The Rodolfus Choir

The Rodolfus Choir is made up of singers aged from 16 to 25 who have been chosen from past and present members of the Eton Choral Courses for prospective choral scholars. Many members of the choir are choral scholars, some are at music college, and most hope to make a career in music. Since its foundation by Ralph Allwood in 1984, the choir has appeared throughout the United Kingdom at venues great and small, including St John’s, Smith Square and some of the country’s most glorious cathedrals. In 2009 the choir performed a cappella repertoire from Tallis to Gottwald in Bath, Eton, and Richmond, and performed Bach’s B Minor Mass to sell out audiences in London’s Cadogan Hall, and in Tewkesbury Abbey as part of the summer’s Three Choirs festival. The choir has also toured extensively in Europe, performing to an audience of thousands at the International night of the Choirs Festival in Belgium in 2008. The Rodolfus Choir and Ralph Allwood are well known for imaginative programming, and for presenting new music. The Rodolfus Choir’s recent CD recordings include music as diverse as Monteverdi, Grier, Tallis, the German Romantics and Herbert Howells. The choir is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 3’s choral evensong, and has featured on Classic FM, as well as appearing on BBC TV’s ‘Songs of Praise’ and in the documentary ‘Alex: a passion for life’ which followed preparations for the choir’s performance at Cadogan Hall earlier this year and aired on Channel 4 in October 2009 with a further hour of concert highlights featured on Morefour.