Islands and Highlands: City of London Choir

The City of London Choir closes the 2026 Festival in style with this stunning concert of traditional songs from the British Isles to Bavaria.

With a programme of music deeply rooted in the land, it includes George Shearing’s superb 1999 choral collection of seven Shakespeare poems and songs set to music, bringing together quintessential English poetry with 20th-century jazz.

The concert also features Elgar’s charming suite of six songs inspired by Bavarian culture, From the Bavarian Highlands, Vaughan Williams’ lush, pastoral arrangement of Greensleeves and songs by Britten, Grainger and more.

With leading choral conductor Daniel Hyde and Timothy End on piano, it promises to be a glorious finish to this year’s festival.

English folksong, arr. THOMAS DUNHILL Early one morning

Welsh folksong, arr. THOMAS DUNHILL The Ash Grove

JOHN FARMER Fair Phyllis

FOULDS Keltic Lament

SHEARING Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare

English trad., arr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Greensleeves

BRITTEN The Evening Primrose

arr. GRAINGER Londonderry Air

FINZI My Spirit Sang All Day

ELGAR From the Bavarian Highlands (Op. 27)

City of London Choir

Timothy End, piano

Daniel Hyde, conductor

Doors open half an hour before the concert starts. There will be an interval of 20 mins.

Details are correct at time of publication but are subject to change. We regret that tickets cannot be refunded unless the concert is cancelled.