From the 14th to 19th centuries, thousands of people all over Europe were sentenced to death for being in queer relationships. A Requiem For Those Who Had None will commemorate these martyrs of the LGBTQ+ community, and help to ensure they are not forgotten. The Fourth Choir dedicates this concert to telling their stories.

Programme
Ne Derelinquas Me Dominique Phinot
Extracts from Lamentations Alonso Lobo
Ego flos Campi Clemens Non Papa
Surge Amica Mea Raffaella Aleotti
Sappho: Eros Jamie Powe
Nigra Sum Michael Bussewitz-Quarm
Song (I gaze upon you) Gabriel Jackson
Hear my prayer Henry Purcell
Requiem Herbert Howells
Let My Love Be Heard Jake Runestad

The Fourth Choir
Jamie Powe conductor

The Fourth Choir is London's LGBTQ+ chamber choir for advanced singers. We focus on performing great choral works from early music to contemporary choral masterpieces. The choir was formed in September 2013, and our aim from the outset has been to represent the LGBT + community on London's world-class classical music scene. 

Jamie Powe
After completing his BA degree in Music at Somerville College, Oxford, Jamie received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he achieved a distinction in his choral conducting MA. He was also awarded the Thomas Armstrong prize for outstanding choral leadership. Jamie was one of the 2018/19 Young Conducting Scholars with Sing for Pleasure and has worked with Genesis Sixteen as conducting scholar. In addition to The Fourth Choir, he is currently Musical Director of The New London Singers, Laurelin Voices, The Arcadian Singers, Putney Choral Society and The Aubrey Singers. He is also the Associate Director of Ware Choral Society and was Director of the Chapel Choir of Regent’s Park College, Oxford 2019-2021. Jamie studied composition at Oxford with Toby Young and Deborah Pritchard, achieving a first class grade for his composition portfolio. He continued his studies at The Royal Academy of Music with David Gorton and Gareth Moorcraft, alongside his choral conducting MA. His latest commission, ‘The Gun Mass’ premiered in both the US and UK in April 2023.

Farm Street Church - the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception - is a vibrant and engaging Catholic Parish in the heart of London and is home to LGBT+ Catholics Westminster. This group extends a warm welcome to all LGBT+ Catholics, their friends, partners and families and indeed to all people of good will, LGBT+ or not.

Photo of The Fourth Choir by Matthew Johnson.