Taking part in the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
Hampstead Parish Church has been part of the wonderful week long London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, which took place in various churches around London, between 7th and 15th May. The first highlight for Hampstead Parish Church was on Sunday 8th May at the 10.30 service. The setting was the world premiere Jazz Mass by Paul Edis (you can see him on the piano in the photo below). Paul is a member of Hampstead Jazz Club, where Jeremy first met him and where they started talking about a possible jazz mass. Not only the professional choir but also the Junior Choir took part in singing this new setting. A real treat.
There were more highlights later. At Evensong on 8th May the choir sang the first London performance of the Evening Service by Mark Zhang. And on 15th May at the 10.30 am service was the first performance of a Mass setting by Peter Tranchell as arranged by our Music Director, Geoffrey Webber. Evensong on the 15th included contemporary works by Philip Moore, Peter Foggitt and Martindale Sidwell.