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Summer 2023 – Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes

BUY TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT AND PARTY FROM TRYBOOKING Our 2023 summer term will commence on Wednesday 26 April 2023 and, after a half term on 31 May, will finish with our traditional end of term summer concert and party on Saturday 24 June 2023. This term we will be rehearsing and performing Johannes Brahms [...]

By |2023-08-08T11:22:54+00:00April 5th, 2023|2022-2023|Comments Off on Summer 2023 – Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes

Spring 2023 – Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle

For our Spring 2023 programme, we will be performing Rossini's delightful Petite Messe Solonnelle.  We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on 11 January 2023 and we are planning a ten-week term concluding with a concert on 25 March 2023.  The ten-week term will have a one-week break for half-term on [...]

By |2025-01-24T12:06:36+00:00December 26th, 2022|2022-2023, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spring 2023 – Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle

Autumn 2022 – Vivaldi and Haydn

For our Autumn 2022 programme, Simon has chosen the ever-popular Vivaldi Gloria and Haydn’s delightful ‘Maria Theresa’ Mass (Theresienmesse). Tickets for our concert, which will be on 10 December 2022 at 7.30 in the Great Hall at University College School, are only available via trybooking, an online ticket service.  Tickets are £20 for adults and [...]

By |2022-12-26T14:06:05+00:00August 17th, 2022|2022-2023|Comments Off on Autumn 2022 – Vivaldi and Haydn

2022 – 2023 Season

If you are thinking about joining us when the new choir year begins in the Autumn, the term will start on 14 September, and we will be singing Vivaldi's wonderful Gloria and Haydn's ‘Maria Theresa’ Mass (Theresienmesse).  We expect that our end of term concert will be in late November/early December in the Great Hall [...]

By |2023-04-05T10:18:55+00:00May 30th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 2022 – 2023 Season

Summer 2022 – Coronation Celebration

Our summer term will celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a programme of music which has been performed at Coronations.  We will learn music from the 16th to 20th centuries, including some of Handel's uplifting Coronation Anthems. Tickets are only available online via this link  (order online and then pay by BACS once your order [...]

By |2022-06-27T09:38:30+00:00April 1st, 2022|Summer 2022|Comments Off on Summer 2022 – Coronation Celebration

Spring 2022 – Choral works by Mozart

For our Spring 2022 programme, Simon has chosen some amazing music. We are going to be singing two works by Mozart, the Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers (Vesperae solennes de confessore) both in the Bärenreiter editions. They are both fantastic sings with some wonderful moments, including the great Laudate Dominum in the Solemn Vespers.  The [...]

By |2022-06-27T09:38:43+00:00December 10th, 2021|Spring 2022|Comments Off on Spring 2022 – Choral works by Mozart

In Memoriam – John Bradbury

John Bradbury, who founded Hampstead Chorus as the UCS Centenary Choir in 2008, sadly died on 27 November 2021.  Our sing-through of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, a piece we sang with John in 2009, was dedicated to his memory.   John Bradbury with Simon Walton at our 10 year anniversary concert in 2018 John was born [...]

By |2021-12-10T16:13:08+00:00November 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In Memoriam – John Bradbury

Rehearsals at UCS to resume

We are pleased to announce that, after an extensive review of the risks and other issues, Hampstead Chorus intends to resume in-person rehearsals at UCS after half-term on 3 November 2021. Providing there is no adverse change in the development of the virus or in Government regulations/advice, we plan to continue through to the end [...]

By |2021-12-10T18:18:50+00:00October 19th, 2021|Autumn 2021 - Bach, COVID-19, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rehearsals at UCS to resume

Bach – Christmas Oratorio – Autumn 2021

We are considering the possibility of in-person rehearsals later in the term, but the Choir Committee proposes to begin our Autumn Term as on-line rehearsals via Zoom. Obviously proceeding depends on a good level of support from our members.  Those who have participated over the last year will know that online rehearsals have been a [...]

By |2021-12-10T18:18:31+00:00September 11th, 2021|Autumn 2021 - Bach|Comments Off on Bach – Christmas Oratorio – Autumn 2021

Summer 2021 – Israel in Egypt by Handel

While the prospect of mass vaccination offers some prospect of a return to rehearsals in person perhaps in the Autumn, we are proposing to continue for the time being to continue with on-line rehearsals on Zoom.  Those who have participated over the last year will know that it has been a very positive experience.  Many [...]

By |2021-09-11T13:15:12+00:00March 26th, 2021|COVID-19, Season 2020-2021|Comments Off on Summer 2021 – Israel in Egypt by Handel
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