In this, the last concert in our ‘Sacred Meditations’ series, the Hampstead Collective explores the theme of light, from it’s life-giving force in the natural world to it’s powerful ancient and continued use in spiritual and sacred imagery. We are aware of the presence of light in our world by the effect it has on our surroundings, and by its absence in darkness, and this promises to be a special, atmospheric evening in Hampstead Parish Church. 

This programme features incredible music by Gibbons, Victoria, Marais, and Purcell, interspersed with poetry by Emily Dickinson, Seamus Heaney, Pablo Neruda, Lope de Vega, Philip Larkin, William Wordsworth, Margaret Tait, and Gabriela Mistral. The concert ends with Bach’s extraordinary ‘O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht,’ a motet for choir and orchestra.

We are delighted to be joined by David Gardner and Lorena Paz Nieto for this performance, who will be reading poetry in English and Spanish.