere

Gavin Bryars: On Photography London Premiere

Geoffrey Burgon: The First World Geoffrey Burgon: Five love songs London premieres

Diana Burrell: Come Holy Ghost Diana Burrell: Creator of the stars of night London premieres

Julian Butcher: Come, everyone that thirsteth World premiere

Bob Chilcott: Our Father Bob Chilcott: Four carols by Kevin Crossley-Holland World premieres

Antonin Dvorak: Dmitrij (concert performance) London premiere

Aidan Fisher: Allu Mari Elysian Singers commission

Philip Glass: Three Songs (1984) UK premiere

Henryk Górecki: Three Lullabies Op.47 Henryk Górecki: Miserere Op.44 London premieres and first broadcast performances Henryk Górecki: Songs of Rodziny Katynskie UK premiere Henryk Górecki: Three Kurpian Songs Op.75 London premiere

John Habron: Salve Regina World Premiere

Andrew Hugill: Les Origines Humaines (more details on Andrew Hugill's website) Elysian Singers commission

Erich Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (concert performance) UK premiere

David Lancaster: Bliss World Premiere

Jeffrey Lewis: Recordatio World premiere

James Macmillan: Invocation James Macmillan: Tenebrae Responsories London premieres

Peter Maxwell Davies: Corpus Christi with cat and mouse Peter Maxwell Davies: O verbum patris London Premieres

Philippe Mazé: Trois motets pour un temps de pénitence UK Premieres

John McCabe: Amen/Alleluia UK Premiere

Michael McHale: Cross Road Blues World Premiere

Per Nørgård : D'Monstrantz Vöögeli Per Nørgård : Halleluja - vor Gud er forrykt! British Premieres '...excellently performed by the Elysian Singers under Sam Laughton...' (Keith Potter, The Independent, July 2000)

Tarik O'Regan: Ave Maria London and Irish Premieres Tarik O'Regan: Bring rest, sweet dreaming child Elysian Singers commission Tarik O'Regan: Dorchester Canticles London Premiere Tarik O'Regan: Surrexit Christus (sound track on home page) London,Irish and Basque/Spanish Premieres

Michael Parsons: Farthest North World premiere

Malcolm Singer: Psalms of Ascent Elysian Singers commission

Howard Skempton: Roundels of the Year Elysian Singers commission Howard Skempton: The Flight of Song Howard Skempton: Song at the year's turning London Premieres

Paul Stanhope: Exile Lamentations Elysian Singers co-commission and world premiere

Ian Stephens: Timepieces Elysian Singers commission

Philip Stopford: Ave regina caelorum World premiere

John Tavener: Many Years World premiere

James Whitbourn: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis London premiere

John Woolrich: Over the sea Elysian Singers commission

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