Video of the Day: The Sixteen performs Will Todd's 'Imagine the World to be Different'
Theo Elwell
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Harry Christophers conducts his ensemble from St James's Church, Piccadilly
Today's Video of the Day is Will Todd's 'Imagine the World to be Different', performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen at St James's Church, Piccadilly.
The song was commissioned to reflect and resonate with the history, as well as the character, of St James’s Church, Piccadilly – associated with its presence at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 – through ‘stories’ taking inspiration from the church’s lime wood Grinling Gibbons reredos, visionary people like artist Mary Beale and abolitionist Ottobah Cugoano (celebrated with a new commission by Che Lovelace in 2023), and the Magnolia tree which dominates the courtyard.