The eighth decade has been an unusual one in the choir’s history. 70th Birthday celebrations,
which had begun in June 2016 with ‘The Music Lives On’ concert, concluded in December
with ‘Rejoice’, a programme of Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’, excerpts from Handel’s ‘Messiah’, and
Christmas carols. This concert opened with the audience and choir singing three carols
accompanied by Christopher Cook on the organ. The fourteen-piece chamber orchestra La
Fraternità di Solisti accompanied the choir in the Vivaldi and Handel. Artistic Director (and a
violinist) of La Fraternità, Gyula Cseszkó, had assumed, incorrectly, that he would be
conducting the entire performance. Jane, however, was firmly in control of all proceedings
and the orchestra had to adjust to a choral style of conducting…

Rear more about the eighth decade here.