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...