On Saturday the 9th of July 2022, St Peter & St Paul Church on Exton Church Lane will play host to the Festival Chamber Choir's 'Music for a Summer's Evening' concert.

The Festival Chamber Choir, composed of eighteen young professional singers from London, perform exquisite works by Bob Chilcott, Felix Mendelssohn, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, including Charles Villiers Stanford's Three Motets.

Programme:

Laudibus in sanctis (William Byrd)

Ego Flos Campi (Raphaella Aleotti)

In manus tuas (John Sheppard)

Richte mich Gott (Felix Mendelssohn)

Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Felix Mendelssohn)

Agnus Dei (Josef Rheinberger)

Justorum Animae (Charles Villiers Stanford)

Beati Quorum Via (Charles Villiers Stanford)

Caelos Ascendit (Charles Villiers Stanford)

Interval

The Blue Bird (Charles Villiers Stanford)

My spirit sang all day (Gerald Finzi)

Brigg Fair (Percy Grainger)

Through bushes and briars (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

As torrents in summer (Edward Elgar)

Summer is gone (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

I love my love (Gustav Holst)

Golden Slumbers (John Rutter)

Thou my love art fair (Bob Chilcott)

A Good Night (Richard Rodney Bennett)

The concert will begin at 7:30pm and run until 9:30pm. Ticket prices range from £3 - 15.

Buy tickets here.