Festival Choir & Orchestra at Pinner Parish Church June 13

Start: Saturday, June 13, 2026 7:30PM
End: Saturday, June 13, 2026 10:00PM

Purcell’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary is a joyful start to the final concert of this year's PMF, with skilful interplay between the three soloists, choir & orchestra. The PMF26 commission, Eternity by Marco Galvani sets three poems by Emily Dickinson for choir. Of this lovely work, Marco says: "I have chosen these three poems for the incredible use of pacing and imagery. I wanted to evoke a world where the strings represent ideas of nature and beauty underneath the very literal statement of the text in the vocal parts, making a dream space where the meaning of the words can come through". Two extracts from Russell Pascoe's Secular Requiem give a glimpse of his special sound world and melodies that suit the texts. The beautiful and finely crafted Requiem by Gabriel Fauré takes us from awe and wonder, through a gamut of understated emotions – in tender gems exquisitely presented by the choir & two soloists, to a final serenity, In Paradisum. PMF welcomes soloists Emma Walshe, David Gould and Michael Hickman to the delightful venue of Pinner Parish Church for this final concert of the 60th Festival. They will be accompanied by the Festival Choir and the Orchestra, led by Rebecca Boyle. Conductor Paul Jeanes will direct the whole.