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Live@Lloyd's

Live@Lloyd's was a charity concert held on 17 May 2012 in the Underwriting Room at the Lloyd's of London insurance market. Featuring the Trumpeters of the Life Guards, Royal College of Music and City of London Choir, the concert was conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton and featured soloists Mary Nelson (soprano) and Richard Mander (organ).

It opened with the World Premiere of Live@Lloyd's: Fanfare, specially commissioned by the Live@Lloyd's Committee from the distinguished British composer Howard Goodall. This was very much in keeping with the nature of the rest of the programme, which celebrated British music and particularly works composed for the Coronation and those traditionally performed at the Last Night of the Proms.

The Lloyd's market, both corporately and individually, raised in excess of £150,000 for four London-based children's charities, and in the process acknowledged the importance of 2012 in terms of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.

The charities that benefitted were Great Ormond Street Hospital, Chance To Shine, HemiHelp and Get Kids Going.