St Dunstan’s College is a prestigious school in south-east London, founded in 1888, where music plays a central role in school life. Its rich music programme serves approximately one thousand students.

The school choir and other ensembles regularly perform at leading London venues, including Sinfonia Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, and most recently the Royal Festival Hall in December 2025.

Alongside a wide-ranging secular repertoire, the choir is deeply engaged in sacred music and regularly sings at Evensong services at various locations across London. Each year, the choir also performs major vocal-instrumental works; recent projects include Mozart’s Great Mass and Handel’s Messiah.

Programme highlights:
W. A. Mozart – Ave verum corpus
G. Fauré – Sanctus, In Paradisum
J. Ireland – Greater Love Hath No Man
E. Whitacre – Seal Lullaby, Sing Gently
K. Kirchner – Cornerstone

The Pegasus Chamber Choir from London is one of the most distinguished British vocal ensembles of its generation. Under the artistic direction of Matthew Altham, the choir specialises in repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary music, with a particular focus on sacred works and modern compositions. Pegasus regularly performs at prestigious festivals in the UK and abroad and collaborates with leading orchestras and media, including BBC Radio and Classic FM.

Matthew Altham studied choral conducting at the University of Oxford, where his interests included the music of Francis Poulenc and English Renaissance masters. Alongside his professional career in education and development, he serves as conductor of the Pegasus and Vox Cordis choirs and the London Bach Players. He has conducted concerts across Europe, including performances in Prague, Toulouse, Arezzo and Antwerp.

A special highlight of the concert will be the organ accompaniment by Martin Toyer, a highly respected British organist who has collaborated with the Pegasus Chamber Choir for over thirty years. Toyer was Organ Scholar at Brasenose College, Oxford, and served for eleven years as Director of Music at Our Lady’s Church in St John’s Wood, London. He has performed in major cathedrals and churches throughout Europe.

The concert will take place at the Church of the Brethren in Soukenická Street, a newly emerging concert venue for choral and chamber music. The combination of outstanding British choral artistry, organ accompaniment and a new concert space promises a memorable musical experience.

A selection from the programme:

Jubilate in C – Benjamin Britten
Laudibus in sanctis – William Byrd
Faire is the Heaven – William Harris
And the swallow – Caroline Shaw
O clap your hands – Orlando Gibbons

Admission is voluntary.