Gabriel Jackson 50 already

Where does the time go? Gabriel Jackson is 50 next month and to celebrate, Naxos, OUP and the Vasari Singers are putting on a free concert at St. Sepulchre without Newgate, Hoborn Viaduct, EC1A 2DQ on Saturday 27 October 2012. The concert will feature extracts from Jackson's Requiem which has just been recorded for Naxos by the Vasari Singers under their conductor Jeremy Backhouse. The Requiem was premiered by the choir on Remembrance Day 2008. The birthday concert also includes other music by Jackson along with music by Francis Pott. Advance copies of the CD will also be available for sale. Further details from the Vasari Singers website.