Accompanied by mince pies and mulled wine made to an ancient and secret family recipe this concert is guaranteed to get you fully into the Christmas spirit with a wide stylistic range of Christmas-flavoured ethereal music, entertaining readings and opportunities to stretch the vocal chords by joining in with a few traditional and well-known carols.
The Brandenburg Singers is a small hand-picked group drawn from the finest of the members of the 150 choirs that perform in the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London. The concert will be introduced and conducted by Bob Porter — Artistic Director of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London.
St James’s Sussex Gardens is the Parish Church of Paddington. The site dates back to before 1222 as a chapel, followed by the church of St Katherine and later St James’s. The 1843 church was deemed too small by the early 1880s and G E Street – architect of the Law Courts in the Strand – was engaged to redesign the church, which was reconsecrated in December 1882. In May 1884, Constance Mary Lloyd married Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde in St James’s.
This is a private concert for the U3A Thames Valley Network: members should contact Paul Booker. If you’re looking for a public concert see Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December.