{"id":108,"date":"2016-09-01T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T22:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:30:45","slug":"previous-concerts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/previous-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><strong><em>Saturday 28 March 2026<\/em><\/strong><br>\n<strong>Jenkins<\/strong>, Stabat Mater<br> <strong>Pachelbel<\/strong>, Magnificat<br> <strong>Tavener<\/strong>, Mother of God, Here I Stand<br><br>  <strong><em>Saturday 6 December 2025<\/em><\/strong><br> <strong>Faure<\/strong> Requiem<br> <strong>Vivaldi<\/strong> Gloria<br><br>  <strong><em>Saturday 2 July 2025<\/em><\/strong><br> <strong>Chilcott<\/strong> A Little Jazz Mass<br> <strong>Todd<\/strong> Jazz Misa Brevis<br> <strong>Rutter<\/strong> Feel the Spirit<br><br> <strong><em>Saturday 29 March 2025<\/em><\/strong><br> <strong>Mozart<\/strong> Ave Verum<br><strong>Mozart<\/strong> Requiem<br><br> <strong><em>Saturday 7 December 2024<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Handel <\/strong>Messiah<br><br> <strong><em>Saturday 6 July 2024<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Nesbit <\/strong>The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin<br><strong>Todd <\/strong>Mass in Blue<br><br><em><strong>Saturday 23 March 2024<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Verdi<\/strong> Requiem<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><em><strong>Saturday 2 December 2023<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Britten<\/strong> Ceremony of Carols<br>Carols and festive music<br><br><strong><em>Saturday 1 July 2023<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Beethoven<\/strong> Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage<br><strong>Beethoven<\/strong> Choral Fantasy <br><strong>Beethoven<\/strong> Mass in C<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Saturday <\/strong><\/em><strong>25 March 2023<\/strong><br><strong>Chilcott<\/strong> St John Passion<br><strong>Vaughan Williams<\/strong> Five Mystical Songs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Saturday 3 December 2022<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Mozart<\/strong> Solemn Vespers<br><strong>Haydn<\/strong> St Nicholas Mass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Saturday 2 July 2022<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Ellington<\/strong> Sacred Concert<br><strong>Perrin<\/strong> Brazil Songs of Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Saturday 24 March 2022<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Rutter<\/strong> Gloria<br><strong>Puccini <\/strong>Messa di Gloria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Saturday 4 December 2022<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Schubert<\/strong> Mass in G<br><strong>Elgar<\/strong> Ave Maria, O Salutaris Hostias<br><strong>Grieg<\/strong> Ave Maris Stella<br><strong>Franck<\/strong> Panis Angelicus<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #cc0099;\">Saturday 7 December 2019<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Finzi <\/strong>In Terra Pax<br><strong>Vaughan Williams<\/strong> Fantasia on a Christmas Carol<br><strong>L&#8217;Estrange&nbsp;<\/strong>Wassail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #cc0099;\">Saturday 6 July 2019<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Haydn<\/strong> The Creation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #cc0099;\">Saturday 6 April 2019<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Rossini <\/strong>Petite Messe Solonelle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #cc0099;\">Saturday 17 November 2018<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Benjamin Britten <\/strong>War Requiem<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/war-requiem-final-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/war-requiem-final-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/war-requiem-final-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/war-requiem-final-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/war-requiem-final.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Commissioned in&nbsp;a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day by the London Borough of Waltham Forest, London\u2019s Borough of Culture in 2019 and performed to a sell out audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Bugle calls and the thunder or patter of guns: savage brass sounds and huge percussive explosions punctuated the singing of the wonderfully responsive chorus. Three conductors, working in remarkable unity, directed <\/em><strong><i>this stupendous performance<\/i><\/strong><em> and\u2026.created moments of <\/em><strong><i>pure theatre in this gripping and deeply moving performance<\/i><\/strong><em>&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt from a review of the concert by Dr Kenneth Pickering, honorary Professor of drama and performance, University of Kent. Read the full review here in East London and West Essex Guardian newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian-series.co.uk\/news\/17244697.performance-of-brittens-war-requiem-was-gripping-and-deeply-moving\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #cc0099;\">Saturday 30 June 2018<\/span><\/em><br><strong>Joseph Haydn <\/strong>Little Organ Mass<br><b>Karl Jenkins<\/b>&nbsp;The Armed Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 28 March 2026 Jenkins, Stabat Mater Pachelbel, Magnificat Tavener, Mother of God, Here I Stand Saturday 6 December 2025 Faure Requiem Vivaldi Gloria Saturday 2 July 2025 Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass Todd Jazz Misa Brevis Rutter Feel the Spirit Saturday 29 March 2025 Mozart Ave VerumMozart Requiem Saturday 7 December 2024Handel Messiah Saturday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/previous-concerts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous concerts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swessex-choir.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}