Mixed-voice choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
"Highly impressive ... a matchless and hugely entertaining display of dazzling choral singing" - Gramophone
OPEN LETTER TO ST JOHN'S COLLEGE
We have been overwhelmed by the response over the last two days. Many thanks for all the lovely messages. We are sending an open letter to the college council which is signed by leading figures in the arts and current and former members
#saveSJV
SJV TO BE DISBANDED
We were devastated to hear yesterday that the college has decided to disband SJV at the end of this academic year.
We are so proud of what we have achieved and will miss singing together every Monday.
Thank you for your support
PETITION & OPEN LETTER
To help
#saveSJV
you can:
- Sign the petition:
- Read our open letter to college (below) which has attracted some remarkable supporters.
Many thanks for all the love!
WE’RE BACK!!! After seven months away, we’ve finally returned to our glorious chapel. We are over the moon to be making music together again and we can’t wait to share our singing with you soon! 🥳
Today we present 'There is no Rose', the third movement from Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' recorded at
@stjohnscam
on Sat 5 Dec 2020 with special guest harpist
@anne_denholm
. Stay tuned in the coming days for more musical treats coming your way! ✨🌹✨
Such a treat to be directed by the one and only Christopher Robinson in this gorgeous motet by Golovanov! We'll be recording his music in March so keep following for more snippets...
@stjohnscam
@salsachoirboy
Just one day to go before we are *on the airwaves*!! 🔊🔊 Tomorrow, April 12th, at 4pm on
@BBCRadio3
you can listen to our first choral evensong recording! The programme features beautiful music from our upcoming
@naxos_uk
album of works by Pavel Chenokov (Angel Vopiyasche), 1/2
A little snippet from the candle-lit opening of our carol service at
@stjohnscam
last night. It was lovely to sing to a full chapel once more - thank you to all who came! ✨🕯💫
Is this THE Amen of all Amens?! We certainly think so 🤩 huge thanks to
@pembrokechoir
and
@annalapwood
for joining us in singing this epic piece at Evensong earlier this week. We had a blast and we hope you did, too!
#Finzi
@TheEvensongCup
We warmly welcome you to our candlelit carol service tonight at 6pm in St John’s Chapel.
Join us for the classic congregational carols and a selection of choral works including Jonathan Harvey,
@simon_beattie
, Bruckner, and Mack Wilberg.
⚠️This time tomorrow we’ll be starting our
@BBCRadio3
Evensong! ⚠️
The anthem will be Gerald Finzi's iconic 'Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice'. This clip was recorded last year at our joint Evensong with
@pembrokechoir
🎶
Shout out to our organist Ben who has a HUGE play ahead 😳
Hallelujah! ✨🎺💫
What a night! Thank you to all who came to support us in our performance of Handel’s Messiah yesterday evening. It was a joy to sing to a sold-out
@stjohnscam
chapel for our first live concert in two years, and we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! 🥳
Merry Christmas from SJV! Here’s an excerpt from our performance of Handel’s Messiah at
@stjohnscam
earlier this month. Happy holidays to all! Hallelujah! ✨🎄💫
It’s our first service of term tonight and we’re off to an explosive start! We are thrilled to share that after a hiatus since March 2020, ALL are welcome in
@stjohnscam
chapel again at long last - please do join us at 6:30pm for Rose, Dyson, and Handel. Hallelujah! ✨
We are delighted that living legend Christopher Robinson will be standing in at our 6:30pm evensong today in Graham's absence. The music is also exciting:
Introit: Tropar prepodbnomu, Golovanov
Responses: Ayleward
Canticles: Purcell in G
Anthem: Hymn to St Cecilia, Britten
Thank you
@StPaulsLondon
for having us as choir-in-residence today - we had a wonderful time singing for Eucharist and Evensong in your astounding acoustics! ✨🎶✨
TONIGHT: our esteemed conductor Graham Walker takes centre stage as soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor alongside
@SJCMS_Cambridge
. All tickets are available on the door - come along to
@stjohnscam
chapel at 8pm for a concert you won’t want to miss! 🎶
Tonight we sing our first Evensong of 2022, featuring music by
@seam100
& Dyson as well as this magical gem by Tallis. Join us at 6.30pm this evening in the chapel of
@stjohnscam
- all are welcome! 🎶
✨🚨 WE’RE IN THE CHARTS 🚨✨Our debut CD NUMBER TEN in the Official UK Charts Specialist Classical Chart! 🤩 Thank you to all our supporters who have helped to make this happen! 🥳
@naxosrecords
@gentsofstjohns
@SJCChoir
@mathiasland
On this beautiful day here in Cambridge, why not join us for our first Evensong of term, feat. Stanford in C and Parry My soul, there is a country 🎶 All welcome! ⏰ 6:30pm
📍 St John’s College Chapel
Starting in 5 minutes! We hope you enjoy listening to our first Choral Evensong broadcast on
@BBCRadio3
🎶
We had a lot of fun recording it and are so proud to hear the end result on the radio - let us know what you think!
