British choirs aren't the best – but they could be with better support | Peter Phillips

Foreign ensembles benefit from more funding and public interest – and the proof is in their singing. Until we treat choirs as well as we treat orchestras, we’ll suffer on the international stage, says conductor Peter Phillips
We like to think we invented choral singing in the UK. Certainly Britain has produced some of the most esteemed choirs in the world, from King’s College, Cambridge to the Monteverdi Choir and the Tallis Scholars. From the founding of the chapel royal in th