Thanks to Matt Wilson for these splendid images of the Cecilian Choir in concert earlier this week, in a concert celebrating the music of Jean-Baptiste Lully. The Choir performed a selection of sacred and secular pieces in a programme that combined words, music, image and costume to offer a glimpse of the bygone age of the Sun King.

The Choir is in action once again in a dramatic programme for Easter at St Peter’s Methodist Church, Canterbury, when it will perform Vivaldi’s Credo and Magnificat on Thursday 31 March at 1.10pm.