TRBC

UK's largest choral society with 10,000 active members. Royal Albert Hall concerts including Messiah from Scratch, plus singing holidays abroad. Sing with us!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Letting all our followers know that this account is closing as we are switching to BlueSky. We will build this account in the coming weeks so pse continue to follow us at @TRBCsings and pse RT to as many ppl as poss!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

@MaryCBevan @AlbionRecords @nickythespence @will_vann Oh Mary - that is so funny! Trevor and I were crying with laughter. How did you ever get that number in the can?

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

It reached £9,000 at the end - stupendous! Many thanks to auctioneer Harvey Cammell from @bonhams1793

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

Bidding going nuts for hallelujah chorusnconducting gig @ReallyBigChorus in Albert hall..7500 already.. man from Bonhamd going nuts- 8k now…

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

@lib_thinks Thanks for the post @lib_thinks. Sounds like you enjoyed yourself!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

@KingsBruton @RoyalAlbertHall @TheBHF @KSBMusicDept Thank you @KingsBruton, glad you enjoyed yourselves. Just for the record, the orchestra was the English Festival Orchestra. The London FO is an entirely separate organisation.

[King's Bruton @KingsBruton]

@KingsBruton pupils sang with 3000 others @RoyalAlbertHall as part of @ReallyBigChorus in aid of @TheBHF
Read about their wonderful experience here - https://t.co/DhSMvadxg0

#KSBMusic @KSBMusicDept

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Thanks to all who made the 50th anniversary of Messiah from Scratch SO special (10 Nov). @MaryCBevan @MartaFontanals @NickPritch89 @AshleyRiches @TheBHF, all bidders in our Hallelujah Chorus auction + winner Prof Chris Wood. Thanks @RoyalAlbertHall for all support. Back in 2025!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Conductors looking for a break: are you thinking about bidding in our Hallelujah Chorus Auction @RoyalAlbertHall on 10 November? You MUST be in the Hall to bid, and we are almost sold out. Details and booking forms at https://t.co/KZbdn9sdpE. Don't wait: fewer than 50 tix remain!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Could you conduct @RoyalAlbertHall? Buy a ticket for TRBC's 2024 Messiah from Scratch and bid in our Hallelujah Chorus auction. All proceeds to @TheBHF. Tell your friends @MakingMusic_UK @MusicTeachers_ @ClassicFM @BBCBreakfast. Details https://t.co/fReuyC4BDt. Pse RT everywhere!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Another music organisation folds due to lack of funds because ppl fail to realise the part music plays in a civilised society. Wherever you live, in whatever way you can, speak out in support of high-quality music-making esp for young people - PLEASE! @ISM_music @MakingMusic_UK

[Dr David Barton @davidbartonmus]

Saddened and very surprised at the closure of @Voices_Found: https://t.co/MxOIhofrXF

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Thank you @singspeirs and @BethHHallett together with Ruairi Bowen and @HuskinsonOssian for wonderful singing @RoyalAlbertHall. And to all the wonderful people who purchased programmes and helped to raise almost £8K for @RSMusicians. Roll on Messiah from Scratch on 10 November!

[Rachel Speirs @singspeirs]

Mozart Requiem @RoyalAlbertHall 🌹thank you to Brian Kay, English Festival Orchestra, and The Really Big Chorus for a truly memorable evening in aid of @RSMusicians @ReallyBigChorus

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

And thanks to @RSMusicians for being such fantastic partners over the past few months and working so well with @RoyalAlbertHall staff on the day. You worked really hard and deserved every penny you raised!

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Two managements can play at that game @ClassicFM! Thanks to @ReallyBigChorus singers and English Festival Orchestra players for the unexpected start to Mozart's Requiem this afternoon with a surprise rendering of Hallelujah/Happy Birthday for Brian Kay's 80th birthday.

[Classic FM @ClassicFM]

Orchestra expertly pranks Sir Karl Jenkins with ‘Happy Birthday’ 🥹

At Classic FM Live, the @RSNO elegantly transitioned from ‘Palladio’ into a triumphant birthday surprise (✍️ @conductorben) before @XanderArmstrong @KlassMyleene brought out a cake for his 80th birthday year.

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Not often that Mozart's Requiem starts with the Hallelujah Chorus, but it did at this afternoon's rehearsal, with @TRBC singers fitting the words of Happy Birthday to Handel's tune in honour of conductor Brian Kay's 80th birthday.

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Very impressive for an outdoor performance - phrasing, diction AND dynamics!

[Clare College Choir @ClareChoir]

Ascension Day! 🙏

Stanford’s Coelos Ascendit Hodie performed in @ClareCollege Old Court at 8.45am this morning with @mrgrahamross!

(followed by croissants 😊🥐 )

[Royal Albert Hall @RoyalAlbertHall]

We're extremely honoured that HM King Charles III will take on the Patronage of the Royal Albert Hall.

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

2 days to go b4 TRBC Mozart Requiem @RoyalAlbertHall. Great to be working with soloists Rachel Speirs @BethHHallett Ruairi Bowen @HuskinsonOssian and @bengoldscheider with conductor Brian Kay celebrating his 80th birthday. Not too late to buy tix@ visit https://t.co/aG8B2FpMr3

[Classic FM @ClassicFM]

Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony... a work that changed music – and technology – forever. 💿

Join us on Monday 6 May to celebrate on the eve of its 200th anniversary, with two exclusive programmes starring Hollywood actor @RCArmitage and Beethoven expert @johnsuchet1.

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Those who DO like it and fancy conducting it @RoyalAlbertHall on 10 November can bid to do so in our auction raising money for the British Heart Foundation. Can we have a shout-out on @BBCRadio3 #R3Breakfast please @PetrocTrelawny? Details https://t.co/KZbdn9sdpE

[Petroc Trelawny @PetrocTrelawny]

along with political defections, public lavatories, defence funding and the medical use of rum and cointreau, Bach Before Seven features on the ⁦@Telegraph⁩ letters page today. ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ #R3Breakfast

[TRBC @ReallyBigChorus]

Another highly successful show for TRBC in Nicosia last night, boosted by players (and singers!) from the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra. Let's not forget the brilliant behind-the-scenes work of @STGroup1955: immaculate organisation and in control of every crisis.