Events

The St Augustine's Singers perform a seasonal programme as part of the annual St Augustine's Church Christmas Carol Service.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is performed by Paul Jackson, with the Newtown Ensemble, conducted by Michael Thorne. Programme: Hindemith – Mathis der MalerShostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Paul Jackson)Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 8

The St Augustine's Singers and Players, conducted by Paul Jackson, present two Baroque masterpieces for chorus and instruments. The concert opens with Francesco Durante's short and compact Magnificat, one of the most significant settings of the text in cantata form by a composer later described as 'the greatest harmonist of Italy, indeed of the world'. …

GlossGlide is an exploratory sound project inspired by the ideas, materials, and creative ethos of Percy Grainger. It is the work of an autistic practitioner, developed through sustained individual practice and reflection. The project brings together sound, interaction, and accessibility to explore what it might mean to engage with musical materials through continuous change, attention, and …

Haslingfield Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Paul Jackson, perform Handel's most well-known oratorio, Messiah. Soprano: Rachel Godsill Alto: Ute Leptit-Clare Tenor: Gary Rushton Bass: Alistair Bamford

A Good Friday Meditation Event, with music sung by St Augustine's Singers, conducted by Paul Jackson.

An Easter Communion Service, with music sung by St Augustine's Singers, conducted by Paul Jackson.

Paul Jackson conducts a special charity concert performance of Handel's Messiah, in aid of Help2Ukraine (Suffolk) Ambulances for Ukraine. In 2024 and 2025, Help2Ukraine (Suffolk) sent four ambulances fully equipped with life-saving supplies to Lviv, as part of a convoy of eight. In 2026, we will do the same. There is an urgent need to …

New Palace Opera performs Béla Bartók's one-act opera, Bluebeard's Castle, in a new concert arrangement by Jonathan Finney. In his interpretation of the pan-European folk-tale, Belá Bartók reveals the emotional abyss in this gloomy psychological thriller by presenting the seven chambers within Bluebeard’s castle/mind, symbolising his obsessions, with powerfully expressive pictorial and psychological music. While …

This meeting continues the Percy Grainger Society’s 2025–26 members’ meeting series, Grainger the Educator, a celebration of Percy Grainger’s often overlooked yet enduring influence as a teacher and educator. This talk, given by Percy Grainger Society President, Paul Jackson, considers Grainger's lecture series for New York University, and for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, given in the …

The St Augustine's Singers, conducted by Paul Jackson, present a programme of choral music from and for the movies. The concert includes Michel Legrand's How Do You Keep the Music Playing, and The Windmills of Your Mind, JS Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, and music by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin …

Haslingfield Choir, conducted by Paul Jackson, present a programme of settings of Shakespeare, including George Shearing's Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, choral music by Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wood, and Bob Chilcott, and music for voice and piano by Gerald Finzi and Michael Tippett. The evening also features readings given by members of the Cambridge Shakespeare …