Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.
Email: admin@jacksonslane.org.uk
Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.
Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.
Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!
£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings
For more information – www.rucksackmusic.co.uk
Sacred guitarist Jonathan Byrd will play a devotion based on Psalm 37 – The Wicked Shall Perish – during the 10am Communion at St Augustine’s Church, Highgate.
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Every second Saturday of the month we host our popular Saturdays at Six concert series. Programmes range from organ recitals to chamber groups to soloists and choirs. Concerts run from 6-7pm and there is a retiring collection.
Every second Saturday of the month we host our popular Saturdays at Six concert series. Programmes range from organ recitals to chamber groups to soloists and choirs. Concerts run from 6-7pm and there is a retiring collection.
A Pentecost performance of uplifting and (hopefully) sunlit sacred music on the Spanish Guitar.
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“A sequence of timeless emotions, such as awe, reverence, ecstasy, penitence, prayer, gratitude, rapture, worship, praise, ardour, resolve, Jonathan Byrd’s music presences us at the Holy Spirit’s descent as the disciples’ likely knew it”
North London’s annual festival which brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for a celebration of chamber music in venues around Highgate.
North London’s annual festival which brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for a celebration of chamber music in venues around Highgate.
North London’s annual festival which brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for a celebration of chamber music in venues around Highgate.
North London’s annual festival which brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for a celebration of chamber music in venues around Highgate.
North London’s annual festival which brings together distinguished chamber musicians from around the world for a celebration of chamber music in venues around Highgate.
In another little step back to the ethos of the London Novello Ensemble – which is the presentation of great music outside the formal constraints of the concert hall – Murray and Gavin present the two opposites of late 19th century romanticism along with music by Delius, Vitali and Sarasate, and a selection of popular tangos including Piazzolla’s famous ‘Libertango’
Gavin Davies studied the violin with Marta Eitler and at the Royal College of Music with Jaroslav Vanecek and Natasha Boyarsky. He combines a freelance orchestral career with ensembles such as the London Philharmonic and BBC Concert orchestras with regular chamber music and solo performances.
Murray Hipkin is a fulltime member of the music staff at English National Opera, where he has conducted The Mikado, The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Kismet, Carousel, Chess and Man of la Mancha. He is musical director of the Pink Singers and the North London Chorus and he recently finished filming Anyone Can Sing for ENO/Sky Arts in the role of music supervisor and accompanist.
Programme to include:
Brahms – Sonata No. 1 in G
Liszt – Romance
Delius – Sonata No. 3
Vitali – Chaconne
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
Tangos by Albeniz, Gade, and Piazzolla
Advanced booking is advised as we will be limiting capacity in order to ensure socially distanced seating is available for those who require it. In accordance with normal practice, we respectfully ask that you do a lateral flow test – available free from www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-lateral-flow-tests.com in the 48 hours prior to the concert – but please do get in touch for a full refund if you get a positive result!
This page is for the performance at Pond Square Chapel, Highgate on 9th December.
To buy tickets for the performance at St Paul’s Lorrimore Square, Kennington on 6th December, please click on this link: Brahms and Liszt in Kennington 6 December
Get into the Christmas spirit with an evening of sacred music, popular festive songs and traditional carols from acclaimed choir Voxcetera.
Enjoy beautiful choral works spanning 400 years, from anthems by Byrd and Praetorius to contemporary composers including John Rutter, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen and Cecilia McDowall. And there’ll be dazzling arrangements of popular songs and carols such as Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and Ding Dong Merrily on High.
It isn’t Christmas without a Christmas concert – so why not start the season in beautiful surroundings with joyous, tranquil and uplifting music.
Voxcetera chamber choir sings Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved, moving masterpiece, with soloists Ellie and Jamie Sperling, accompanied by violin, cello, harp and organ.
The concert will also feature Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine; a selection from Gustav Holst’s Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, a collection of ancient Indian sacred texts; and Henry Balfour Gardiner’s dramatic Evening Hymn.
And you’ll hear beautiful music from contemporary composers: the hypnotic Northern Lights by Ola Gjeilo; and Paul Aryes’ sun-drenched love song Quanto sei bella.
Voxcetera is a north London-based chamber choir, directed by its founding conductor Jane Hopkins. Recent activity includes concerts at St Martin-in-the-fields, East Finchley Arts Festival, overseas tours and recording work.
Virtuoso banjo player and fiddler Aaron Jonah Lewis has been elbow-deep in traditional American music since their first lessons at the age of five with Kentucky native Robert Oppelt. Their concerts take audiences on a journey through the back roads of American old time and folk music, with detours through ragtime and early jazz.
“I’ve heard quite a lot of old-time fiddle and banjo playing, trust me, but I’ve never heard it like this… played at break-neck speeds, Aaron’s fiddle whipping around tight corners like a high-end sports car… It’s like watching Bach hopped up on speed, composing kickass barn dance tunes in Appalachia… [Aaron is] a player you need to watch.” -No Depression
Greg Adams, Archivist at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, says, “Lewis is one of the few performing musicians with the facility to build compelling musical bridges between the printed banjo music and techniques of the 19th century and the instrument’s journey into recorded sound by the turn of the 20th century.”
