We mark the 125th Anniversary of the death of Tchaikovsky with a programme of choral music mostly written for the Russian Orthodox Church, but as well as featuring the two giants of 19th and 20th century Russian music – Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov – we shall be ranging wider in terms of composers and periods....

  This is your chance to join the JCS in ‘Motets Divers’ – an open choral workshop led by Peter Broadbent as we explore some of Francis Poulenc’s a cappella masterpieces, including: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence  Salve Regina  Exultate Deo   The workshop will be held in the glowing acoustic of St James’s...

We mark the Centenary of the death one of the great figures of English music, Sir Hubert Parry, in a programme which features some of his part songs and motets. Our performances on 7 July in Kew and 14 July in Oakley complement Parry’s works with other great choral favourites composed from the mid-19th...

Our concerts in Cornwall on 5 and 6 May mark four centenaries. This year sees not only the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir Hubert Parry, one of the most influential figures in the British musical Renaissance of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but also of the nations of Estonia, Latvia...

We can’t resist sharing the praise that reviewers have been giving the JCS women’s voices for their performance of rare works by Ralph Vaughan Williams on the Albion CD ‘Beyond My Dream’. Here are some extracts: The performances here are perfection itself. Mezzo-soprano Heather Lowe is definitely a singer to watch for: a classic...