The City of London-based Lloyd’s Choir annual spring concert on 27 March at St Giles Cripplegate Church will feature the premiere of a new choral work commemorating the sinking of HMT Lancastria.
2025 will mark the 85th anniversary of this terrible event which resulted in a huge loss of life.
The piece has been written by the choir’s Music Director Jacques Cohen and will be performed at the concert alongside Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Mendelssohn’s Psalm 114.
The Lloyd’s Choir takes part in a memorial service for the loss of HMT Lancastria at St Katharine Cree church every year, on or near the anniversary date of 17 June, 1940.
The memorial service for this tragic maritime disaster is held at St. Katharine Cree because this church is at the centre of the historic shipping industry in the City.
The 2025 Service will be at 1pm on Thursday 12th June and will feature another performance of Jacques Cohen’s Lancastria.
For more information and to book tickets, visit the Lloyd’s Choir website.