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2025-2026 Season announcement

Our next season will start with a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah on Saturday 6th December 2025 (date to be confirmed).  If you want to get ahead, we will be using the Novello edition. Rehearsals will start on 3rd September 2025.  All reherasals will be on Wednesdays other than the week commencing 29th September when the [...]

By |2025-06-09T17:14:08+00:00May 8th, 2025|2025-2026, Sticky|Comments Off on 2025-2026 Season announcement

Summer concert 14 June 2025 – Elgar’s Sea Pictures (arr D Fraser)

For our Summer 2025 concert we will be rehearsing the choral arrangement by Donald Fraser of Elgar’s Sea Pictures– a link is provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music (also available on YouTube and Spotify). We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday 23 April 2025 and [...]

By |2025-05-08T09:15:52+00:00March 28th, 2025|Season 2024-2025, Sticky|Comments Off on Summer concert 14 June 2025 – Elgar’s Sea Pictures (arr D Fraser)

What should I bring to rehearsals?

Music - make sure you bring all your music every week even if it is not on the rehearsal schedule as Simon often finds time to revise all the music we have learnt to date and to get ahead. Water - a bottle of water helps to keep your vocal chords lubricated A pencil - [...]

By |2024-09-05T09:33:17+00:00September 5th, 2024|Sticky|Comments Off on What should I bring to rehearsals?

March 2025 – Brahms German Requiem

  For our Spring 2025 concert we will be rehearsing Brahms' wonderful Ein Deutsche Requiem (a.k.a. his German Requiem) which we will be rehearsing in German – a link is provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music. We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday 8 January [...]

By |2025-04-24T11:06:22+00:00July 10th, 2024|Season 2024-2025|Comments Off on March 2025 – Brahms German Requiem

Autumn 2024 – Concert 7 December 2024 – Faure, Vaughan Williams and McDowell

On 4 September 2024 we will start rehearsing for our December 2024 concert.  The programme will be: We will be rehearsing four works,: Gabriel Faure's Requiem and his Cantique de Jean Racine, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols Cecilia McDowall's Ave Maris Stella Links are provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the [...]

By |2024-12-28T11:18:18+00:00June 28th, 2024|Season 2024-2025|Comments Off on Autumn 2024 – Concert 7 December 2024 – Faure, Vaughan Williams and McDowell

Summer Term 2024 – Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo – Concert 22 June 2024

Summer Term 2024 – Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo We are looking forward to welcoming friends new and old to the Summer Term of our 2023/24 season which starts on Wednesday 1 May 2024 and, after a half term on 29 May, will finish with our traditional end of term summer concert and party [...]

By |2024-06-28T14:51:54+00:00April 11th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Term 2024 – Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo – Concert 22 June 2024

Spring Term 2024 – Beethoven and Mendelssohn – Concert on 23 March 2024

We are looking forward to welcoming friends new and old to the Spring Term of our 2023/24 season which starts on Wednesday 10th January 2024, when we will be rehearsing two works, Beethoven's Mass in C (op.86) and Mendelssohn's Lauda Sion – links are provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music. Concert [...]

By |2024-04-11T10:54:31+00:00December 6th, 2023|Season 2023-2024|Comments Off on Spring Term 2024 – Beethoven and Mendelssohn – Concert on 23 March 2024

Autumn Term 2023-24 – Bernstein, Britten and Finzi – Concert 2nd December 2023

We are looking forward to welcoming friends new and old to our 2023/24 season which starts on Wednesday 6th September, when we will be rehearsing three works, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Gerald Finzi's In Terra Pax and Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicolas – links are provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music. Concert [...]

By |2023-12-12T18:57:58+00:00August 8th, 2023|Season 2023-2024|Comments Off on Autumn Term 2023-24 – Bernstein, Britten and Finzi – Concert 2nd December 2023

Updated programme for 2023-2024

For our next season, beginning in September 2023, we are planning to rehearse and perform the following works: Autumn Term: Chichester Psalms - Bernstein In terra pax - Finzi Saint Nicolas  - Britten Term commences -  Wednesday 6 September 2023 Concert  - Saturday 2 December 2023 Spring Term Lauda Sion - Mendelssohn Mass in C [...]

By |2024-06-28T14:52:14+00:00June 11th, 2023|Season 2023 - 2023|Comments Off on Updated programme for 2023-2024

Singing away day – Sunday 8 October 2023

We are delighted to have been able to arrange a singing away day for the choir on Sunday 8th October at Lauderdale House in Highgate. The day will run from 11.00am to 5.00pm. We also intend to book tables at Cote Brasserie in Highgate for an early dinner after the singing. The day is open [...]

By |2023-12-12T19:01:02+00:00May 24th, 2023|Season 2023-2024|Comments Off on Singing away day – Sunday 8 October 2023
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