Music for a Winter's Night
St Clement Danes Church
Sunday 15 December, 5pm We are looking forward to returning to the glorious setting of St Clement Danes Church for our seasonal yuletide concert. Seasonal favourites by Bob Chilcott and Richard Allain will feature along with a feast of gorgeous contemporary works by Reena Esmail, Joanna Marsh and Mary Offer as well as a trio of carols setting medieval texts by celebrated Irish composer Rhona Clarke and an atmospheric conjuring of a Danish winter snowscape by Bo Holten. |
James Joyce's The DeadWilton's Music Hall
Tues 14 & Wed 15 January 2025 Narrated by Niamh Cusack (Heartbeat, The Tower) Set at a New Year’s party in Dublin in 1907, James Joyce’s masterpiece, The Dead, was hailed by TS Eliot as one of the greatest short stories ever written. The story tells how a casual overhearing of an Irish folk song triggers memories so powerful that the dividing line between those who have died and those that remain becomes vanishingly thin. We will explore how unaccompanied singing can add layers of emotion to a powerful story. The music includes Irish folk songs, an exquisite Tudor Ave Maria, works by contemporary Irish composers, Áine Mallon and Rhona Clarke, and a new arrangement by our Music Director, Jamie Powe, of Bid Adieu, the only known song for which Joyce wrote both the words and the melody. Plus wintry Christmas music by Joanna Marsh, Sarah MacDonald and Bo Holten. Conductor Jamie Powe Image: Night, Trinity Churchyard by Victoria Garland |