To Harrow School on Tue 2 Nov, to hear a concert by St John's College Choir from Cambridge. In the truly extraordinary setting of the Speech Room, built in 1873 by William Burgess, St John's gave of their best, with the trebles rising to the occasion as the evening drew to its conclusion. Their encore (and the St John's Gents' encore) were both wonderful displays of the choir's versatility. The concert finale, Hubert Parry's Hear My Words, Ye People, was a rousing rendition, ending as it does with Parry's hymn tune O Praise Ye The Lord. (Almost) all conducted in inimitable style by musical director Andrew Nethsingha.
Bogoroditse Dyevo - Rachmaninoff
Bogoridtse Dyevo - Part
Cantique de Jean Racine - Faure
Missa Brevis - Mozart
Prevent Us, O Lord - Byrd
This is the record of John - Gibbons
Rejoice in the Lord Alway - Purcell
Like as the Hart - Howells
Hear My Words, Ye People - Parry
plus Allegro from Vierne's Symphonie III (played by St John's senior organ scholar, John Challenger) and Church Sonatas 1 & 2 from The Enlightened Players (chamber quartet)Photo below from St John's Choir Facebook page:
