Out of the Deep

The Gents present sacred choral works by Tallis, Byrd, Stainer, Biebl and more. With a second half of close-harmony arrangements of pop classics.

Described by BBC Music Magazine as “an immaculately blended, responsive, interactive consort,” the Gents of St John’s is a professional vocal ensemble made up of the choral and organ scholars of the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. As members of the College Choir, the Gents sing seven services a week under the direction of Christopher Gray, developing the full, warm, expressive sound for which both the Choir and the Gents are famous. The Gentlemen of St John’s are particularly noted for their versatility, with a repertoire ranging from early sacred music and folk songs to more modern close-harmony arrangements of jazz standards, pop classics, and contemporary hits.

Psalm 130 by Henry Walford Davies

Ave Maria, mater Dei by William Cornysh

The Lamentations (Part I) by Thomas Tallis

Nunc dimittis (The St John’s Service) by Sarah Henderson

Ne irascaris (both parts) by William Byrd

God So Loved the World by John Stainer

Ave Maria by Franz Biebl