Storm Cycle

The Fourth Choir's autumn concert - Storm Cycle - is a tempestuous voyage through songs inspired by storms, sea journeys and finding refuge. Featuring a trio of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the concert will also showcase the epic Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and the UK premiere of Joanna Marsh's No Final Shore as well as atmospheric choir favourites by Kerry Andrew and Imogen Holst.

Programme
The Lee Shore Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Thule the Period of Cosmographie Thomas Weelkes
Be Not Afeard Cecilia McDowall
The Waves Come Rolling In Richard Rodney Bennett
By the Lone Seashore Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
No Final Shore Joanna Marsh UK PREMIERE
A Hymne to Christ Imogen Holst
Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
The Lover's Ghost Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Drift Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
All Things Are Quite Silent Kerry Andrew

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 LGBTQ+ community on London's world-class classical music scene. Our debut album 'Songs of Ourselves' is out this autumn on Orchid Classics.

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 was also the Associate Director of Ware Choral Society 2022-23 and was Director of the Chapel Choir of Regent’s Park College, Oxford 2019-21. 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.

Photo of The Fourth Choir by Matthew Johnson.