Delphian’s 'superchoir' reunites after its highly successful recording of Shchedrin’s 'The Sealed Angel', this time for a programme of German Romantic music.

Strauss’s sumptuous 'Deutsche Motette' is the last word in late Romantic choral opulence, its teeming polyphony brought to thrilling life by this virtuoso cast of over 60 singers. ['Rosenkavalier' meets 'Friede auf Erden' via 'The bells'] The rest of the programme explores the vivid colours and shadowy half-lights of a distinctly German music that reached its culmination in Strauss’s extravagant masterpiece. The singing throughout combines a musical intensity and imagination with an understanding of period style, that are hallmarks of both choirs’ work.

The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (directed by Geoffrey Webber) and The Choir of King’s College London (directed by David Trendell) are two of the UK’s leading collegiate and university choirs. Both choirs combine singing at services during term time with a busy schedule of concerts, recordings and broadcasts, both in the UK and abroad.