The Wandsworth Sound

Overview

1970 documentary on the Wandsworth Comprehensive School boys' choir. Unique in that the boys were not taken into the school as singers, but took choir as an extra-curricular activity. Music director Russell Burgess taught, inspired and moulded the boys to create a unique choral sound which became known as the 'Wandsworth Sound'. The choir made recordings with Benjamin Britten, Colin Davis and Luciano Pavarotti and performed at many London venues such as the the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, St Paul's Cathedral and the Festival Halls, as well as at the Aldeburgh Festival and internationally in Holland and the USA.