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Choral Inspirations - Dresdner Motettenchor and Joyful Company of Singers
British and German choral music including works by Byrd, Purcell, Schütz, Brahms, Parry, Britten and Vaughan Williams, performed by Dresdner Motettenchor and Joyful Company of Singers.
Add to my Calendar 17-10-2026 17:00 17-10-2026 19:00 36 Choral Inspirations - Dresdner Motettenchor and Joyful Company of Singers Come hear a leading choir from Germany, the Motettenchor of Dresden, visiting the UK and collaborating with award-winning London-based choir, the Joyful Company of Singers (JCS). The collaboration builds on JCS visiting Dresden in 2025 and singing with the Motettenchor in churches still evidencing the devastating Allied bombing of February 1945. Given our current challenging times and conflicts in Europe, we are committed to building on our friendship and cultural exchanges and celebrating musical excellence. The programme for this joint concert in St Saviour’s Church, St Albans will present works by some of the outstanding British and German composers from the 16th to 21st centuries, including Schütz, Byrd, Purcell, Britten (marking the 50th anniversary of his death), Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams. We are most grateful to The Dresden Trust - www.dresdentrust.org - for their generous support for this performance. ( Dresdner Motettenchor directed by Matthias Jung will also sing at St Gabriel’s, Pimlico, London, on Friday 23rd October at 7pm. Their programme ‘Choral Perspectives’ will feature works from across Europe by composers such as Schütz, Bach, Britten, Nystedt, Weelkes, Weismann, Becker, Saint-Saëns, Vasks and Pearsall. Tickets are on sale online now: Eventbrite – Choral Perspectives ) St Saviour's Church, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Saviour's Church
25 Sandpit Lane
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4DF
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Unsere Väter hofften auf dich, Op.109 no.1
Johannes Brahms – Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, Op.109 no.3
Heinrich Schütz – Ich bin ein rechte Weinstock, SWV 389
Thomas Weelkes – Hosanna to the Son of David
Thomas Weelkes – When David Heard that Absalon was slain
Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
William Byrd – Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength
Henry Purcell – Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z.15
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 4, There is an old belief
Benjamin Britten – Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most high
Heinrich Schütz – Psalmen Davids, SWV 25: Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir
Benjamin Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Cecilia McDowall – I know that my Redeemer liveth
Tarik O'Regan – Gratias tibi
Rudolph Mauersberger – Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, RMWV 4/1
Pēteris Vasks – Pater Noster
Albert Becker – Bleibe, Abend will es werden
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Valiant-for-truth
Performers
Peter Broadbent – Conductor
Matthias Jung – Conductor
Joyful Company of Singers
Dresdner Motettenchor
Programme Note
Come hear a leading choir from Germany, the Motettenchor of Dresden, visiting the UK and collaborating with award-winning London-based choir, the Joyful Company of Singers (JCS).
The collaboration builds on JCS visiting Dresden in 2025 and singing with the Motettenchor in churches still evidencing the devastating Allied bombing of February 1945. Given our current challenging times and conflicts in Europe, we are committed to building on our friendship and cultural exchanges and celebrating musical excellence.
The programme for this joint concert in St Saviour’s Church, St Albans will present works by some of the outstanding British and German composers from the 16th to 21st centuries, including Schütz, Byrd, Purcell, Britten (marking the 50th anniversary of his death), Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams.
We are most grateful to The Dresden Trust - www.dresdentrust.org - for their generous support for this performance.
( Dresdner Motettenchor directed by Matthias Jung will also sing at St Gabriel’s, Pimlico, London, on Friday 23rd October at 7pm. Their programme ‘Choral Perspectives’ will feature works from across Europe by composers such as Schütz, Bach, Britten, Nystedt, Weelkes, Weismann, Becker, Saint-Saëns, Vasks and Pearsall. Tickets are on sale online now: Eventbrite – Choral Perspectives )
