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Welcome to the website of the conductor Samuel Draper!
Please enjoy finding out more about Samuel and his music-making here.

Upcoming Concerts:

Saturday 18th April 2026, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4JE

Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Choral Society
conducted by Samuel Draper

Olivia Forbes – soprano
Miranda Ostler – mezzo-soprano
Tom Law – tenor
Sam Lyne-Hall – bass

Rheinberger: Stabat Mater op. 138
Mozart: Laudate Dominum from Vesperæ solennes de confessore K. 339
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11
Haydn: Mass No. 12 in B-flat, ‘Theresienmesse’ Hob. XXII:12

ENESCU PREMIÈRE

On Saturday April 29th, Samuel gave the UK première of George Enescu’s Fourth Symphony, a masterpiece left partially unorchestrated at the composer’s death and later completed for performance by Romanian composer Pascal Bentoiu. Details of the concert, given in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute, London, as part of their ‘Bentoiu Month’ series of events can be found at the CONCERTS page and at the ICR website.

Here is a preview of our performance from Richard Whitehouse on CLASSICAL SOURCE
and more information on Pascal Bentoiu can be found at TOCCATA CLASSICS.

A review of the concert can be read at CLASSICAL SOURCE

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