London Concert Choir – Rachmaninov: Vespers – 7:45pm
Conductor: Mark Forkgen
London Concert Choir’s season continues with one of Rachmaninov’s own favourite compositions. In words from the Russian Orthodox All-Night Vigil, the Vespers explores the ideas of Christ in divine and human form, climaxing in the dramatic recounting of the Resurrection and a magnificent hymn to the Mother of God.
Rachmaninov’s transcendent music incorporates religious chants (some are ancient and some are his original compositions), using the unaccompanied choir to create exquisite harmonies with colour and precision.
The Vespers is enchanting and uplifting, with extremely low bass parts and rich vocal lines inviting meditative contemplation. It is now regarded as the culminating achievement of Russian Orthodox choral music, and indeed one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces
The work was originally scheduled for performance in March 2020, but the concert had to be cancelled at the start of the pandemic.
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)
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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.