Lancastria Memorial Service

We are honoured to be once again singing at the Lancastria Memorial service. This year's service marks the 85th anniversary of the tragedy, and will take place at St Katharine Cree Church, Leadenhall Street, London, on Thursday 12th June 2025, starting at 1pm.

Among other music, we will be performing the a capella version of Jacques Cohen's new work, Lancastria, which is a setting of the Tennyson poem, Crossing the Bar. It was written to commemmorate the 85th anniversary of the sinking of the Lancastria by enemy action, with the loss of between 4,000 and 7,000 lives. The version of the work which includes orchestra and bagpipe was premiered at our Spring Concert on 27th March 2025.

All are welcome to the service. https://www.stkatharinecree.org/lancastria