Mozart C Minor Mass
Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate
The Choir is delighted to welcome James Morgan as its Guest Conductor for this concert, while its Musical Director Mark Griffiths fulfils his commitments at the Royal Opera House. James has a dazzling CV which includes conducting credits with ENO, Glyndebourne, RPO and the BBC Singers.
The C Minor Mass, generally considered to be Mozart’s greatest choral work after the Requiem, is renowned not only for its monumental structure and musical beauty, but for its contrasting and interwoven styles. With inspirational cadenzas, impassioned choral dialogue and syncopated variations, it is by turns powerful, exhilarating and profound, building to a dramatic climax.
The Mass has been matched with the “absolutely gorgeous” (Classic FM) Exsultate, Jubilate and the meditative beauty of the Ave Verum Corpus, alongside Haydn’s Insanae et Vanae Curae, with its vivid back-and-forth struggle between war and peace.
Becekenham's Prinicpal Choral Society
Beckenham Chorale is a friendly and welcoming mixed voice choir of about 70 voices. We sing a varied repertoire under our Musical Director Mark Griffiths, who joined us in 2016, and perform three concerts a year at St. George’s Church, Beckenham. Beckenham Chorale was founded as the Manor Choir in 1960 by Keninmore Straker, London… (click for more information)
Guest Conductor
James combines careers as conductor, record producer, and as one half of the composing partnership Morgan Pochin. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and then joined ENO from 1994-8. Opera conducting include Gaddafi (ENO), Tangier Tattoo, The Bartered Bride and Zoe (Glyndebourne), Cav and Pag (Gubbay), and Don Giovanni (ETO). Concerts and recordings include the RPO, Philharmonia, LPO, CLS, and LCO at home, and the City… (click for more information)
St Paul’s Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra based in Greenwich and Lewisham, south London. Its concert series has been running since 2004, and in September 2018, the orchestra entered its fifteenth season of concerts. The Sinfonia prides itself on its wide repertoire, from Romantic symphonies to smaller Baroque masterpieces, and from some of the earliest… (click for more information)