Biography
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is known and loved by millions from its recordings, broadcasts and concert tours. The Choir is currently directed by Mr Andrew Nethsingha, who was previously Director of Music at Gloucester and Truro Cathedrals.
The consistency and particular quality of the Choir has led to many invitations to perform throughout the world; recent tours have taken the Choir to France, Austria, Holland, Estonia, Hungary and America. Its renowned ‘continental sound’ sets it apart from most other English cathedral choirs.
The choir sing services in College following the Cathedral tradition of the Church of England: Evensong being sung during Term six days a week and Sung Eucharist in addition on Sunday mornings. It has fulfilled this role in the life of the College since the 1670s.
The Choir has an extensive discography dating back to the 1950s and the Decca/Argo years under George Guest. More recently, the Choir has become well known for the sequence of recordings of English 20th century choral music made by Naxos. Directed by Christopher Robinson, the previous Director of Music, these have sold over 200,000 copies.
The Choir now records with Hyperion Records, and has released four discs to date with the label: one of the music of Mendelssohn, a collection of music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, Christmas at St John's, a recording of the choral and vocal music of Jongen and Peeters and most recently, a collection of the music of Bairstow.
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