✨ St John’s Voices 2020-21 ✨
Yesterday we donned our cassocks for the first time since March for our debut performance of the new academic year, singing for Choral Evensong in St John’s College Chapel. Special thanks to
@HeatherJHancock
, Master of
@stjohnscam
, for joining us!
And we're off! All on the bus and headed for Stansted for our tour of Ireland. Our first performance is tonight at
@GalwayCathedral
and safe to say we're very excited! Stay tuned throughout the week for updates
Moving on up!!
We are absolutely ecstatic to be at number 7 this week!! A huge thank you to everyone who has listened so far! Copies are still available on Amazon, pick yours up today! 👇
After the excitement of the last few weeks, we're back on home turf. In an attempt to delay the winter weather, we're singing Mathias' May Magnificat (among others) - see you there!
🕓 - 6:30pm
📍 - St John's Chapel
🎶 - Smith Responses; Stanford in C; Mathias May Magnificat
And that's a wrap!
Thankyou Wexford for having us and especially our host families for their kindness and hospitality. There's just time for a quick fish and chip stop before we head to Dublin Airport and back home. Full trip report to follow...
Some lovely pictures of our singing at the
@stjohnscam
Donor Day last month. We sang (you guessed it) some Chesnokov with Ruth Murphy
@onewomanopera
in the starring role. Check out the recorded track here -
What do the sopranos and altos of St John's Voices sound like in three-part canon? Find out with the sixth movement from Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols! Accompanied by
@anne_denholm
, today we present 'This little Babe'.
We are BACK! Tonight we’re lucky enough to sing Evensong in the glorious chapel of
@stjohnscam
again for the first time since November 2020. If you are a college member, please join us for
#Stanford
,
#Rossini
,
@seam100
and more, this evening at 6:30pm! 🎶
Sing unto the Lord a new song! Evensong tonight features the opening movement of ‘Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied’, an astounding motet for double choir by J S Bach. The service begins at 6:30pm in
@stjohnscam
chapel and is open to all - see you there! 🎶
Yesterday we were invited to sing for the
@Cambridge_Uni
Commemoration of Benefactors service with a powerful and poignant sermon given by
@SLCT2015
. It was a privilege to take part - thanks to all involved for a brilliant occasion, and especially to
@GreatStMarys
for hosting us!
We're back together for our first rehearsal of 2019, and straight into some sightsinging guaranteed to dust off the cobwebs 😳 RT for anyone who can name the composer!
#firstrehearsal
We are delighted to announce that our recent Chesnokov album has been nominated in the sacred choral category of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2024. If you haven't streamed it yet, now's the time!
@naxos_uk
@naxosrecords
Our final Evensong of term features some glorious music. 6:30pm in chapel - all welcome!
Introit - Cherubic Hymn (Golovanov)
Responses - Leighton
Canticles - Second Service (Leighton)
Anthem - And I Saw a New Heaven (Bainton)
Something very exciting is landing this weekend... watch this space for our latest virtual choir performance coming soon to a screen near you!
#comewhatmayweek
✨🌍🎉
We are BACK 🤩 say hello to the choir of 2021-22!
