"This Still Room" - text by John Greenleaf Whittier, music by Jonathan Adams

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Out come all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before.   photo by John Bencina ...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I raised the question of Whose choir is it any way?     © Copyright John Darch and licensed for reuse under this...

TOPIC: the PROMisE OF the SPIRIT   KEY TEXT: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. John 14:16.          When Christ gave His disciples the promise o...

the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 28 April 2013 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Organist's Websit...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 28 April 2013 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Organist's Website: http://www.robert-smith.org.uk  

Last open session on Monday 14 September at Brighton and HOve High School, after that we get down to the serioius work of learning a song about seaweed, a contemporary scottish song about borders and an amazing arrangement of a John Coltraine number 'Lady...

live perforMance December 2023

Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer Christopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and Many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer Christopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and Many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and Renaissance polyphony to contemporary works, Many written by John Duggan. We have recorded two discs for the Gift of Music and give concerts in Oxford and London, as well as making regular trips to France and Italy.  

After conducting a triumphant and passionate St John Passion on 31st March, Patrick McCarthy will conduct  Olivet to Calvary by J H Maunder. the perforMance is at St Nicholas Church, Harwich from 7pm.  Tickets  on the door £5 (full-ti...

Featuring John McGlynn on solo and mixed by Brian Masterson. Arranged by Michael McGlynn.