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 on Eventbrite.)