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Type Events and festivals
Location
Date and Times Thursday 10 July 2025 | Performances at 6.30pm and 8pm
Prices Adult £15, Adult Members £12, Child £7.50, Child Members £6 | Walk-up tickets: Adults £18, Child £9

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Enjoy a night of serene summer sounds, performed by Canticum

For more than 30 years, the London-based choral ensemble has enchanted audiences with its versatility and musicality. Its repertoire spans Renaissance polyphony and jazz classics to contemporary works and new commissions.

Directed by Mark Forkgen, the choir has performed at London’s leading concert venues, including the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, St John’s Smith Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Come and join us in the magnificent setting of the Great Hall for a programme of songs inspired by midsummer and the theme "a walk with nature". Highlights include Eric Whitacre's "Water Night", Vaughan Williams's "The Turtle Dove" and the traditional song "Sumer Is Icumen In".

Event programme

Trad Sumer Is Icumin In

Thomas Morley Now is the Month of Maying

John Bennet Weep, O Mine Eyes

Thomas Morley April is in My Mistress’ Face

Benjamin Britten Flower Songs

Eric Whitacre Water Night

Toru Takemitsu Small Sky

Colin Riley Flight

Colin Riley Snow Down

Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan

Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird

Ralph Vaughan Williams The Turtle Dove

Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden Lea

Event information

Performances will take place at the following times:

  • 6.30pm-7.30pm
  • 8pm-9pm

The concert will take place in the Great Hall, located on the first floor of the Queen's House. Performances will not have an interval. Step-free access is available via lift and access ramps.

Walk-up tickets will be available at the Admissions Desk, located at the entrance of the Queen's House.

About Mark Forkgen, Music Director

Mark Forkgen has been Music Director of Canticum since 1995. He is also Music Director of London Concert Choir and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Kokoro, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music group.

Mark is a champion of youth music. He is currently Director of Music at Tonbridge School, having been conductor of the Scottish Schools’ Orchestra for ten years and Music Director of the Ealing Youth Orchestra and Dorset Youth Orchestra for eight years.

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