St John’s has a long and proud choral tradition which we are delighted to continue at our 9.30am service. We always have room for more choristers, either as regular singers or to join our augmented choir for special services.
Since 2014, we have sung mass settings by Haydn, Mozart and Byrd on many major feast days. We also sing full choral evensong approximately four times a year, as well as performing choral services on Palm Sunday and at Christmas.
Choir practice takes place on Friday evenings @ 7.30pm and then half an hour before the 9:30am service on Sunday.
If you would like to know more, please contact the Parish Office and ask to get in touch with Virgil, our Director of Music.
For more information about Music at St Johns and our aims, click here.
Upcoming Choral Highlights (2024/5):
24th November 2024, 9:30am (Christ the King): Byrd, Mass for Three Voices and Pitoni, Cantate Domino
1st December 2024, 6pm (Advent Procession): Palestrina, Gibbons, Wood, Ravenscroft, Holst, Lehman
21st December 2024, 7pm (A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols): Martin, Schweizer, Forbes L'Estrange, Rutter, and more.
24th December 2024 (Christmas Midnight Mass)
19th January 2025, 6pm (Choral Evensong for Week of Christian Unity): Brewer, Forbes L'Estrange, Courtney
2nd February 2025, 9:30am (Candlemas): MacMillan
9th March 2025, 9:30am (First Sunday in Lent): Byrd and Lent Prose
6th April 2025, 9:30am (Passion Sunday): Faure, Saint-Saens
13th April 2025, 6pm (A Service for Holy Week) TBC
18th April 2025, 2pm (An Hour By The Cross, Good Friday) TBC
20th April 2025, 9:30am (Easter Day): Thorne, MacMillan, Handel
29th May 2025, 9:30am (Ascension): Mozart, Finzi
22nd June 2025, 10am (Patronal Festival of St John): Thorne, Saint-Saens, Parry
6th July 2025, 6pm (Thanksgiving Choral Evensong): J Forbes, Rutter, Haydn