Past Engagements

  • Choral Concert in La Chiesa degli Artisti

    Date: 
    Mon 16 Oct, 2017
    Time: 
    8:00pm
    Venue: 
    Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto - Chiesa degli Artisti

    Location

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    St John Singers of Salisbury UK conducted by Ian Wicks

    Provisional Programme of choral music to include Brahms, Mozart and Palestrina with organ music by Bach and Mendelssohn played by Ian Wicks from Salisbury Cathedral

    Monday Concert 16th October

    Wood                         Hail Gladdening Light*                                        

    Palestrina                  Sicut Cervus and Exultate Deo                                                                                                        

    Parry                          My Soul there is a country*                                   

    Shephard                   Never weather beaten sail*                                   

    Rachmaninov             Ave Maria*                                                                

    Mozart                        Ave Verum* 

    Tippett                        Five Spirituals

    Brahms                      How lovely is thy dwelling place*                       

    Howells                      Hymn to St Cecilia                                                 

     

    Bach                            ‘Piece d’Orgue’ BWV 572                                         ORGAN

    Mendelsohn                   tbn                                                                          ORGAN

  • Worship at All Saints Anglican Church in Rome

    Date: 
    Sun 15 Oct, 2017
    Time: 
    10:30am
    Venue: 
    All Saints Anglican Church

    Location

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    St John Singers, under their Musical director Ian Wicks, are delighted to be singing the Eucharist Service of the Anglican Church in Rome. The setting will be Mozart's Missa Brevis in D (KV194) and the anthem will be Palestrina's Sicut Cervus.

  • Brahms Requiem

    Date: 
    Sat 8 Jul, 2017
    Time: 
    7:30pm
    Venue: 
    St Martin's Church, Salisbury

    Location

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    St John Singers, conducted by Ian Wicks 

    Sung in English, this performance is transcribed for four-hand piano in the version especially prepared by Brahms for a performance in London in 1871.

    Soloists are Charlotte Ashley (soprano) and Alistair Watson (bass) with the St John Singers Accompanist, David Coram, and Sam Hanson on the piano.

    Tickets £12 from Musicroom, Catherine Street, Choir Members, or on the door. 

    Proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK

     

     

    Parking at St Martin's:

    There is little parking around St Martin’s Church and the easiest, most predictable course of action is to park free in the:

     CULVER STREET CAR PARK (SP1 2BQ)  http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/parkingtransportandstreets/carparking/findacarpark.htm?ID=71

    From there it is a five minute walk to the church on the other side of the ring road. Leave the car park down Culver Street South and take the first left into Payne Hill where there is a pedestrian underpass leading to St Martin’s Church Street.

    There is some STREET PARKING on single yellow lines (after 18.00) and resident’s parking (after18.00) in Tollgate Road and Marina Road.

    There is limited DISABLED PARKING in front of the Church. If you need a disabled space please contact us through the contact page on this website. 

  • Stainer's Crucifixion

    Date: 
    Fri 14 Apr, 2017
    Time: 
    7:00pm
    Venue: 
    St Thomas's Church, Salisbury

    Location

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    St John Singers with St Thomas's Church Choir will sing their annual Good Friday Service of John Stainer's Crucifixion conducted by our Emeritus Director of Music, John Powell, and accompanied by David Coram.

    Entrance Free, with retiring collection.

  • Spring Concert

    Date: 
    Sat 11 Mar, 2017
    Time: 
    7:30pm
    Venue: 
    Ringwood Parish Church

    Location

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    Programme

     

    SONGS OF SPRINGTIME     Ernest John Moeran

    Under the Greenwood Tree

    The River-God's Song

    Spring, the Sweet Spring

    Love is a Sickness

    Sigh no more, Ladies

    Good Wine

    To Daffodils

     

    POETRY READING     Mark Honan 

     

    Trussell Trust Address - Mark Elling

     

    Sweet and low       Joseph Barnby

    Come Live with me       William Sterndale Bennett

     

    ***** Interval *****

     

    BIRTHDAY MADRIGALS    John Rutter

    It was a lover and his lass

    Come live with me

    My true love hath my heart

    When daisies pied

     

