‘Finland @ 100’ is a choral concert being given by the JCS in the heart of the City of London on 30 November 2017, as part of the international programme of events to celebrate the centenary of Finland’s independence. Taking the theme ‘Together’, it will showcase works from Finland, the wider Baltic region and...

The JCS links up with the Pro Musica Choir from the University of Vilnius in an exciting collaboration on choral works by British and Lithuanian composers at joint concerts in Lithuania and London this autumn. The two choirs will perform a programme including Angelus autem Domini, a substantial piece arranged for four choirs by...

For our next ‘Come and Sing’ workshop on 23 September, we shall be exploring outstanding examples of German Romantic choral music. The repertoire is vast, but some individual works stand out as having a particular resonance. Brahms wrote many a capella pieces both sacred and secular, but the Fest- und Gedenksprüche (Opus 109) are...

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...