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The Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir was a choir with a strong focus on music by living composers and in particular British composers.[1] The choir appears to have been inactive since 2017.[2]

In 2007, the choir collaborated with rock group Bloc Party[3] to perform at the BBC Electric Proms,[4] which was broadcast on both BBC2 television and BBC Radio 1. The choir subsequently recorded tracks for Bloc Party album Intimacy, released in 2008. The choir also recorded with rock group Snow Patrol and feature on the album A Hundred Million Suns.[5] Members of the choir subsequently performed with the band on BBC1 television on Later... with Jools Holland. Most recently members of the choir recorded with folk rock group Noah and the Whale.[6]

As hosts of the London Tallis Festival, the choir was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 28 October 2007.[7] The choir also appeared regularly on BBC1 television on Songs of Praise.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Exmoor Singers actively promoted music by living composers, in dedicated concerts; by more generally programming new works; and specifically in commissioning new works. For the choir's first concert dedicated entirely to living composers, on 29 May 2002, the group received a four-star review from The Times.[14]

  1. ^ "Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  2. ^ "Exmoor Singers of London". Exmoor Singers of London. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Bloc Party : Business : Story". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  4. ^ "BBC - Electric Proms 2007 - Bloc Party". Bbbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  6. ^ "Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  7. ^ "BBC - (none) - The Choir - Exmoor Singers' Tallis Festival". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 27 June 2004". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. ^ "Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 29 January 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  10. ^ "Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 10 December 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  11. ^ "Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 4 March 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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  13. ^ [2] [dead link]
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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