Mass in B Minor
JS Bach
The greatest setting of the Roman Catholic Mass – by a pious Lutheran. A project begun in 1733 as part of a job application but not completed until the end of his life. A display of contrapuntal choral mastery, and virtuosic solo writing which would grace any opera house. A score for whose later movements the composer drew heavily on pieces he had previously written.
Such are the extraordinary origins of Bach’s mighty Mass in B minor, a work very familiar to Canticum and the early music ensemble Counterpoint, who will perform it in the splendid surroundings of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, the church which John Betjeman called “the cathedral of the Arts & Crafts Movement".
Canticum Chamber Choir with Counterpoint
Rachel Elliott – Soprano
Amy Lyddon – Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Madden – Tenor
Ashley Riches – Baritone
Mark Forkgen – Conductor
Upcoming Events
Bach and Pancakes
Enjoy Johann Sebastian Bach’s choral and organ music sung by members of Holy Trinity’s Choirs, including: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor while indulging in pancakes and more, as is tradition on Shrove Tuesday.
45 minutes of music followed by pancakes and refreshments,
Tickets £20 (£10 under 18s)
Holst Singers- Illuminations – Sacred Music of Europe – 7pm
Illuminations – Sacred Music of Europe opens our 2026 concert series with a pilgrimage of sacred choral music across northern Europe. Beginning in Finland with the stillness of Einojuhani Rautavaara, the programme visits the choral traditions of the Baltic states and Western Europe, exploring music shaped by prayer, ritual, and light.
Read MoreThe London Chorus – Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits – 7.30pm
Join The London Chorus for a rare performance of Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits, 7.30pm 12 March 2026 at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square.
The London Chorus presents a thrilling programme of the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of the greatest of all British composers and a Chelsea resident for 24 years. His Five Tudor Portraits, masterful settings of the poems of John Skelton, priest and tutor to Henry VIII, are at times bawdy, poignant and witty, and deserve to be heard far more often.
We also hear his popular Five Mystical Songs, settings of the 17th-century poet and priest George Herbert, and his Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, which conjures up an eloquent aural portrait of the Norfolk landscape and its people through five locally-sourced folk songs.