Schola Cantorum 40th Birthday Concert

A concert celebrating the 40th birthday of the Schola Cantorum, with very special guest, the renowned baritone Roderick Williams OBE, who is also to compose a new work to mark the occasion.

The programme is a wide-ranging one, with music from JS Bach to Danny Elfman, reflecting the varied work of the Schola, which is heard in cathedrals and churches all over the world, in London’s opera houses and on numerous film tracks.

Programme

Handel – Zadok The Priest
JS Bach – O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118
James MacMillan – Emitte Lucem Tuam
Roderick Williams – New commission
Widor –  Mass for Two Choirs, Op. 36
Danny Elfman – Alice’s Theme from Alice in Wonderland
Elgar – Great is the Lord
Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs

Performers

Roderick Williams OBE – baritone
Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Belgravia Chamber Orchestra
Scott Price – conductor