The 24/25 season finishes with the summer concert - Then Sing We All

21st June 2025

The 24/25 season finishes with the summer concert - Then Sing We All

The 24/25 season finished in style with Will Todd’s Mass in Blue and Iain Farrington’s Then Sing We All. The choir’s usual accompanist Jem Lowther, turned his hand to a bit (rather a lot!) of fabulous jazz piano joined by Jeremy Brown on double bass and Matt Butler on drum kit. On one of the hottest evenings of the year, the Christ Church proved a wonderful venue and enormous thanks must go to Sheila and the church team for making us feel so welcome and helping everything run smoothly (not to mention providing a wonderful post rehearsal tea).

About an hour before the performance, we heard that the composer, Iain Farrington was intending to be in the audience - a wonderful surprise! Having worked with Will Todd at the Come and Sing event, and now meeting Iain Farrington, both highly respected, in demand contemporary composers; what a year for NBC!

This jazz repertoire was new ground not only for the choir, but for our loyal audience, and overwhelming the feedback was positive with comments about the quality of the singing and performance (yes, there was even some body percussion stamping and clapping!) One Friend of the choir said that they weren’t generally fond of jazz, but just loved it and found it very exciting. Once again, the soprano soloist was Sophie Taylor Denton who received praise and congratulations all round for her performance in Mass in Blue.