This summer, the JCS celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams – RVW – one of England’s greatest composers – and also commemorates Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary 70 years on the throne. Our programme includes the short anthem O Taste and See that RVW wrote for the Coronation in 1953, as...

    We return to St Gabriel’s in Pimlico on Tuesday 10th May to perform our programme titled ‘Symphonies for Voices’ – featuring a wide spectrum of choral writing drawn almost entirely from music of the 20th century. Pieces include John Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light, written in memory of Herbert Howells,...

It’s a welcome Spring return for JCS to Cornwall! Our concert on Saturday 30th April,  titled Symphonies for Voices, is in the 15th century church of St Endellion, and is full of melody and beautiful choral writing, drawn almost entirely from music of the 20th century, including John Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of...

Our programme of Passiontide Music, to be performed at St Gabriel’s Pimlico on 31st March, includes pieces from the late Renaissance interspersed with works by 20th century and contemporary composers. Our Music Director, Peter Broadbent, shares some of the background to this programme… The offices of Tenebrae (Darkness) as celebrated in the three days...

We are delighted to congratulate Peter Broadbent, our Music Director, on his being awarded an MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours for his services to music. While our followers – and as his award citation recognises – might know him best as our conductor since we came together, he has also conducted the...