Janet’s setting of Matthew Arnold’s elegy for the Brontes, for chamber choir and harp, will be sung by Granta Chorale as part of its summer concert. Harpist Anne Denholm returns to Saffron Walden to accompany the choir. The piece combines traditional and modern techniques for the harp, first evoking gentle summer on the Yorkshire moors but then recognising that the stormier side of the Brontes’ landscape was more in keeping with their muse. http://www.grantachorale.org.uk/event043.php
Janet’s setting of John Clare’s poem God is Everywhere for choir and organ was performed as the communion anthem at the Festival Eucharist at St Pancras’ Church, Euston Road on the final day of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. The choir of St Pancras Church was directed by Christopher Batchelor with organ accompaniment from Leon Charles.
JAM (John Armitage Memorial) has chosen Gaudeamus Igitur for inclusion in the Music of our Time concert on Wednesday 18th March at St Bride’s, Fleet Street. The concert, given by the choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge and Onyx Brass was conducted by Nicholas Cleobury and formed part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival. More details on http://www.jamconcert.org/concerts/music-of-our-time
The University of London Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr Colin Durrant, gave the first London performance of this fascinating and accessible piece in the full orchestral version at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury on 21st March. More details on http://www.ulchamberchoir.co.uk/
The University of London Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr Colin Durrant, gave the first London performance of this double choir setting of Kevin Crossley-Holland’s joyful poem at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury on 21st November. Conductor and choir liked the piece so much they encored it at the end of the programme. Listen to the live recording on the Compositions/Music for Unaccompanied Choir page of this website.