Our first service of term is at 18:30 on Monday 11 October - and for the first time in over 18 months, EVERYONE is welcome to attend in person. 🥳
We can’t wait to share our singing with you all! 🎶
👉
Earlier this summer, we took part in the
@stjohnscam
virtual May Week concert with a piece written just for us by
@composergeorgia
. Even though we recorded the tracks individually in our own homes, it was lovely to be reunited to sing with each other again, albeit virtually! 🎶
“… and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” 🎶
Here’s our offering for Epiphany instead of gold, frankincense and myrrh: the gift of Handel from our performance of The Messiah at
@stjohnscam
last month! 🎁
We hope you enjoy this snippet from Pavel Chesnokov's beautiful Angel Vopiyashe (The Angel Cried Out) for soprano solo and choir, especially fitting for Eastertide with text from the Paschal Hymn to the Mother of God. ✨🎶✨ (1/2)
Tonight at 6:30pm the choir sings for a Vigil Eucharist to celebrate All Saints' Day. Do join us in
@stjohnscam
chapel to hear Byrd's Mass for 4 voices and Golovanov's beautifully austere 'Tebe poem'🎶
That’s a WRAP! We’ve had a thrilling few days recording the music of Pavel Chesnokov. We can’t wait to share the result - watch this space for its release on
@naxosrecords
in 2023! 🎶
Good morning from a snowy St John's! This week we will be releasing the first track from our recording session earlier this year! It's an appropriately festive number... stay tuned to be the first to hear it! 🎄☃️
Welcome to all new incoming students of
@stjohnscam
&
@Cambridge_Uni
, and especially to our new singers - we can’t wait to meet you! Something very exciting is happening for us in two days’ time... watch this space 🤩
"The singing is first class throughout. A fine recording!" -
@andrewCDmcg
,
@BBCRadio3
It’s just over 3 years since the release of our debut album, featuring lively works by the Welsh composer William Mathias (incl. the never-previously-recorded 'Learsongs' and 'Riddles') 🎶🎉
🏴 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴
If you want to hear some Welsh music, we will be singing some of the works of William Mathias over the next few weeks ahead of our recording. This Monday we are performing "Y nefoedd sydd yn datgan gogoniant Duw" - worth hearing for the title alone!
Well done to Benedict for his very impressive organ playing! The
@IainFarrington
voluntary was a real highlight - looking forward to hearing the service broadcast on
@BBCRadio3
in April🤩
Our son
#3
, Benedict after playing the organ for the recording of choral Evensong for
@BBCRadio3
with
@StJohnsVoices
. Congratulations to all soloists, & choir. It was absolutely beautiful. Looking forward to its broadcast when I can listen to it without worrying😊
We're back! The weather is clearing up, the days are getting longer, what better time to come to evensong?
Come join us for our first service of term!
📌 - St John's College Chapel
⏰ - 6:30pm
🎶 - Woolf responses; Purcell in G minor; Monteverdi Cantate Domino
Today at Evensong we'll be singing Samuel Wesley's tranquil 'Lead me, Lord' following Mathias's 'Jesus College Service' - an SJV favourite 😍
Do join us St John's College Chapel at 6.30pm today!
@stjohnscam
With just over a day to go until our recording for
@BBCRadio3
Choral Evensong, here's a preview of the introit - Pavel Chesnokov's 'Angel Vopiyashe' (The Angel Cried Out) from his All-Night Vigil ✨️
It would be great to see you there, 4pm
@stjohnscam
(seated by 3.45pm) 🙏
Happy Easter from SJV!
In celebration of this glorious day, we present the last movement of 'The King Shall Rejoice' from Handel's Coronation Anthems, recorded live with the Cambridge Baroque Camerata on Saturday 7 December in the College Chapel. Alleluia!
@SJCChoir
@stjohnscam
🔊Our debut Choral Evensong recording hits the airwaves on
@BBCRadio3
today at 4pm🔊
Want a behind-the-scenes look at our recording day? Check out this video from Scarlett, a
@stjohnscam
fresher + SJV Alto, who takes us on a day in her life studying and singing in Cambridge 👩🏼🎓🎶
Two years to the day since our debut album with
@naxosrecords
was released to huge acclaim, spending 3 weeks in the
@officialcharts
Classical Top 10! 🤩
Listen via the link below & watch this space for news on what’s next up on our recording agenda! 🎉
👉
We are delighted to welcome
@EmmanuelChoir
to sing a joint Evensong in the chapel tonight at 6:30pm. You’re in for a treat:
Introit - Salvation is Created (Chesnokov)
Responses - Tomkins
Canticles - Howells St Paul’s
Anthem - Agnus Dei from Mass for Double Choir (Martin)
"Mother and maiden was never none but she; well may such a lady God's mother be."
