English Chamber Choir – The Crucifixion – 7.45pm
The splendour and drama of late Victorian music and architecture combine in The English Chamber Choir’s engaging performance of Stainer’s portrayal of The Passion, preceded by a short choral fanfare in Rufus Frowde’s reworking of Bach’s Prelude in C Minor BWV 847.
Fresh on the heels of recent performances at The Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and Buckingham Palace, ECC is joined by acclaimed vocal soloists Graham Neal (tenor) and John Holland-Avery (bass). The four-manual organ, one of London’s finest, is played by ECC’s Assistant Accompanist, Andreana Chan, an organist at the beginning of a highly promising career. Her recording credits include Signum Classics as well as a forthcoming recording for Sony. The concert will run without interval. Tickets are available from Eventbrite.
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Canticum – Gloria in Excelsis – 7.30pm
Canticum’s joyful summer concert focuses on Austrian sacred music of the 18th and 19th centuries, accompanied by two violins, cello, bass and chamber organ.
A work of the composer’s maturity, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass is remarkably succinct, while Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F is more festive and an astonishing achievement for an 18 year-old in its handling of motifs and counterpoint.
Canticum will also perform Mozart’s deeply moving Ave verum corpus, composed less than six monthsbefore his death.
Interspersed with these Classical masterpieces are five of Bruckner’s Motets. These beautiful a cappella choruses, composed over nearly a quarter of a century, hark back to Gregorian chant and Palestrina, the liturgical prince of the Counter-Reformation.
Crouch End Festival Chorus – Reimagined: Monteverdi to MacMillan – 7.30pm
Reimagined: Monteverdi to MacMillan
A captivating evening of sacred and reimagined choral works, blending Renaissance masters with modern voices. Featuring Crouch End Festival Chorus and the Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
David Temple MBE, Music Director of Crouch End Festival Chorus says
When I first heard the Ferio Saxophone Quartet perform last summer, I immediately got in touch and asked if they would like to work with CEFC and me. What is extraordinary is the amazing variety of musical colours produced by this excellent quartet.
This palette of colours works brilliantly for early music, as they could easily pass for cornetts and sackbuts - hence our collaboration performing works by Monteverdi and Schütz.
They are equally at home with contemporary works by James MacMillan, Roderick Williams and Sarah Rimkus. Our concert will be a delicious mixture of ‘reimagined’ works from Monteverdi to MacMillan.
London City Philharmonic Emerging Soloists Gala Concert – 7:30pm
Join the London City Philharmonic for a spectacular evening celebrating the brilliance of our featured soloists. Set in the stunning acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, this programme showcases a thrilling variety of instrumental concertos, ranging from Vivaldi's fiery Summer (uniquely arranged for saxophone) to the sweeping romanticism of Rachmaninoff and Saint-Saëns.
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