A celebration of music in aid of Footballs for Fun at one of London's great historic churches... an emotive evening to be cherished.

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, 7.30pm, Tuesday 15 June, 2010

Programme

David Fanshawe

AFRICAN SANCTUS

with percussion: Backbeat

Soprano: Maureen Brathwaite

Jason Yarde with friends - A set specially for Footballs For Fun

Come Colours Rise - A South African anthem

The London Chorus

Musical Director: Ronald Corp

In aid of Footballs for Fun, a charity helping children in Africa (a charitable company limited by guarantee no 1129104).

The concert will be approximately two hours in duration including a twenty minute interval. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

Tickets: £25 / £22 / £18 / £12 / £6

Available from St Martin-in-the-Fields, online or from Box Office 020 7766 1100

The London Chorus

In association with De Putron Fund Management

The London Chorus is London's most versatile choir, practising and performing a challenging and varied repertoire and continually developing its tradition of excellence. Founded as the London Choral Society in 1903 in order to bring Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to London, the choir established its tradition of innovation right from the start, giving a number of first performances in its early years. In recent years the choir has promoted the first London performances of works by Samuel Barber, Frank Martin, Richard Blackford, Ronald Corp and others, as well as performing an extremely wide repertoire ranging from plainsong, through the mainstream choral repertoire, to music of the present day, both classical and on the lighter side.

The 100 members of the choir are amateur singers from all walks for life, but performances are at the highest professional level. Performances are given in all the major London venues, as well as elsewhere in England and abroad.

Ronald Corp, who joined the choir as Chorus Master in 1985, and was appointed Musical Director in 1994, is one of the country's foremost choral conductors. Under his direction the choir has developed to give performances at a standard which is second-to-none.