Peter Broadbent writes about programming our next concert: Seascapes is the title of a set of three songs written for JCS by Paul Reade, who died 20 years ago in June 1997. It was written as a companion piece to St Brendan and the Fishes, an evocative and amusing piece he wrote for the...

In our concert on 23 March at St Giles Cripplegate, we continue marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Zoltan Kodály, in a programme that also features a performance of Frank Martin’s choral masterpiece, his Mass for Double Choir. Kodály’s Missa Brevis is a remarkable – if misnamed – work (the term more...

In the first of our three performances marking the 50th Anniversary of the death of Zoltán Kodály, the Joyful Company of Singers conducted by Peter Broadbent and joined by internationally acclaimed Hungarian musicians, will perform at St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden on 3rd March in conjunction with the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London. The...

The JCS will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Zoltán Kodály in three separate concerts in March 2017.   On 3 March we will be joined by the award-winning Hungarian vocal ensemble the Banchieri Singers and instrumentalists Júlia Pusker (violin) and Dóra Kokas (cello) for a programme of a cappella choral works and...

What better way to get your festive season off to a musical start than by joining the JCS at one of our Christmas concerts this year? We will be giving three performances in under a week, starting with our own concert Rejoice and Be Merry! on 6th December at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair....