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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
