CEFC – Stravinsky: Mass, Bruckner: Mass in E minor – 7:30pm
Renowned choir, CEFC returns to Holy Trinity, Sloane Square for another concert of contrasts and choral magic..
Programme
Stravinsky: Mass
Jessica Curry: Songs from her new album Shielding Songs
Philip Glass: Vessels (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Event Details
Doors Open at 6:45PM
Starts at 7:30PM
This typically eclectic feast of a programme is characteristic of the much-admired Crouch End Festival Chorus under its conductor, David Temple, as it returns once again to the glorious surroundings of Holy Trinity Sloane Square.
Bruckner’s Mass in E minor, originally composed for the outdoors, sounds magnificent in a large church. A 15-piece woodwind and brass group joins CEFC in music that echoes the world of Palestrina, Gabrieli and Schütz.
Scored for similar forces, Stravinsky’s Mass inhabits an entirely different sound-world – chant-like, stark and hypnotically beautiful.
Jessica Curry, whose award-winning music for video games has touched so many, wrote several songs during a time of extreme personal difficulty that are featured on her 2025 album, Shielding Songs. Powerful and pure, they include Kiss the Bairns, Pie Jesu and Home.
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