    POETRY READING     Mark Honan 

     

    PIANO DUET     David Coram and Ian Wicks  

    The Fairy Queen - Galop de Concert     Sydney Smith

     

    Oh where art thou dreaming     Hamish MacCunn

    The blue bird       Charles Villiers Stanford

    The long day closes       Arthur Sullivan

                                                     

     

  • Salisbury Cathedral Services Weekend

    Date: 
    Sat 7 Jan, 2017
    Time: 
    5:30pm
    Venue: 
    Salisbury Cathedral

    Location

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    St John Singers will be supporting the Cathedral Services over the weekend of 7/8 of January 2017 while the Cathedral Choir is on Holiday. Works will include:

    Saturday 7th Jan

    Evensong            Wood in E flat No.2

    Responses          Wicks

    Anthem:              Mendelssohn  There shall a star from Jacob come forth 

     

    Sunday 8th Jan

    Eucharist              Jonathan Dove                  Missa Brevis

    Motet                   Wicks    Love came down at Christmas

     

    Evensong            Stanford in B flat

    Responses          Wicks

    Anthem Dove     Seek him that maketh the seven stars

  • Magic of Christmas

    Date: 
    Wed 21 Dec, 2016
    Time: 
    7:30pm
    Venue: 
    St Thomas's Church, Salisbury

    Location

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    This traditional and very popular event will feature the triumphant Rutter Gloria, with a magnificent brass accompaniment from the 10 strong St John Brass. The choir will also sing a variety of Christmas Carols including traditional ones in which the audience is invited to participate.

    Wine and Mince Pies will be served during the interval.

    Tickets: £15 from Musicroom (5 Catherine Street Salisbury), Choir Members, or enquire via our Contact Us Page.

    PROVISIONAL MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME

    Joy to the World               with Organ and Brass

    Brass pieces

    Rutter Gloria                      with Organ, Brass and percussion 

    Interval

    Away in a Manger                            Choir 

    Once in Royal David’s City             Choir, Audience, Organ and Brass 

    Alleluia, a new work is come on hand                      Peter Wishart    Choir

    Sans Day Carol                                                                   arr Rutter  Choir and Organ

    Sir Christemas                                                                   Matthias  Choir and Organ

    Good King Wenceslas                     Choir, audience, Organ and Brass

    Ding, dong merrily on high           arr Willcocks       Choir and Organ

    There is a Flower                              Rutter  Choir

    We three Kings                                 Wicks  Choir and Organ

    Festive Brass Pieces

    O Come all ye faithful                     Choir, audience, organ and brass

    In Dulci Jubilo                     Pearsall                Choir

    No small Wonder             Edwards               Choir and organ

    The twelve days of Christmas                      arr Rutter   Choir and organ

    Hark the Herald Angels sing                         Choir, audience, organ and Brass

     

  • Autumn Concert in West Lavington

    Date: 
    Sat 15 Oct, 2016
    Time: 
    7:00pm
    Venue: 
    All Saints Church West Lavington

    Location

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    A programme to celebrate the refurbishment of the organ to include Handel's Coronation Anthems, Parry's "Hear my words ye people", other works by Howells and Dove, and David Coram will play two organ pieces.

    Tickets £10 to include Wine and Canapes.

  • Celebratory Concert

    Date: 
    Sat 2 Jul, 2016
    Time: 
    7:30pm
    Venue: 
    St Martin's Church, Salisbury

    Location

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    A concert which celebrated the choir's Founder and Musical Director on his stepping down after an innings of more than fourty years in a programme of some of the pieces which were 'musical milestones' in his life ending with John Rutter's 'Requiem'  commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the first UK performance of this now famous 'Requiem' which was given by the St John Singers in Salisbury Cathedral conducted by the Composer in 1986.

  • Services in Worcester Cathedral

    Date: 
    Sat 4 Jun, 2016
    Venue: 
    Worcester Cathedral

    Location

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    The St John Singers sang the services in Worcester Cathedral on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June 2016 with music by Brahms, Chilcott, Darke, Halls and Sumsion.

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