Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge ( also briefly: Trinity College Choir ) is the Mixed Choir of Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

History

The beginnings of the choir date back to the 14th century as choristers of the Chapel Royal studying in the King's Hall, which is now part of Trinity College, from which was formed a initial pure male chorus. Music directors of the time were, among others, Charles Villiers Stanford, Alan Gray, Raymond Leppard and Richard Marlow. Only in the 1980s integrated Richard Marlow female voices in the choir. Today, the chorus from Fellows includes Basal studies about 30 singers and two organists. Since 2006, Stephen Layton is music director.

During the semester, the main task of the choir practicing in the liturgical tradition in the Trinity College Chapel, which serves both Catholic and Protestant roots. His sound recordings for Hyperion Records produced the choir in the Cooperation Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, City of London Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Academy of Ancient Music and thus won a Gramophone Award. On his concert tours, the choir was a guest at the American Guild of Organists, 2012.

In January 2011, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge was selected by Gramophone magazine on place 5 of the 20 Greatest Choirs of the World.