Pilgrimage - Concerts in Lent

In 2007 Catherine McFadden Dunning Young first began organising 'seasonal' concert series at St Mary's, raising funds for a local charity. Catherine passed away peacefully in 2020, but her legacy continues of supporting young and established musicians, local good works, and the community as a whole.

This year's Lent concert series is named Pilgrimage, recognising the road we have all been travelling over the past year. We trust that the music of composers past and present, brought to life anew by hands and breath young and mature, will accompany us on our pilgrimage towards the Light.

The Concerts

Each concert will be freely available online, both on the St Mary's website on each concert's event page, on our live stream page, and on our Facebook Page. Please don't forget to take a moment to make a donation in support of our charity parter for the series, the Victoria Hospice Society's Bereavement Services.

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March 3: Pamela Whiston, piano, and Curt Bergen, organ

Works for piano/organ duo and piano alone composed by J.S. Bach, César Franck, Johannes Brahms, and Pietro Yon. More info...

March 10: Boyana Makedonska, piano

Works by Ravel, Beethoven, Robert Schumann. More info...

March 17: Cleo Yong and Serena Jack, violin

Works for solo and duo violins, by Vivaldi, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák and others. More info...

March 24: Marnie Setka-Mooney, soprano, with Diane Berry, flute, and Kathryn LeGros, piano

Including a new vocal composition by Diane Berry entitled “The End of Winter” as well as works by Ravel, others. More info...

March 31, Wednesday of Holy Week: Kim Greenwood, mezzo soprano, Marnie Setka-Mooney, soprano, Sara Weicker-Partridge, mezzo soprano

Robert Fleming's The Confession Stone, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. More info...