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- ↑ "About Us". Barts Choir. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ↑ "Vivaldi Gloria". New London Singers.
- ↑ "Requiem". New London Singers.
- ↑ "Martin & Pizzetti". New London Singers.
- ↑ "Sweet was the Song". New London Singers.
- ↑ "Rachmaninov Vespers". New London Singers.
- ↑ "Profile: Ivor Setterfield". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
