This extract (complete performance at the bottom of this page) features Irena Cholij's 'Jean Mouton Choir' as choir 1 in the 4-choir scheme. From a performance of Tallis's 40 part motet in Waltham Abbey's 1984 Tallis Festival, conducted by Christopher Martin Thomas. The other three choirs are Kings College Chapel Choir London, The Horniman Singers, Waltham Abbey Singers.
Choir of St.Mary's Wimbledon at St.Paul's Cathedral, conductor C M Thomas
Choir of Holy Trinity Geneva at St.Peter's Cathedral Geneva, conductor C M Thomas
Choir of St.Mary's Wimbledon at St.Paul's Cathedral, conductor C M Thomas
Chris Thomas on the organ of St.Paul's Cathedral
Choir and Consort of Holy Trinity Geneva at St.Peter's Cathedral Geneva, conductor C M Thomas
Tchaikovsky Chamber Choir of Izhevsk and the choir of Holy Trinity Geneva, conducted by Christopher Martin Thomas at the National Theatre of Izhevsk in July 2014 (mono, acoustic added digitally)
A Spotless Rose - Howells. Choir of Holy Trinity Geneva at St.Peter's Cathedral Geneva, conductor C M Thomas
Choir of Holy Trinity Geneva: concert at Holy Trinity Church 2012
Choir of St.Mary's Wimbledon: Carol Service 2010
Mezzo soprano Joan Brookman (my aunt) in a 1960 recording of Handel's Messiah aria 'I know that my redeemer liveth'.
Sung with all the style of the late 1950s.
Dieu nous soit doux et favorable (Psalm 67) Genevan Psalter, sung in unison, followed by Sweelinck's 5 voice polyphonic setting.
Choir of Holy Trinity Geneva, conductor Christopher Martin Thomas
Extract: Alan Griffiths sings Handel's 'He was despised' in a 1985 performance of Messiah with the Waltham Abbey Chamber Orchestra
Tallis's 40 part motet in Waltham Abbey's 1984 Tallis Festival, conducted by Christopher Martin Thomas. The four choirs are (from left to right): The Jean Mouton Choir, Kings College London Chapel Choir, The Horniman Singers, Waltham Abbey Singers.
Extract from a masterclass: the Tchaikovsky Chamber Choir of Izhevsk, Russia, with Christopher Martin Thomas: April 2014. Recorded in a school hall during the school day!
Extract from Messiah performance: Waltham Abbey Oratorio Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Waltham Abbey Choristers: September 1986
Improvisation: Christopher Martin Thomas on the Klais organ of the Egidienkirche, Braunschweig: July 1985