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Good Friday, 3rd April, 7.30

CHILCOTT: ST JOHN PASSION

Solo Cello: Michael Wigram
Organ: Ian Clarke
The Cornerstone Choir and Soloists
Directed by Adrian Boynton

All are invited to share in our Music for Good Friday, which features the wonderful St John Passion by Bob Chilcott. Scored for organ, solo cello, choir and soloists, this dramatic and beautiful work is inspired by the Bach model. A tenor Evangelist recounts the Gospel story, while other soloists take on the roles of Jesus and other characters in the drama. The choir is fully involved in the action, but also offers moments of tender reflection and contemplation, using a variety of supporting texts from Medieval times to the 20th century. To complete this fine and compelling Passion, there are new and refreshing settings of familiar and much loved Passiontide hymns. Do join us if you can for what promises to be a very special evening. We include a motet by Adrian Boynton, 'Slow are the years of light', composed specially for Good Friday, and beautiful Baroque solos for solo cello. Revd Wendy Carey offers a short Reflection.

We hope you will be able to join us. Please bring your friends. 7.30 start. The event will last for 1 hour 15 minutes. There will be a retiring collection.

City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES

Wednesday 8th April, 2pm

THE ROMANTIC FRENCH TRADITION

A talk, illustrated with fine CD recordings by Adrian Boynton.

We enter the Nineteenth Century in our exploration of French music, and consider the epoch-making contributions of great figures such as BERLIOZ, FRANCK, BIZET, FAURE and SAINT SAENS.

Join us for what promises to be a wonderful afternoon of music. 2pm start. Admission £6 at the door. Mid afternoon refreshments. Finish at 4.15. All welcome.

The Oak Tree Centre, Wallinger Drive, Shenley Brook End

Sunday 26th April, 6pm

CHORAL REFLECTION FOR GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY, MARKING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER

The Cornerstone Choir Directed by Adrian Boynton

Join us for this very special service reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster during this Easter Season of Hope.

There will be special readings, inspiring hymns, and beautiful musical settings spanning more than five centuries. Bring your friends. The service will last for about an hour. Retiring collection.

City Church of Christ the Cornerstone, MK9 2ES

Wednesday 29th April 2026, 2:30

Talk: Exploring music: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION

"Exploring Music" is a series of talks given by Adrian Boynton about developments in classical music and the lives of the great composers, illustrated by recordings played from CD.

In a new series exploring the distinctive American musical tradition in the the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, we enjoy outstanding pioneering works by JOHN ANTES, WILLIAM HENRY FRY, GEORGE FREDERICK BRISTOW, LOUIS GOTTSCHALK, and JOHN KNOWLES PAINE. The symphonies, concertos and chamber works of these composers are relatively little known in Europe, yet the best of them are worthy to stand alongside the great works of Beethoven and Brahms. Come and discover a wonderful world of classical and romantic repertoire.

2.30 start. Admission £5 at the door. Mid afternoon refreshments. Finish at 5pm. All welcome.

Please note the venue for this talk: 11 Burewelle, Two Mile Ash MK8 8LS