Luminosa
Past Concerts
Date: 2nd April
NEW WORKS
Location: All Saints Church, Odiham.
(performance by Luminosa Voices, Chamber Voices)
12th Anniversary Concert:
- Start time: 19:30
- Venue: All Saints Church Odiham
- Programme: Mc DOWALL: Da Vinci Requiem; WILLIS: Salve Deus; VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: 5 Mystical Songs.
- Conductor: Rebekah Abbott
- Including an In-Concert Talk by Cecilia McDowall
Date: 2nd July 2022
ZIMBE – Alexander L’Estrange
Location: St. Peter’s Church, Petersfield
(performance by Luminosa Voices, Chamber Voices & Youth Choirs)
- Start time: 7:30pm
- Venue: St. Peter’s Church, Petersfield, GU32 3HS
- Programme: with African Band, and Massed Choirs
- Conductor: Rebekah Abbott
From Darkness Into Light
- From Darkness Into Light, Chamber Voices
- All Saints Church, Queens Road, Alton
- 4th February
- 6:30pm
- A selection of music and words including: Brahms, MacMillan, Stanford, McDowall and Lotti.
Rachmaninov All Night Vigil
- Rachmaninov All Night Vigil, Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
- All Saints Church, They Bury, Odiham
- 25th March
- 7:00pm
- Musicians:
- Conductor Rebekah Abbott
- Organist Michael Higgins
A Coronation Celebration
- Celebrate the year of the coronation with works including: Handel Coronation Anthems, Chilcott Gloria, Parry I Was Glad
- St Peters, Petersfield
- 15th July
- 7:00pm
- Musicians: With Guest Soloists
Faure Requiem Goodall Eternal Light
- Retiring collection in aid of the church
- St John The Baptist Church, Greatham, GU33 6HB
- 11th November
- 6:30pm
- Organ Accompaniment
Luminosa Chamber Voices, a select group of 25 singers, are delighted to be returning to St John The Baptist Church, Greatham, following a thoroughly well received concert in February.
On Saturday 11th November at 6:30pmwe will, under the expert guidance of Rebekah Abbott, bring you the beautifully lyrical Faure Requiem. Faure’s work has a feeling of prayerful lament, whilst simultaneously holding a sense of hope. Faure himself described his work as “dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.” To complement this, the choir will also perform Eternal Light by Howard Goodall, less well known but no less beautiful. Eternal Light uses as its inspiration texts and poetry from the poets of the Great War, interspersing this with conventional requiem text. Both works are uplifting and engaging in equal measure
After this free concert, there will be a bar and also a retiring collection in aid of the church.
Please do come and join us for an evening of reflective music for the soul
Haydn Nelson Mass
- With Guest Soloists
- Haydn Nelson Mass & Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore
- Frensham Heights School Theatre
- 25th November
- 7:00pm
- Full Orchestra
Following on from the sold out ‘Coronation Celebration’ held in Petersfield in July, Alton based choir Luminosa is delighted to announce the first concert of the new season. Performing at the Aldridge Theatre at Frensham Heights School near Farnham, an exciting evening awaits, with the turbulent Nelson Mass by Haydn, and the uplifting and sonorous Vespers by Mozart.
Led, as always, under the creative guidance of conductor Rebekah Abbott, the 80-strong choir will perform alongside a quartet of emerging soloists from top London Conservatoires. Adding further excitement to this concert will be the carefully curated orchestra, the “Hampshire Sinfonietta”. This ensemble includes members of the critically acclaimed “Connaught Brass”, as well as players who performed at the Coronation of King Charles III himself!
All Saints Church, Alton
- All Saints’ Church, Alton, GU34 1LH
- 9th March 2024
- 6:30pm
- Luminosa Chamber Choir
- Choral Reflections: with music including Stanford,Rachmaninov, Rheinberger, Tallis, Brahms, Bruckner, Marsh, Todd and Wheeler.
Alton-based choir Luminosa are delighted to announce that their 25-strong auditioned chamber choir, Luminosa Chamber Voices, will be performing an evening of ‘Choral Reflections’ on 9th March 2024 at 6.30pm at All Saints Church, Alton.
‘Choral Reflections’ will celebrate much-loved works, including Thomas Tallis’ If Ye Love Me, Lotti Crucifixus, Stanford’s Beati Quorum Via and Anton Bruckner’s Locus Iste. These will be sung alongside their modern counterparts, including ‘Locus iste’ by local composer Will Todd, McDowall’s Crucifixus Hoad’s Beati quorum via, and a host of other historical and contemporary pairings
Tickets, priced at £5, are only available on the door. Early arrival is advised as the last four concerts have been standing room only! There will be a bar available throughout the evening and a retiring collection in aid of the church.
