Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus
Finzi Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Ian Venables Requiem

Gloucester Choral Society
Carleton Etherington organ
Jonathan Hope conductor

Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (1935)

Jonathan improvises to the 1923 silent movie, ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo.

programme tbc

Talk entitled ‘Elgar at the Console’, exploring Edward Elgar’s relationship with the organ, his original organ works, transcriptions he made of others’ work and organ transcriptions of his own work.

Jonathan improvises to the 1923 comedy, ‘Safety Last’, starring Harold Lloyd.

Programme tbc

Orff Carmina Burana

Jonathan Hope piano
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington conductor

Jonathan improvises to the 1925 movie, The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney. Part of the 2025 King’s Lynn Festival.

Jonathan leads a ‘Come and Sing’ Evensong at St Mary’s Church, Swanage.

Bernstein  Chichester Psalms
L. Boulanger  Psalm 24; Psalm 130
Ives  Psalm 90

Bath Bach Choir
The Facade Ensemble
Jonathan Hope organ
Benedict Collins Rice conductor

Fauré Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
Brahms Alto Rhapsody, op. 53
Berlioz Te Deum, op. 22

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Liam Bonthrone tenor
South Cotswold Big Sing Group
Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral
British Sinfonietta
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

Jonathan plays the lunchtime recital at All Saints, Down Ampney, the birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Programme to be confirmed.

'Howells and Friends'
Howells’ Requiem and music by his friends and contemporaries Parry, Wood, Vaughan Williams, Stanford and Gurney.

Parry Songs of Farewell
Rheinberger Mass in E flat
J. S. Bach Motets

Gloucester Choral Society
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

Elgar, arr. Hope Froissart, op. 19
J. S. Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Whitlock Canzona and Scherzetto (from Organ Sonata)
Vierne Final (from Deuxième Symphonie, op. 20)

Bossi Étude symphonique, op. 78
J. S. Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Whitlock Andante tranquillo (Five Short Pieces)
Whitlock Fantaisie Choral No. 2 in F sharp minor
Sumsion Intermezzo
Elgar, arr. Hope Froissart, op. 19

'Resurrection and Light'
Music by Lassus, Palestrina, Tallis, Tavener, Gjeilo, Lauridsen, Esenvalds and Whitacre.

Jonathan improvises live to Lon Chaney’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ (1925).

Jonathan adjudicates the organ classes of the Godalming Music Festival.

Bossi Étude symphonique, op. 78
J. S. Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Whitlock Andante tranquillo (Five Short Pieces)
Whitlock Fantaisie Choral No. 2 in F sharp minor
Sumsion Intermezzo
Elgar, arr. Hope Froissart, op. 19

Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (1935)

‘Winter’s Rose’
A programme of modern and folk-inspired settings of ancient carols, accompanied by Rob Harbron on concertina.

April Frederick soprano
Angelina Dorlin-Barlow contralto
Benedict Munden tenor
Ross Fettes bass
Jonathan Hope organ
Gloucester Choral Society
Musical and Amicable Society
Adrian Partington conductor

Gloucester Choral Society
Martin Rogers Brass Ensemble
Jonathan Hope organ
Adrian Partington conductor

Gloucester Choral Society presents Messe en l’honeur du Saint-Sacrement (Mass in honour of the Blessed Sacrament) composed in 1945 by the Belgian Joseph Jungen in memory of his brother, Alphonse. He provides a most attractive setting of the Latin Mass ordinary scored for chorus, brass band and organ, all led by our acclaimed choral and orchestral director, Adrian Partington.

During the World War II occupation Jungen’s brother, who was a canon at Liège Cathedral, died suddenly. Further trauma followed as his son, Jacques was arrested and detained by the Gestapo. It was only upon his release in March 1945 that Jongen felt able to begin to write the mass in dedication to Alphonse. It is full of gloriously diverse textures, at times reflective then reaching thrilling crescendos with brass and voice in full flow. It is not often performed but it is marvellous! Come, see and hear for yourself.

The association of the piece with the end of World War II oppression makes it a most apposite selection for a remembrance weekend.

This varied programme is completed with sets of motets by composers from different eras. Three very popular motets by Austrian composer, Josef Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Ave Maria, Locus Iste and Ecce Sacerdos Magnus are presented alongside three beautiful motets by Italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612), Jubilate Deo, O Domine Jesu Christe and Exultet Iam Angelica .

It promises to be a most thrilling and enjoyable listening experience and an opportunity for reflection and remembrance.

Jonathan improvises a live organ soundtrack to Lon Chaney’s 1925 silent movie, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.