Stephen Layton: Polyphony

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From http://www.polyphony.co.uk/polyphony_biography.htm Polyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to critical acclaim throughout the world. Recent reviews declare Polyphony 'one of the best small choirs now before the public' (Daily Telegraph) and 'possibly the best small professional chorus in the world' (Encore Magazine, USA). For more than a decade Polyphony has given annual sell-out performances of Bach's St John Passion and Handel's Messiah at St John's Smith Square. These have become notable events in London's music calendar and have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and the EBU. According to the Evening Standard 'no one but no one performs Handel's Messiah better every year than the choir Polyphony', and the Times 'would rate it among the finest John Passions I have ever heard'. Polyphony's performance highlights include several BBC Proms, among them Arvo Pärt's Passio, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, regular festival performances, most recently at Aldeburgh and at the RTE Living Music Festival in Dublin, and numerous première performances. These include works by John Tavener in honour of his 60th birthday as part of the Barbican's Great Performers series, and works by Arvo Pärt and Pawel Lukaszewski. Other broadcast highlights have been performances of works by Poulenc, Rautavaara, Tormis, Britten and Grainger for BBC Radio 3, works by Arvo Pärt for RTE, an

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