We are active exponents of C20/C21 music, and have forged relationships with leading British composers such as John Tavener, Geoffrey Burgon, Howard Skempton, 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 made a total of fifteen first recordings. Its numerous premieres are as follows:

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

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

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

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

Jeffrey Lewis: Recordatio World premiere

James Macmillan: Invocation London premiere

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

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

John Tavener: Many Years World premiere

James Whitbourn: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis London premiere

John Woolrich: Over the sea Elysian Singers commission

For further information about contemporary British choral music,
you may find the British Music Information Centre website useful.

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