Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society

Bringing the joy of choral singing to North Norfolk!

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Harmony in the Cotswolds

Saturday 18th April 2026, 7:00pm
Cromer Parish Church

Ticket Information:

Tickets priced at £16 (under 18’s and care-givers free) available from the box office at Sheringham Little Theatre 01263 822347 or online

This April marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, the grandson of Charles Wesley. He is often referred to as S.S. Wesley to avoid confusion with his father Samuel Wesley. His middle name is derived from his father’s lifelong admiration for the music of Bach. His prolific career as a composer and organist led to positions as organist at Hereford, Exeter, Gloucester and Winchester cathedrals. His English church anthems are frequently sung (and much loved) in the Church of England to this day.

The Music Makers was commissioned for, and first performed at, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival on 1 October 1912. The text of the work is the 1874 poem Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy, which Elgar set in its entirety. He had been working on the music intermittently since 1903, without a specific commission. He completed it after receiving a commission from the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival. It was dedicated to “my friend Nicholas Kilburn”.

Programme

Anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley:

Ascribe unto the Lord

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

Wash me throughly

Blessed be the God & Father

An air for the Holsworthy Church Bells (organ) – Samuel Sebastian Wesley

The Music Makers – Sir Edward Elgar

Performers

Dr Susanna Self – mezzo-soprano

Jasmine Catherine (Jasmine Pierce) – soprano

Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society

David Ballard – conductor

William Falconer – accompanist

Venue Information

Cromer Parish Church

Church Street
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9ES