Parliament Choir

Parliament Choir: St. Matthew Passion

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Time: 1845
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026
Location: Smith Square Hall, London

https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/st-matthews-passion/

Join the Parliament Choir for a performance of JS Bach’s moving St Matthew’s Passion.

Setting the description of Christ’s last days from St Matthew’s gospel, the piece gives a moving and powerful portrayal of betrayal, judgement, death and love. The message of  the St Matthew Passion is as relevant today as it was 2000 years ago. 

The Choir of the UK Parliament is an inclusive organisation, where politicians of all parties and staff work harmoniously together.  It is well-loved and has performed to large and enthusiastic audiences in iconic venues such as Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, the Royal Festival Hall, the Banqueting House, Coventry Cathedral and York Minster.

It has been an ambassador for the UK and the UK Parliament in Berlin (Bundestag), the Czech Republic (St Vitus Cathedral), Italy (Tuscan Festival) and France (Notre Dame de Paris) and The Vatican. 

Parliament Choir – forthcoming events

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The Parliament Choir is formed from politicians and staff from all parties and usually performs three or four concerts a year in various venues in London, and occasionally elsewhere in the UK and abroad.

They have two forthcoming events which may be of interest:

Time: 1930
Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025
Details: Puccini and Bernstein

Time: 1930
Date: Wednesday 3 Dececember 2025
Details: A Westminster Christmas

Parliament Choir in Rome

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Time: 21:00
Date: Saturday 29 April 2023
Location: Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

The Parliament Choir and Southbank Sinfonia present Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’

Join the Parliament Choir for this amazing concert in the Papal Basilica of St Pauls outside the Walls in Rome on Saturday 29 April. Tickets are free but if you would like to make a donation to the choir (we usually charge between £20 and £40 for concert tickets) please click here 

Please click here to register for tickets. (Please note that this link takes you to an external website where you will be asked in for you contact details and place and date of birth. The form is in Italian. If you are able, you can use Google Translate to see the form in English).

The Parliament Choir welcomes as a member anyone who works at the UK Parliament – Members, their staff, and parliamentary officials. We rehearse on Monday evenings, when the Houses of Parliament are sitting, usually in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft off Westminster Hall.

Parliament Choir Concert in London

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Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’

Time: 6:30pm
Date: Saturday 22 April 2022
Location: St. John’s Smith Square, Westminster, SW1
Tickets: click here

The Parliament Choir and Southbank Sinfonia present Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’

The Parliament Choir welcomes as a member anyone who works at the UK Parliament – Members, their staff, and parliamentary officials. We rehearse on Monday evenings, when the Houses of Parliament are sitting, usually in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft off Westminster Hall.