David Anthony Temple MBE is a British conductor and musical director of Crouch End Festival Chorus and Hertfordshire Chorus. He has conducted at the Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Royal Albert Hall, Sage Gateshead, The Roundhouse, Snape Maltings and St Albans Cathedral.
He came to London in 1972 and joined the London Philharmonic Choir where he sang as a tenor under the chorus master John Alldis, performing with conductors including Boult, Stokowski, Solti, Haitink, Tennstedt, Barenboim, Giulini and Rattle. In 1984 he began his work with the newly formed Crouch End Festival Chorus.
As chorus master of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, he worked closely with Ray Davies of The Kinks on his choral work The Flatlands, and collaborated with him on live performances from 2007 until 2011, including a performance of The Village Green Preservation Society at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus and Ray Davies plus band. He has also toured the US with Ray Davies to promote the CD The Kinks Choral Collection.
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The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/ Paul Bateman + Crouch End Festival Chorus / David Temple, Paul Bateman + Crouch End Festival Chorus, & David Temple
Albums
Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 512025
Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn: Choral Works2024
All in the April Evening: A Cappella Favourites from the British Isles1988
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man (Ensemble Version)2024
Nova! Nova! Joy to the World!2023
Discovering Grace2011
Singles & EPs
The Kingdom, Op. 51: PreludeSingle • 2025
The Armed Man (Ensemble Version): The Armed ManSingle • 2023
Joy to the World (Arr. for Choir by Louis Halsey)Single • 2023