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Janet Baker
Janet Baker
Opera and concert singer
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Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
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William Walton
William Walton
English composer
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Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
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Charles Groves
Charles Groves
British conductor
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Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
American conductor, born 1916
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Simon Halsey
Simon Halsey
British conductor
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The Hallé
The Hallé
English symphony orchestra based in Manchester
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Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar
English composer
Intro

The Leeds Festival Chorus is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has 160 singing members in soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections. Presenting classical choral music of a professional standard in Yorkshire and elsewhere, including at the BBC Proms and abroad - for example in Venice. The Chorus is broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3.

The Chorus works with several orchestras, including the Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, St. John's Smith Square, the Orchestra of Opera North and the English Chamber Orchestra.