For our Spring 2026 concert we will be rehearsing Bach's telling of the Easter story, his St John Passion, which we will be rehearsing in German – a link is provided here for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music. We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday [...]
On 3 September 2025 we will start rehearsing for our December 2025 concert. We will be rehearsing Mendelssohn's Elijah. We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday 3 September and we are planning a twelve-week term concluding with a concert in the Great Hall at UCS on Saturday 6 December. If [...]
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 rehearsals will be on Wednesdays other than the week commencing 29th September when the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We are particularly grateful to the Rosen family who are supporting this Come and Sing in memory of Len and Betty Rosen. All proceeds of the day are for the benefit of Marie Curie.. In April 2019, we performed Haydn's Nelson Mass and we are giving existing chorus members and anyone [...]
The concert I hope you enjoyed last night as much as I did. I have been particularly looking forward to this programme. Haydn's Nelson Mass is just terrific fun to sing, and fizzes along like an excellent bottle of champagne for the audience. When I was looking for pieces to go with the three trumpets [...]
This event has now taken place. Thank you to all those who came to sing or to hear the concert - with your help, we raised over £2,600 for Marie Curie. Thank you also to Simon Walton (conductor), Ed Kemp-Luck (organist) and our young soloists. Simon Walton had the following to say about the [...]