Baby Gospel is an uplifting family concert of soul, Motown and gospel music, featuring the astonishing vocal talents of London’s CK Gospel Choir.
The whole family can enjoy singing and clapping along to hits by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele, Jackie Wilson, Pharrell and more – as well as some traditional Gospel songs and nursery rhymes. Concerts are baby-friendly and open to all ages from newborns to school age to grandparents.
CK Gospel Choir are a versatile professional group from London who are united by their love of gospel music and have provided backing for artists such as Beverley Knight, Peter Andre and Alfie Boe.
“The most uplifting and relaxing activity we have ever done together as a family” Curious Life of a Mummy
Suitable for newborns and up
Baby Gospel is an uplifting family concert of soul, Motown and gospel music, featuring the astonishing vocal talents of London’s CK Gospel Choir.
The whole family can enjoy singing and clapping along to hits by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele, Jackie Wilson, Pharrell and more – as well as some traditional Gospel songs and nursery rhymes. Concerts are baby-friendly and open to all ages from newborns to school age to grandparents.
CK Gospel Choir are a versatile professional group from London who are united by their love of gospel music and have provided backing for artists such as Beverley Knight, Peter Andre and Alfie Boe.
“The most uplifting and relaxing activity we have ever done together as a family” Curious Life of a Mummy
Suitable for newborns and up
Chamber choir Voxcetera returns to St. Michael’s, Highgate, for a thrilling concert featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ Requiem and four pieces by one of the best-loved and most distinctive composers of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten.
Saint-Saëns’ compelling and accessibly beautiful 1878 Requiem moves from quiet simplicity to unearthly fortissimi to shake you to the core. Originally scored for a vast orchestra, this version arranged for harp, strings and organ maintains Saint-Saëns’ heightened expression and heartfelt sincerity, but with the intimacy of chamber music. The performance features soprano Angela Henckel who has performed with notable ensembles all over the world, and in UK venues including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Martin’s-in-the Fields and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, as well as on Radio 3.
Britten wrote in 1945, “One of my chief aims is to try to restore to the musical setting of the English Language a brilliance, freedom and vitality that have been curiously rare since the death of Purcell”. That vitality is abundant in his extraordinary cantata Rejoice in the Lamb, by turns as mad and as beautiful as the religious poems by Christopher Smart from which Britten took the text. Other short works on the menu are the joyful Jubilate Deo, the dramatic Missa Brevis in D, and Festival Te Deum which sets ethereal Gregorian chant against a progression of shifting organ chords.
A bar will be open before the concert and during the interval.
Jazz in the House is back! Programmed by Blow the Fuse for the first time, we kick off our spring season with Small Print, featuring Norma Winstone.
An off-shoot of acclaimed group ‘The Printmakers’, the members of Small Print have played with the likes of John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler and Vince Mendoza, to name a few! Featuring singer Norma Winstone, pianist Nikki Iles and Mark Lockheart on saxophone, join us in the beautiful, informal setting of Lauderdale House as we kick off the new season of Jazz in the House with an unforgettable evening of music.
Tickets:
Standard £15.50
Unwaged Concession £12.50
(This concession applies to guests with disabilities and those not in work. There are no senior concessions for Jazz in the House)
Under 35s Concession £8
Doors open at 7:30pm
John Etheridge and Art Themen have often appeared together in recent years. Neither musician needs much introduction – Etheridge, one of UK’s most eminent guitarists and Themen, a doyen of saxophone over a career of six decades.
Together with Pete Whittaker and George Double they draw from the bluesier end of jazz. Groovy, spiky and lyrical by turns. Mature and vigorous music making!
Performers:
John Etheridge – Guitar
Art Themen – Saxophone
Pete Whittaker – Organ
George Double – Drums
Tickets:
Standard £15.50
Unwaged Concession £12.50
(This concession applies to guests with disabilities and those not in work. There are no senior concessions for Jazz in the House)
Under 35s Concession £8
Limited numbers!
Doors open at 7:30pm
Alan Barnes and Dave Newton have been playing and recording together for over 40 years! With Andrew Cleyndert and Matt Fishwick completing the line-up, we can’t wait to welcome this world-class quartet.
Alan Barnes is a prolific international performer, composer, arranger, bandleader and touring soloist. He is best known for his work on clarinet, alto and baritone sax, where he combines a formidable virtuosity with a musical expression and collaborative spirit that have few peers. Alan’s unique musicianship, indefatigable touring, and warm rapport with audiences have made him uniquely popular in British jazz. He has received over 25 British Jazz Awards, most recently in 2014 for clarinet, and has twice been made BBC Jazz Musician of the Year.