Today's
#Britten
treat: 'As dew in Aprille', No. V from 'A Ceremony of Carols' recorded with
@anne_denholm
at
@stjohnscam
! ✨
For
#GoodFriday
we present this poignant setting of Sancta Mater, the 5th mvt from Domenico Scarlatti’s
#StabatMater
, recorded by us shortly before the pandemic took hold in March 2020 in the beautiful surroundings of
@stjohnscam
chapel. 🙏
Full video:
…and we’re BACK! Looking forward to performing the grace anthem at tonight’s
@stjohnscam
matriculation dinner, marking the start of the new Cambridge term 🎉 Welcome to all of our new singers - judging by our first rehearsal we have an exciting year ahead 👀🎶
We are looking forward to our upcoming concert on Thu. 14 March at 8pm in chapel.
Featuring the gorgeous sacred choral works of contemporaries Rachmaninov and Golovanov, we promise you an evening of unashamedly romantic and deeply emotive music.
Tickets:
✨ ONE DAY TO GO ✨
We simply cannot wait for tomorrow’s release of our debut professional recording, a whole album of choral music by William Mathias. Here is your final teaser - a short clip from ‘A May Magnificat’!
@naxosrecords
@mathiasland
@tycerd
@SJCChoir
#TOMORROW
(1/2) The upper voices of SJV present the first two movements of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols', recorded at
@stjohnscam
on Saturday 5 December 2020 with special guest
@anne_denholm
joining us on harp. Watch this space for more musical postcards coming soon! 🕯🎶✨
Did you know that Handel’s Coronation Anthems received their premiere on this day in 1727? Here’s a throwback snippet from our 2019 performance at
@stjohnscam
to mark the anniversary. Alleluia! ✨
Happy New Year from SJV! We hope you enjoy this treat written by
@alexwoolfmusic
, recorded by us in 2017. Mingling in person might not be allowed but the mingling of Christmas carols certainly is - count them if you can! Here's to a happy & healthy 2021 🥳
Did you catch us on
@BBCRadio3
this morning?! 👀
Thank you
@PetrocTrelawny
for sharing our recording of Learsongs by William Mathias. Listen on catch-up now! 🎶
“Before the ending of the day…”
Please join us in
@stjohnscam
chapel at 10pm tonight for a peaceful service of
#Compline
with two anthems by Pavel Chesnokov, whose music we will be laying down on record in just a few weeks’ time. ✨🕯🌙
Hallelujah!
Thank you to everyone who helped make last night a resounding success. We had a fantastic time and we hope you did too!
Merry Christmas from all of us at SJV! 😊🎄
Happy birthday to the legendary Herbert Howells, born on this day in 1892! 🥳
Here’s a throwback to our performance of his stunning Requiem, recorded at
@stjohnscam
: Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd (Mvt II). ✨
Be sure to visit our YouTube channel for the full video! 🎶
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! It's the feast day of St David, Patron Saint of Wales - why not have a listen to our album of music by Welsh composer William Mathias to celebrate?! Here's 'The Heavens Declare the Glory of God' sung entirely in Welsh - enjoy! 🏴🎧👇
Deo Gracias! Here is your final teaser before the release of our FULL PERFORMANCE of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' over on YouTube @ 3pm today. Recorded with the one and only
@anne_denholm
at
@stjohnscam
, you really won't want to miss it! ✨
👉
Tonight at Evensong we sing the 5th Service by Thomas Tomkins, along with a rather special anthem by Benjamin Britten… can you guess the piece?!
🐑🐆🐅🐐
🐈🐭🐈⬛
🌼🌸🌻🌺
🌬 👑 ❤️ 🎼
🎶🎺🥁🎺🎶
See you there at 6:30pm!
Celebrating our First Year Anniversary on Twitter keeping news flowing about this great Welsh composer. Here he is photographed at his home by Hanya Chlala in 1987. A new recording of choral music by
@StJohnsVoices
will be out on
@naxosrecords
soon.
Three months after we last sang together in person, we’re thrilled to bring you a new release! Here’s a pre-pandemic performance of Psalm 23 from the
#Howells
Requiem, recorded in
@stjohnscam
Chapel. Check out our YouTube channel for the full-length video:
✨️ We have some exciting news! ✨️
There are only three days to go until the teaser for our second album with
@naxos_uk
is released on Spotify 🤩
Last March we joined forces with Cambridge University Chamber Choir to record some of the glorious music of Pavel Chesnokov 🙌