St John's Choir x Vox Urbane

Join the St John's choir and professional singers from Vox Urbane, for an hour of wonderful music to start the term. The programme integrates some of Vox’s contemporary vocal commissions with St John’s core repertoire, and will be followed by refreshments.

Free and open to all!

Programme includes:

Joanna Marsh, Evening Prayer text Preces Privatae Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626)

Philip Glass, Three Songs for a cappella chorus

1. "There Are Some Men" (text by Leonard Cohen)
2. "Quand les Hommes Vivront d'Amour" (text by Raymond Lévesque)
3. "Pierre de Soleil" (text by Octavio Paz)

Kerensa Briggs, This Union

Judd Greenstein, Run Away

Emily Hazrati, THE TIME HAS COME... text a combination of The Walrus and the Carpenter with lines from Oranges and Lemons

Shruthi Rajasekar, Numbers

Arr. D Ludford-Thomas Folksongs of these Islands

    The Turtle Dove

    All through the Night

    Cockles and Mussels

    My Heart's in the Highlands

Vox Urbane

Artistic Director, Helen Meyerhoff

Principal Conductor, Dan Ludford-Thomas

Vox Urbane is a ground-breaking and unique vocal ensemble, founded by Helen Meyerhoff and Dan Ludford-Thomas. With a mission of diversity, Vox Urbane operates a disruptive and creative artistic model, challenging and expanding the boundaries of choral music by curating eclectic, inclusive programmes that elevate both established masterpieces and underrepresented voices.

Since its inception, Vox Urbane has commissioned a long list of new works from composers including works by Emily Hazrati, Barbara Dudek, Jago Thornton, and the epic 45 minute Geometry of Echoes from turntablist and sound artist, Shiva Feshareki. Vox Urbane's young artist training scheme Vox Next Gen, provides a stepping stone into professional choral singing for emerging singers of diversity, whilst their successful learning and engagement programme, Vox Roots, takes singing into primary schools across the London boroughs of Hackney and Southwark.

Vox Urbane has gained a reputation as a vocal ensemble of exceptional versatility, reimagining the classical canon in fresh and socially engaged ways. Their sell-out launch concert took place in 2023 at the Asylum Chapel, Peckham. It was hailed by Musical America as “an auspicious launch for an important and accomplished new voice on the choral scene” and received a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from The Guardian who said that the group “impresses and inspires” with “a different, diverse perspective”. Their first CD 'London Calling' featuring 10 world premiere recordings all from London based composers will be launched on 21st August this year.