David Newton was voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz awards for the thirteenth time in 2014 and was made a Fellow of Leeds College of Music in 2003. His reputation as an accompanist is unparalleled, and he has featured on numerous recordings since the mid-80s.
Performers:
Alan Barnes – Saxophones/Clarinet
Dave Newton – Piano
Andrew Cleyndert – Bass
Matt Fishwick – Drums
Standard £15.50
Unwaged Concession £12.50
(This concession applies to guests with disabilities and those not in work. There are no senior concessions for Jazz in the House)
Under 35s Concession £8
Limited numbers!
Doors open at 7:30pm
Join us for a special, outdoor edition of Jazz in the House on our Tea Lawn!
Picnic make absorbing and life affirming music. Join Deirdre Cartwright, Annie Whitehead, Alison Rayner and Winston Clifford for some inspirational, upbeat jazz with South African, Latin and Reggae influences.
Performers:
Deirdre Cartwright – Guitar
Annie Whitehead – Trombone
Alison Rayner – Bass
Winston Clifford – Drums
Tickets:
Tea Lawn £15.50 per person
Bench £60
(Group of 4)
Picnic Table £90
(Group of 6)
Unwaged Concession £12.50
(This concession applies to guests with disabilities and those not in work. There are no senior concessions for Jazz in the House)
Doors open at 7pm
Laura Jurd and Corrie Dick (of the Mercury Prize-nominated band Dinosaur) join Liam Noble and Ruth Goller for a stunning evening of Jazz in the House!
Composer-performer Laura Jurd’s distinct voice as an improvising trumpet player is at the heart of everything she creates. Her music celebrates and innovates the rich traditions of jazz and folk music, whilst often reflecting her love of The Beatles and Stravinsky to name two notable influences. Her compositions dig into something primal, earthy and human, whilst taking twists and turns that both invite surprise and evoke the inevitable.
Performers:
Laura Jurd – Trumpet
Liam Noble – Piano
Ruth Goller – Bass
Corrie Dick – Drums
Tickets:
Standard £15.50
Unwaged Concession £12.50
(This concession applies to guests with disabilities and those not in work. There are no senior concessions for Jazz in the House)
Under 35s Concession £8
Limited numbers!
Doors open at 7:30pm
The Jive Aces, renowned for their high-energy swinging music and spectacular live show are back Upstairs at the Gatehouse!
Join us for an evening with the UK’s No.1 Jive & Swing band! The Jive Aces strive to spread smiles and cheer with their swinging music and classic vintage style from crooning smooth ballads to blasting honking rhythm and blues.
With their hallmark yellow suits and a repertoire that stretches from the timeless tunes of the swing era to the glitz of the Rat Pack with a dash of classic rock & roll, they perform songs in their unique upbeat style by such great artists as Louis Prima, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald as well as a selection of superb original tunes.
“The Jive Aces have to be one of the most entertaining and multi-talented acts around. Brilliant musicianship combined with a madcap sense of fun on stage.”
The Stage
“The Jive Aces rocked us, literally. They raised the roof with their quirky suits and energetic moves.”
The Huffington Post
Benjamin Britten’s much-loved work for voices and harp is the centrepiece of this year’s Christmas concert, which will also feature atmospheric sacred music from across the centuries and popular secular Christmas songs. You’ll also have the opportunity to raise the roof by joining in with a couple of well-known carols!
With Voxcetera chamber choir, Olivia Jageurs (harp), Paul Ayres (organ and piano), conducted by Jane Hopkins.
BAR: open from 7pm selling wine and mince pies.
Voxcetera returns to the beautiful St Michael’s Church with two dazzling works for choir and strings, written nearly 300 years apart.
Vivaldi: Gloria
In a crowded field, little beats this for exuberant Baroque joy. Yet it is full of variety, from the slow and tender “Et in terra pax” to the effervescent “Domine, Fili unigenite”, the choir accompanied throughout by sprightly strings, oboe and trumpet.
Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass
“Most of my favourite composers are film composers working in America today” says the New York-based Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, and this thrilling mass pays tribute to the emotions, adrenaline and sense of wonder of film music. Scored for choir and strings and using traditional Latin texts, the 30-minute piece is strong on melody and rich in harmony, opening with gorgeous shimmering chords that emerge magically out of silence. It’s unmistakably modern, but it’s also in touch with early sacred music including Gregorian chant.
with:
Voxcetera chamber choir
Jane Hopkins, conductor
Ellie Sperling & Bethany Partridge, soloists
String orchestra, oboe, trumpet, organ
Voxcetera is a chamber choir celebrating sacred and secular music from medieval times to the present day under the direction of its founding conductor Jane Hopkins. The choir’s achievements include its popular Christmas concerts; performances with chamber ensembles of Fauré’s Requiem, Saint-Saëns’ Requiem and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, at St Michael’s Highgate; tours to Germany and Ireland; performances at St Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John Smith Square, St. Stephen Walbrook and East Finchley Arts Festival; appearances at the Science Museum, British Library and the Southbank Centre; and a variety of recording work.