Home About us Videos Blog Contact us Performances Support us Holst Singers 26:06 Holst Singers – Frank Martin: Mass for double choir Holst Singers and Stephen Layton live in concert at the Temple Church, London, March 2015, as part of the Temple Music Foundation Concert Series. Kyrie – 0:07 Gloria – 5:23 Credo – 10:52 Sanctus & Benedictus – 17:12 Agnus Dei – 21:40 http://www.holstsingers.com http://www.stephenlayton.com To keep up with the latest from the Holst Singers: Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holstsingers Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/holstsingers 04:53 Choir members sing O Magnum Mysterium during lockdown. Some members of the choir had their first go at singing choral music during lockdown. We hope you enjoy O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. 02:08 Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo ('Rejoice, O Virgin') Concert of the complete Rachmaninoff Vespers 20th February 2016 at Merton College Chapel, Oxford: http://on.fb.me/1ULVrDX An extract of a movement from Rachmaninoff's All-night vigil (commonly known as his 'Vespers') as recorded on the Holst Singers' critically acclaimed album 'Ikon II'. The Holst Singers and Stephen Layton will perform the complete work (which lasts around an hour) at 8.15pm on 13th November 2015 at St Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, London. More details: holstsingers.com/show/rachmaninoff-vespers/ Extract used by permission of Hyperion Records. The album can be purchased here: www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67756 03:49 St John's Smith Square - Israel In Egypt Conductor Stephen Layton speaking about Handel's Israel in Egypt at the first rehearsal for the concert by The Holst Singers and The Brook Street Band due to take place on Thursday 19th June 2014 at St John's Smith Square, London. Further details and tickets available here: http://www.sjss.org.uk/node/692 02:13 "Ah! Sun-flower" from "The Passing of the Year" by Jonathan Dove. Recorded during our concert earlier this year in Trinity College chapel, Cambridge, under the inestimable musical direction of Stephen Layton and with virtuosic performance from Gregory Drott, piano. Many thanks to Paul Nicholson at Trinity, Toby Matimong and Kevin Raftery for editing / titles - and Edition Peters, for publishing / granting permission. 01:37 Parry: There is an old belief (excerpt) – Holst Singers rehearsing Holst Singers and Stephen Layton in rehearsal for Songs of Farewell, a concert of reflective and contemplative music – 7.30pm, 23rd November 2016 in the breathtaking medieval Temple Church, London. https://holstsingers.com/show/songsoffarewell/ 02:39 Holst Singers - rehearsing John Tavener The Holst Singers rehearsing various works by John Tavener, ahead of a concert, celebrating his life and music, at Christ Church Spitalfields on Thursday 10th April 2014. For more details of our upcoming concert, head here: http://holstsingers.com/show/tavener-celebration/ To buy tickets for the concert, head here: http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/other-events/tavener-celebration/ Music used by permission of Chester Music Limited. Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe registered charity no. 278024 © 2021 by Holst Singers