Rise in Glory
About the concert
Please join us for our Autumn concert, “Rise in Glory”, which is on 11 October 2025 at 7:30pm at St George's Church. We will be joined by the exceptionally talented young 'cellist Susannah Wells.
Rise in Glory is a programme remembering Kings and Queens, composers and politicians, through the music written for them by many the finest composers from the 16th - 21st century in England, Spain, France and Germany. In the first half, each piece brings us into close contact not only with the composer, but also the subject of their music. The programme begins with three pieces written for royalty: Alonso Lobo's beautiful motet for Phillip II of Spain and two works first performed in Westminster Abbey, Henry Purcell's Ode for Queen Mary and Judith Weir's piece heard at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II only three years ago. With each of the following three pieces, we explore a relationship between contemporaries: Flemish composer Josquin laments the death of early master Ockeghem, William Byrd remembers his mentor Thomas Tallis, and Schutz dedicates his work to a lesser known but equally brilliant fellow Baroque master Johann Schein. The final work of the first half is Herbert Howells' masterpiece Take Him Earth for Cherishing, written in 1964 to be performed to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the assasination of JF Kennedy. In the second half, Sine Nomine perform some of the finest choral classics by Taverner, Parry, Bach and Harris, united by their emphasis on commemoration and hope.
Performers
Daniel Gethin
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.
The choir
Singers
- Ralph Barlow
- Kathryn Bartlett
- Ruth Brook
- Jenny Burgess
- Charlie Crabtree
- Laura Davey
- Daniel Gethin
- Emily Grant
- Anne Greenidge
- Nancy Khan
- Emmet Kiberd
- James Loader
- Karen Mackintosh
- Craig Myers
- Sue Oldham
- Matthew Price
- Bob Pruden
- Clive Richards
- Natalie Robinson
- Jill Saudek
- Rachel Sloan
- Nick Stein
- Peter Thompson
- Sue Thompson
- Eleanor Walters