The London Choral Sinfonia make their first appearance at the SJSS annual Easter Festival with an evening of contemplation for Good Friday.

Commissioned by the BBC in 1991 for a Radio 4 Good Friday premiere, Francis Grier's Sword in the Soul is a modern take on the Passiontide story, with narrated texts, written by former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The work gives a more human telling of this well-known story, alongside seven rich pieces of expressive music.