All Saints Church, Odiham
- All Saints’ Church, Odiham
- 23rd March 2024
- 7pm
- Luminosa Voices
- Mozart Mass in C minor Schubert Mass in G
Alton based choir Luminosa is delighted to announce their first concert of 2024, returning to the beautiful All Saints Church in Odiham, where you can see them perform Mozart’s famous Mass in C Minor.
Luminosa hopes you can join them for an evening to remember on Saturday 23rd March at All Saints Church, Odiham at 7pm. Generous sponsorship from Hattingley Valley Wines and Knight Frank allows tickets to be available at just £15 for adults (under 12s-£5). There will be a retiring collection in support of the work of Asthma and Lung UK.
Music for a Summer Evening
- St Nicholas Church, Chawton
- 22nd June 2024
- Luminosa Chamber Voices
- Music for a Summer evening including music by Stanford, Elgar and Tippett
- Tickets are £5 on the door.
The American Connection
- St Peter’s Church, Petersfield
- 13th July 2024
- Luminosa Voices and Luminosa Chamber Voices “The American Connection”
- Musicals, Jazz and more great American music from Bernstein, Gershwin, 1950s to present day, including Tippett Spirituals
French Choral Gems
- St Nicholas Parish Church, Guildford GU2 4AW
- 9th November 2024 7:00pm
Duruflé Requiem
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn, London. (The Musician’s Church)
- 23rd November 2024 7:30pm
- Duruflé – RequiemDuruflé – MotetsHandel – Zadok the priestParry – I was GladParry – Blest Pair of Sirens
- Travelling from Alton? Then click on the link below for an option to choose a ticket which includes coach transport to and from London.
- Organist: Gavin RobertsCellist: Rebecca BurdenMezzo Soprano: Imogen Woodhead
Baritone: Zac Conibear
If you would like to join us to sing in this concert there is an Open Rehearsal on 17th September in the Alton Maltings everyone is welcome.
This concert will be an exciting departure from the norm, as select movements of the Duruflé Requiem will be accompanied by postgraduate dancers from Trinity College Laban. Subtle and complementary in nature, this addition to the performance will bring a fresh reimagining of the work for the audiences as they will be able to see and hear the interplay between music and physical movement within the beauteous space that is Holy Sepulchre.
A Season to Come and Sing with Joanna Forbes L’Estrange – Workshop lunch and informal concert
- 15th March 2025
- Joanna Forbes L’Estrange will be hosting a singing workshop for Luminosa and friends on her work, a reimagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: “A Season To Sing” in association with the Royal School of Church Music.
- The workshop will be followed by a performance in the evening for selected guests.
- Venue: St Thomas on the Bourne, Farnham
- Organist: Gavin Roberts
Official Launch Concert of A Season to Sing by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
- Concert in association with the Royal School of Church Music
- 22nd March 2025
- Official Launch Concert of Joanna Forbes L’Estrange’s reimagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: “A Season To Sing”
- Venue: St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS
- Organist: Gavin Roberts
Harmony on Broadway
- St Peter’s Church, Petersfield
- 5th July 7pm
Luminosa is delighted to announce its upcoming summer concert, Broadway – A Choral Celebration, an exhilarating evening of music celebrating the greatest songwriting partnerships of Broadway.
The first half of the concert pays tribute to the golden era of musical theatre, with the Choir performing much-loved pieces from South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Oklahoma. The Chamber Choir will take centre stage with a beautifully crafted Sondheim selection, featuring arrangements from West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and more.
The second half celebrates more recent Broadway triumphs, including Wicked and Les Misérables. Audiences can also enjoy an Andrew Lloyd Webber selection, featuring beloved songs from Phantom of the Opera and more. Adding to the evening’s magic, a special interlude will showcase a stunning piano and vocal performance, providing an intimate and reflective moment.
Rutter Mass of The Children
- 15th November 2025
- Venue: St Thomas on the Bourne, Farnham
- Rutter: Mass of the Children (featuring Farnham Youth Choir)
- Vivaldi: Gloria
Luminosa Chamber Voices – February 2026
- 7 February 2026
- Venue: St John the Baptist Church, Greatham
- Of Love and Light
- Vianda, Schubert, Mealor
Spring Concert 2026
- 21st March
- Venue: St Lawrence Church, Alton
- Forbes-L’Estrange: A Season to Sing
- Excerpts from Haydn The Seasons
Luminosa Chamber Voices
- 9th May 2026 – 6pm
- Of Joy and Journeys
- Venue: St Nicholas Church, Chawton
- Music by Elgar, Quartel and other much loved pieces
Summer 2026
- 11th July
- Venue: St Peter’s Church Petersfield
- Works : Mass in Blue by Will Todd, Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott, Jazz Set from the band
- Soloists : Alexander L’Estrange and his band
Harry L’Estrange – piano
Alexander L’Estrange – double bass
Felix Higginbottom – drums
Jo Forbes L’Estrange – voice