Magnificat

Rachel BurgessAlto

David CoronelTenor

Jonny DaviesSoloist

After being Queen’s Chorister and then Head Chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Jonny Davies won a music scholarship to Trinity School, Croydon. During his teenage years he studied violin with John Francis, piano with Nigel Clayton at Croydon Schools Piano Centre and organ with Simon Williams. He also acted as assistant organist at St Mary’s Church, Addington. He then went to Brasenose College, Oxford where he received an Organ Exhibition, and sang with Schola Cantorum and the Oxford Chamber Choir. Since leaving Oxford, Jonny has sung as a lay clerk in Guildford Cathedral, with the Holst Singers conducted by Stephen Layton, and with professional church choirs all over London. He was Director of Music at St Olave’s Church, Hart Street and St Katharine Cree in the City of London, from 2007 until 2015.

Ruth HoltonSoprano

Ruth Holton studied at Clare College, Cambridge, where she was a choral exhibitioner. She has many recordings to her name including a project to record all of Bach’s sacred cantatas with the Holland Boys Choir. Her discography includes Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Carissimi’s Jephtha, Handels’ Messiah and Haydn’s Nelson Mass. Ruth has had a long association with the choir of St Thomas’ Leipzig, Bach’s own church, and she returns in 2007 to sing his St John Passion. The clarity of Ruth’s voice makes her a popular choice for contemporary music. Projects have included programmes of new works and many first performances both in Britain and on the continent.

Graham NealSoloist

Born in 1980, Graham Neal was educated at St. Olave’s School, Orpington. He studied music at the University of Surrey where he was awarded the Robert Naylor prize for the most meritorious degree recital. Graham went on to study on the Knack opera course at the English National Opera. Most recently he studied as a postgraduate with John Wakefield and Mary Hill at Trinity College of Music, achieving a distinction in his final recital. Solo concert engagements this season include Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Ode for S t Cecilia’s Day, Haydn’s Creation and Paukenmesse, and Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice. Graham is adept at choral singing, appearing frequently with the choirs of Westminster Cathedral, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Cappella Nova.

Bob PrudenBass

Harriet WebbMezzo-soprano

Harriet Webb read music at Manchester University where she studied violin with Ronald Birks of the Lindsay Quartet and singing with Diane Matthews at the Royal Northern College of Music. She currently studies with Sarah Dunstan. She has sung and made numerous recordings with several of the top London chamber choirs and groups such as the BBC Singers, Polyphony and the King’s Consort and her own five voice group, Amici. Solo work has included performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Israel in Egypt, and Dixit Dominus and Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody. Harriet has also participated in a masterclass on English song with Ian Partridge. Harriet is Director of Music at Newstead Wood School for Girls.

Julius BannisterViola

Pam HintonPiano