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4 unusual facts about Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus


Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Since around 2006 Sheffield Phil has developed touring and performance links with the Philharmonischer Chor Bochum, who are regular performers with the Bochumer Symphoniker and based in Bochum, one of Sheffield's twin towns in Germany.

In previous years Sheffield Phil has also been conducted by Sir John Barbirolli and Vassily Sinaisky.

For the 2008 Prom season members of the chorus joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Prom 75; the programme included Beethoven's ninth symphony (sung from memory) and his Elegischer Gesang.

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus regularly sings with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata and the Hallé, and over the last few years has performed under the batons of Gianandrea Noseda, Nicholas Kraemer, and Sir Mark Elder, as well as its own regular conductor, Darius Battiwalla, and others.


Saint Peter's Singers of Leeds

Also participating will be the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus under the direction of Leeds Phil Music Director Dr David Hill.


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