18:30 Olivet to Calvary

18:30 Bromley Parish Choir sing John Henry Maunder's Olivet to Calvary at Bromley Parish Church. 

Entrance is free.  There will be a retiring collection

John Henry Maunder (1858 – 1920) was an English composer and organist best known for this wonderful cantata "Olivet to Calvary".

Maunder was born in Chelsea and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was organist at St Matthew’s, Sydenham 1876-7, and St Paul’s, Forest Hill 1878-9 as well as churches in Blackheath and Sutton, and accompanied concerts in the Albert Hall.  He was conductor of the Civil Service Vocal Union from 1881, and also trained the choir for Henry Irving’s original production of Faust at the Lyceum Theatre in 1887.

Maunder's many church cantatas were widely performed and admired, but went out of fashion for a time. Fortunately, there has been a well deserved revival of interest in his music in more recent times.