In a strange land: Music in Exile poster
Concert, October 2023

In a strange land: Music in Exile

Saturday 14 October 2023
St George's Church, Bickley, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley BR1 2BE · Map
Conducted by Daniel Gethin

About the concert

On Saturday 14 October 2023, we presented our first concert under the baton of our new director, Daniel Gethin. With music by Pärt, Byrd, Schütz, Dowland, Hindemith, Coleridge-Taylor and more, we explored the theme of Exile, with many of the works being inspired by Psalm 137 “By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept”.

Will were delighted to be joined by Will Fairbairn on the organ.

Performers

Daniel Gethin Conductor

After reading English at Cambridge University, Daniel Gethin embarked on a career as a countertenor and director, singing first at New College, Oxford as a lay clerk before moving to London, where he is currently one of the regular singers at St Paul’s Cathedral. He has performed across all of London's major churches and concert halls as well as touring and has worked with vocal ensembles such as Tenebrae, The Sixteen, Cardinall’s Musick, Academy of Ancient Music, La Nuova Musica and Ex Cathedra. He is a core member of Vox Medicea, a Florence-based ensemble which seeks to revive polyphony from the era of the Medici family. He is the Director of Choral Music at Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market and St Mark’s, Myddleton Square, alongside Dulwich choir, Myriad. He has also worked for the charity Pimlico Musical Foundation as a Teacher-Singer since its foundation in 2018, combining his loves for singing and education.

From the programme of 10 October 2026.

Will Fairbairn Organist
The choir
Sopranos
  • Kathryn Bartlett
  • Jenny Burgess
  • Penny Davies
  • Nancy Khan
  • Karen Mackintosh
  • Katie Mackintosh
  • Sue Thompson
Altos
  • Ruth Brook
  • Laura Davey
  • Emily Grant
  • Sue Oldham
  • Natalie Robinson
  • Jill Saudek
Tenors
  • Ralph Barlow
  • Jonathan Coulson
  • Craig Myers
  • Matthew Price
  • Nick Stein
  • Roger Thorpe
Basses
  • Charlie Crabtree
  • James Loader
  • Clive Richards
  • Peter Thompson
Singers
  • Alfie Beston
  • Fiona Davey
  • Daniel Gethin
  • Anne Greenidge
  • Bob Pruden
  • Rachel Sloan

Listen

Barnby Psalm 137

recording by Clive
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