Inner Voices
About the concert
Join us for our next concert, Inner Voices: Songs of Resilience, Struggle, and Hope, at 7.30pm on Saturday 10 October 2026 at St George's Church, Bickley.
Presented on World Mental Health Day, the programme explores the complexities of the human mind and spirit through music shaped by experiences of suffering, loss, resilience, and hope.
The concert features works by composers whose lives were touched by mental illness, alongside music that reflects profound emotional and psychological journeys. Highlights include the Gesualdo's Moro, lasso and O vos omnes, Schumann's An die Sterne, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, MacMillan's Miserere, and Whitacre's When David Heard.
We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of reflection, compassion, and extraordinary choral music.
Programme
- Arvo Pärt — The Beatitudes
- Carlo Gesualdo — Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
- Carlo Gesualdo — O vos omnes
- Robert Schumann — An die Sterne
- Anton Bruckner — Ave Maria
- Maurice Duruflé — Méditation
- Benjamin Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb
- Eric Whitacre — When David Heard
- Edward Elgar — Sospiri
- James MacMillan — Miserere
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.
Martin Ford
Martin Ford is the Organist & Director of Music of The Royal Military Chapel (The Guards’ Chapel) in Westminster, and a Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music. He has held the positions of Assistant Organist at St Martin-in-the-Fields and Westminster Abbey, and Acting Sub-Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and St Paul’s Cathedral. Particular highlights include playing for the service of celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the coronation at Westminster Abbey, attended by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and broadcast live on television. At St Paul’s Cathedral, Martin appeared in the 2024 ‘Celebrity’ Recital Series, and in 2022 he performed Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece, La Nativité du Seigneur. At The Guards’ Chapel, the inauguration of the magnificent new Harrison & Harrison organ in 2024 marked the culmination of a project begun shortly after he took up his post in 2015.
From the programme of 10 October 2026.
The choir
Sopranos
- Kathryn Bartlett
- Penny Davies
- Anne Greenidge
- Vanessa Holland
- Nancy Khan
- Karen Mackintosh
- Sue Oldham
- Sue Thompson
Altos
- Ruth Brook
- Emily Grant
- Natalie Robinson
- Rachel Sloan
- Eleanor Walters
Tenors
- Ralph Barlow
- Craig Myers
- Matthew Price
- Nick Stein
Basses
- Charlie Crabtree
- James Loader
- Bob Pruden
- Clive Richards
- Peter Thompson