For my debut performance in London, I am honoured to conduct the Deansbank Singers, a choir with 45 years of history in the heart of Westminster.

The concert celebrated Deansbank's late conductor, Francis Bassett with two works. It opened with "They Shall Not Grow Old," with text from Robert Laurence Binyon’s poem For the Fallen (a nod to the poppies, no less), set to music by Clifford Woods. The programme continued with Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, taking the listener on a journey from intense prayer, human flaws, and the fear of death to paradise and bliss.