FORTHCOMING EVENTS
9 December 2023 | Music for Christmas (Balham)
12 December 2023 | Christmas concert (City of London)
20 January 2024 | Choral Workshop on Victoria, Palestrina and Lassus
26 March 2024 | Concert with orchestra: Bach, Palestrina, Paul Carr
Music for Christmas
Saturday 9 December 2023
St Mary and St John the Divine, Balham High Road
London SW12 9BS
Stephen Jones conductor| Ivan Linford organ
Come and join the award-winning City Chamber Choir for a festive afternoon of Christmas music old and new in the majestic surroundings of St Mary and St John the Divine Church. There will be carols to sing and mulled wine and mince pies afterwards.
The concert will support YoungMinds, the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people’s mental health, with a retiring collection. The programme includes music by Bruckner, Reger, Tallis, Schütz, Berlioz and Chilcott, with traditional carols.
Tickets Adults: £10 | Children: £5
The City Chamber Choir Christmas Concert
Tuesday 12 December 2023
St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8EE
Stephen Jones conductor| Ivan Linford organ
City Chamber Choir takes you on a magical journey through the Christmas story, with a mixture of much-loved familiar carols and music that’s right up to date. There’s an opportunity to hear some seasonal readings as well as the usual wine and mince-pie fuelled join-in-able audience participation items.
Please note that there will be no interval: wine, soft drinks and mince pies will be available before and after the concert.
Tickets Adults: £15 | Full time students: £10 | Children under 12: free
Come and Sing: Victoria | Palestrina | di Lasso
Saturday 20 January 2024
Registration from 10.00am. Informal sing-through 4.00pm
St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, Eastcheap, London EC3R 8EE
Stephen Jones Workshop leader and director of City Chamber Choir
Tom Jesty Accompanist
Are you an amateur singer, who would like to:
- explore choral masterpieces?
- learn about their historical and musical contexts?
- brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert?
- have a fun day with a friendly group of singers in a beautiful Wren church?
Then this is for you!
Orlando di Lasso Prophetiae Sibyllarum (excerpts) | Scio enim quod redemptor
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Magnificat primi toni à 8
Tomas Luis de VictoriaMissa pro defunctis | O magnum mysterium
Bach, Palestrina, Paul Carr
7.00pm, Tuesday 26 March 2024
Holy Sepulchre London, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DQ
With Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
J S Bach Singet dem Herren
Palestrina Magnificat primi toni à 8
J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major BWV 1048
Paul Carr Seven Last Words From The Cross
