Concerts
Mozart: Mass in C Minor (KV427) & Schubert: German Stabat Mater (D383)
Date: Sunday, November 15th 2026
Venue: St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield, East Sussex.
Start Time: 19:30
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Aneska Diament, Francis Melville and Ed Birchinall
It’s hard to believe that Mozart rattled off the Great Mass in C Minor well before he was 30, and even more surprising that Schubert can have trotted out his impressively mature Stabat mater before he was 20. But in 1783 Mozart had a point to prove. The C-minor Mass was written to showcase the vocal prowess of Mozart’s new wife, Constanze. Mozart took Constanze to Salzburg as his Soprano soloist in order to parade her in front of his father and sister, as well as to goad the much-despised Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. It worked.
Schubert had no such personal agenda: he was simply writing a lot of music in his late teens under the watchful eye of Anton Salieri. Salieri is often imagined as a twisted and jealous character, but actually, as well as admiring Mozart’s music, Salieri also inspired the young Schubert to unimaginable feats of creativity. Schubert’s Stabat mater reflects well on Salierei and, indeed, on Schubert’s brother, Ferdinand, to whom the Stabat mater was affectionately dedicated.
In this performance, Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players under Jeremy Summerly are joined again by the stellar Soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez and young vocal scholars from the Royal College of Music.
Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly
Israel in Egypt
Mayfield Festival Choir with Mayfield Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly
Come & Sing Messiah
A one day workshop open to all singers, led by Jeremy Summerly to explore and enjoy some of the major choruses.
Dvořák’s Stabat Mater
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Alexandria Moon, Francis Melville and Gabriel Tufail-Smith.
Classical Stardom
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Lexie Moon, Francis Melville and Ed Birchinall.
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Haydn: ‘Little Organ’ Mass
A Feast for St Cecilia
Mayfield Festival Choir and Mayfield Baroque directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Deirdre Benians and Francis Melville
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day
Lotti: St Christopher Mass
Puccini’s Messa di Gloria
Mayfield Festival Choir, Mayfield School Schola and the Ripieno Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Francis Melville and Ross Fettes.
Bruckner’s Mass in E Minor
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Mayfield Festival Choir and Mayfield Baroque directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Charlie Clapperton, Peter Davoren and Daniel Barrett.
Haydn’s Creation
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Sofia Kirwan-Baez, Dafydd Jones and Leo Selleck
John Rutter’s Magnificat
Mayfield Festival Choir and London Primavera Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly with Eloise Irving (soprano) and Andrew Benians (organ)
Rutter: Magnificat
Stopford: Missa Deus Nobiscum
Bach’s St John Passion
Mayfield Festival Choir and Mayfield Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly with Peter Davoren as the Evangelist, Angus McPhee as Christ and Martin Johnson as Pilate and soloists Charlotte Bowden, Emma Roberts, Ted Black and Daniel Barrett
Handel’s Messiah
Mayfield Festival Choir directed by Jeremy Summerly with the Mayfield Baroque Orchestra and soloists Holly Teague, Emma Roberts, Ted Black and Ross Fettes
Young Bach & Purcell
Mayfield Festival Choir and Mayfield Baroque Orchestra and Rupert Jeffcoat (organ) directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Eloise Irving, Helena Moore, Richard Pinkstone, Grace Stephens-Spada and Annenora Benians
Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4
Bach: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 61
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Ripieno Players directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Clare Tunney, Frances Gregory, Richard Pinkstone, Paul Grant and Grace Stephens-Spada
Baroque Showcase
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Mayfield Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly
Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-74) – Jephte
Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725) – Dixit Dominus [iv]
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) – Credo RV 591
Jan ZELENKA (1679-1745) – Miserere ZWV 57
Poulenc’s Gloria
Mayfield Festival Choir and London Primavera directed by Jeremy Summerly
Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)
Mayfield Festival Choir directed by Jeremy Summerly.
Vivaldi’s Gloria and other Baroque masterworks
Mayfield Festival Choir and the Mayfield Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Eloise Irving, Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Beth Moxton, Joel Williams and Harry Thatcher
Magnificat RV 610 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Beatus vir SV 268 – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Machet die Tore weit TWV 1: 1074 – Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767)
Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV 630 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Gloria RV 589 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
A Feast of St Nicolas
Mayfield Festival Choir and London Primavera, plus a semi-chorus from Mayfield School’s Schola Cantorum directed by Jeremy Summerly with soloists Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Katie Coventry, Stephen Mills and Harry Thatcher in a concert with two very different musical responses to the well known figure of St Nicholas.
Britten: Saint Nicolas Op 42 & Haydn: Missa in Honorem Sti Nicolai 1772
Come Sing with Us – Carmina Burana
Mayfield Festival Choir invite you to come and take part in a day of medieval debauchery as seen through the eyes of the Turbulent Thirties.
Audience-only tickets now also available for the final performance at 18:30.
Handel’s Messiah
Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with the Royal Academy Consort and soloists from the Royal Academy of Music.
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Performed as the closing concert to the 2016 Mayfield Festival, Mayfield Festival Choir joined the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Simon Over with Mayfield School Schola Cantorum and soloists from the Royal Academy of Music.
Brahms Requiem
As the opening concert in the 2016 Mayfield Festival, Mayfield Festival Choir was conducted by Jeremy Summerly with the London Primavera led by Paul Manley, Andrew Benians (Organ), Eloise Irving (Soprano), Tristan Hambleton (Baritone).
Come Sing With Us! Men Only Sing Along
Mayfield Festival Choir would like to encourage many more men to discover the joy of singing so, on Saturday 16 January 2016, we held a singing workshop open to any man who wanted to attend.
Haydn: Innocence & Experience
Haydn: Innocence & Experience Sunday 22 November 2015, 7.30 pm St Dunstan’s Church Mayfield, East Sussex Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with London Primavera, organist Andrew Benians and soloists Helen Brackenbury, Sofia Troncoso, William Blake and Tristan Hambleton.
Youthful Viennese Masterpieces
Youthful Viennese Masterpieces Sunday 10 May 2015 St Dunstan’s Church Mayfield, East Sussex Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with London Primavera led by Paul Manley and soloists Eloise Irving, Abigail Broughton, William Blake and Tristan Hambleton.
In Time of War
In Time of War Sunday 16 November 2014 St Dunstan’s Church Mayfield, East Sussex Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with London Primavera led by Paul Manley and soloists
Christmas Oratorio, Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Bach. 17th November 2013 St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield, East Sussex Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with the Primavera Chamber Ensemble (leader Paul Manley) and soloists
Between Earth & Heaven
Between Earth & Heaven Sunday 12 May 2013, 7.30 pm St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield, East Sussex Mayfield Festival Choir conducted by Jeremy Summerly with the Royal Academy Consort (leader Lukas Hank), harpist Heather Wrighton and soloists Miranda Johnson and Martin Johnson.