This term some 150 students performed a varied repertoire of music to a full St Joseph’s church, and what a night it was! The Symphony Orchestra opened the evening with the most demanding work they have ever performed - the 1st movement of Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony. The musicianship and technical prowess they showed during this performance of such an iconic piece of music was something else! The Chamber Choir followed with two delightful pieces, firstly acapella with Sarah Quartel’s ‘Songbird’ and then with an orchestral accompaniment to Cecilia McDowell’s ‘Would like to meet’. This is a cheeky little number that absolutely delighted the audience!

Then back to Bach (CPE, the son of JS, that is) with the sublime slow movement from his flute concerto in D minor beautifully played by Emily B (Y13) with the Senior Strings who followed this with the gorgeous Prelude for String Orchestra by Finzi. Then followed a moving performance given by Ruby D (Y13) of ‘Still Hurting’ accompanied by a string quartet comprising, Natalia B, Elizabeth S, Zoe Q and Yutao W.

Then came the main event of the evening,‘A little Jazz Mass’ by Bob Chilcott.This utterly delightful setting was accompanied by orchestra and drum kit and wow did the combined choirs of Cantemus Chorus and Conabor Choir really impress! The combined forces of choir and orchestra then gave a warming rendition of Christina Perri’s ‘Jar of Hearts’. The night’s finale was a sparkling and dazzling performance of Robert Sheldon’s ‘Danzas Cubanas’ - a fabulously exciting end to this musical extravaganza. If you could not make it to the church then watch the video HERE.