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Further notable performances have included regular festival appearances, including dates at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham Festivals, and at the RTE Living Music Festival in Dublin and numerous première performances including works by John Tavener in honour of his 60th birthday as part of the Barbican’s Great Performers series, and works by Arvo Pärt and Pawel Łukaszewski.

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Recent diary highlights include performances of Bach’s St John Passion, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, and the Theater an der Wien, Vienna a performance of Mozart’s Requiem, with the City of London Sinfonia, at the BBC Proms and appearances at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, as part of their ZaterdagMatinee series Belfast Festival as part of their 50 year celebrations Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, to mark the start of their Britten celebrations and the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester with the Philharmonia Orchestra. According to the Evening Standard ‘no one but no one performs Handel’s Messiah better every year than the choir Polyphony’, and the Times rate it ‘amongst the finest John Passions … ever heard’. These have become notable events in London’s music calendar and have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and the EBU. In a new poll by Gramophone Magazine they were named as one of the world’s leading choirs ‘Stephen Layton's choir have become renowned for both their sound and versatility – whether in early music, or contemporary works such as those of Eric Whitacre, they embody the remarkable tradition of British choral excellence at its finest.’įor more than a decade Polyphony has given annual sell-out performances of Bach’s St John Passionand Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Smith Square.

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Recent reviews declare Polyphony ‘one of the best small choirs now before the public’ (Telegraph) and ‘possibly the best small professional chorus in the world’ (Encore Magazine, USA). Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to great critical acclaim throughout the world. Polyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.