For their 2014 Lenten concerts, the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence is joined by the St Laurence Baroque Orchestra conducted by Dr Neil McEwan to present J. S. Bach’s mighty St John Passion, BWV 245. Although Bach never wrote an opera, both his surviving Passions owe a great deal to the operatic tradition. The St John Passion is…
Join the Parish of Christ Church St Laurence at a service of carols and readings to mark Advent, the beginning of the church year. The Choir of Christ Church St Laurence directed by Dr Neil McEwan with Parish Organist, Peter Jewkes, will perform seasonal hymns along with music by composers including Archer, Monteverdi, Sandström and Shaw….
Celebrating the anniversary of its Feast of Dedication, Christ Church St Laurence presents its annual Orchestral Mass, with its choir and orchestra performing Haydn’s Theresienmesse. The performance includes Sir Hubert Parry’s I Was Glad as the introit and the motet Behold the tabernacle of God by William Harris. Soprano Amy Corkery, alto Anna Dowsley, tenor Pascal Herrington and bass Alexander Knight, are…