Chamber choir Fever Pitch conducted by Elinor Corp sang choral Evensong at Southwark Cathedral on 10th January 2026. They included Janet’s a cappella setting of the Latin Magnificat, and the spacious textures and lush harmonies of the piece really bloomed in the cathedral’s beautiful acoustic.
Volker Kroll conducted the Ölberg Chor and Concerto Spirito in the German premières of Janet’s Magnificat cum Angelis given at Emmaus-Kirche in Berlin on 21st and 22nd November 2025. They performed Janet’s new condensed edition of the opening Angelus movement, which shortens the overall duration of the work to 40′. After the performances Volker wrote: “The concerts were a big success, the visitors loved your music. I really hope that many performances will follow. I…
A new album by Papagena includes Tomorrow is Today as its title track. Janet wrote this for the group in 2021, setting a text by Sarah Cattley which likens each new dawn to the new life of a chick emerging from its egg. The music incorporates layered birdsong effects to create a dawn chorus. This is interspersed with more rhythmic and energetic, dance-like music full of the excitement of a new morning and new life.…
As a companion piece for her cantata The Measure of a Tree, Janet has composed a setting of Kate Wakeling’s poem ‘and a tree’ for the Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir. Kate’s poem was commissioned by the Poetry Society to celebrate the decoration of the annual Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree in 2022. Janet chose to set this text because it echoed many of same ideas explored by ‘The Measure of a Tree’. She has dedicated her…
Following its première in June 2025 by Granta Chorale, Slideways Trombone Quartet and Richard Carr on the organ, Janet’s setting of Psalm 150 was given its second performance by Ely Choral Society – again with Slideways – in Ely Cathedral on October 18th. The concert also featured new pieces by the choir’s conductor Andrew Parnell. Psalm 150 was the result of a commission from David and Rachel Musgrove to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. The…