Beckenham Chorale is a friendly and welcoming mixed voice choir of about 85 voices.
Under the direction of our Musical Director Mark Griffiths, who has led the choir since 2016, we perform a wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire. We present three concerts each year at St George’s Church, Beckenham, a centre of local music-making.
Founded in 1960, we are best known for our spirited performances of the great choral works. Most of our concerts feature professional soloists and the St Paul’s Sinfonia, ensuring performances of the highest standard.
Very accomplished singing and a wonderful sound from choir, soloists and orchestra.
Concertgoer
Our concerts continue to grow in popularity, and we have sung big choral works to full houses, such as Mozart Great Mass in C minor, and Haydn Creation – a much-valued collaboration with Coro London Chamber Choir – as well as a lively programme of Opera choruses in our 2025 summer concert.
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​Following the return to live performance in November 2021, we presented Haydn Little Organ Mass and St Nicholas Mass, followed in March 2022 by Randall Thompson Frostiana, Morten Lauridsen Sure on this Shining Night and Gabriel Faure Cantique de Jean Racine. In June 2022, to a packed church, we gave a triumphant performance of Handel’s glorious Coronation Anthems, with the St Paul’s Sinfonia who also played The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
In November 2022, we were joined by Coro London Chamber Choir for a performance of Mendelssohn’s magnificent oratorio Elijah. Our March 2023 concert explored French and English choral music from the early twentieth century, featuring Duruflé’s Requiem, one of the most beloved choral works of that era. Later that year, we marked the coronation of King Charles III with Mozart Coronation Mass, Handel Zadok the Priest, and other celebratory works, followed by a Christmas concert of highlights from Handel Messiah.
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Our 2024 programme included Haydn Nelson Mass and Schubert’s Mass in G, a summer concert of twentieth-century music presenting Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms alongside works by George Shearing and Bob Chilcott. Our third concert in 2024 successfully combined Faure’s much-loved Requiem with a sensitive modern piece by Richard Blackford, Mirror of Perfection.
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