Mozart 
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July 2011
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Saturday 2nd

Who: Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir

Where: Wakefield Cathedral 7.30pm

What: Midsummer Music

Ticket/Info: For tickets see website or contact the Concert Treasurer (01924 364862) or members of the choir

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Hampstead Chamber Choir

Where: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London NW3 1NG

What: ‘Inspired by English Poetry’: Finzi, Walton, Tavener, Barber, Parry and Thomas Hansell (first performance)
Ticket/Info: At door £10, conc. £8, students £5. Tel 0208 348 4899.

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Collegium Laureatum

Where: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 7.30 p.m.

What: 'Coronation Anthems' - works by Parry, Lawes, Blow, Child., Handel & Boyce

Ticket/Info: £13 (£10 concessions) You are advised to get tickets for this in advance from choir members, the Corn Exchange Box Office (01223 357851) or tickets@collegium.org.uk or  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/119557 They can also be purchased on the door if still available. Parking: There is free on-road parking on West Road and some surrounding streets in the evenings.

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Streatham Choral Society

Where: St Leonard’s Church, Tooting Bec Gardens, Streatham, SW16

What: Mozart - Mass in C; Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb; Dyson - Hierusalem

Ticket/Info: £7, £5 concessions

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Coggeshall Camerata

Where: Colchester Royal Grammar School 7.30 p.m.

What: Vaughan Williams - A Serenade to Music (plus music by John Rutter & Benjamin Britten)

Ticket/Info: £10 full price, £8 concessions (£2 off tickets purchased in advance) Contact Beverley on 07786125703 or Email bblockyer@aol.com

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: London Docklands Singers

Where: All Saints Church, Poplar, Newby Place, London, E14 0EY (All Saints DLR station) 7.30 p.m.

What: Carl Orff - Carmina Burana; Dvorak - Four Choruses, opus 29

Ticket/Info: £11 or £8 concessions Available from 020 7538 3176 or ldsingers@gmail.com

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Cranleigh Choral Society

Where: Cranleigh Village Hall, 7.30 p.m.

What: Rossini - Petite Messe Solonelle

Ticket/Info: £12 and available on the door or from 01483 274455  - or visit our website, www.cranleighchoralsociety.org.uk

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Bourne Singers

Where: St. Mary's RC Church, Old Coulsdon 7.30 pm

What: 'Across the Pond' - 20th Century American Choral Music to include works by Whitacre, Ives, Barber and Copland

Ticket/Info: £10 Children's tickets for all concerts are half price unless indicated. Tickets for concerts are available At the Door, from any Member, or from the Hon. Secretary, Tel: 01737 552238

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Leeds Festival Chorus

Where: Ripon Cathedral 7.30pm

What: Puccini - Messa di Gloria

Ticket/Info: For tickets see Chorus website.

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Stanmore Choral Society

Where: Arnold House School Hall, Donnefield Ave. 7.45 p.m.

What: Elgar - Songs from the Bavarian Highlands; Vaughan Williams - 5 mystical songs; Rutter - All things bright and beautiful, and others.

Ticket/Info: £12 Disabled access. Interval refreshments.

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Thame Chamber Choir

Where: St Mary's Church, Thame, OX9 3AJ. 7.30 pm

What: "The Food of Love" - Settings of Shakespeare.
The Bard has provided more inspiration to composers than any other source excepting the Bible. From incidental music of the 16th century to accompany the plays to modern settings by jazz great George Shearing, Christmas king John Rutter, Welsh maverick William Matthias and Finnish master Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, there’s music of all types here to make you laugh, cry and tap your foot.

Ticket/Info: Adults £12, Concessions £8, Children FREE email: info@thamechamberchoir.org

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Micklegate Singers

Where: Salvation Army Citadel, Gillygate, York 8.00 pm

What: "Shepherds and Shanties" - a concert featuring 'Phyllida and Corydon' by Moeran alongside works by Poulenc, Bax, Holmboe and Morgan

Ticket/Info: £10 (Concessions £6) from York Minster Box Office, Tel: 0844 939 0015, E Mail: boxoffice@yorkminster.org

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Village Voices Choir and Skellingthorpe Village Choir

Where: Weston-under-Wetherley Village Hall 7.00 p.m.

What: Concert in aid of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

Ticket/Info: £6 (including refreshments) are available at the door. 

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Choir 2000

Where: Baptist Church, Histon, Cambridgeshire

What: Stavinsky - Symphony of Psalms; Brahms - A German Requiem (in English)

Ticket/Info: www.choir2000.org

 

Saturday 2nd

Who: Oxford Harmonic Society

Where: Oxford Town Hall 7.30 p.m.

What: Rutter - Feel the Spirit; Vaughan Williams - An Oxford Elegy & The Lark Ascending.

Ticket/Info: £15 / £13 (conc. £13 / £11) from Tickets Oxford at Oxford Playhouse (01865 305305 or www.oxfordplayhouse/TicketsOxford ) or on the door.

 

Sunday 3rd

Who: Choir 2000

Where: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridgeshire

What: Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms; Brahms - A German Requiem (in English)

Ticket/Info: www.choir2000.org

 

Sunday 3rd

Who: Blackheath Choir

Where: St Margaret’s Church, Brandram Road, Lee, SE13 7.30 p.m.

What: Rutter: The Sprig of Thyme, Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna (version with orchestra), Mozart: Exultate Jubilate, Bullard: A Song of Heath and History  (Alan Bullard has revised his orchestration to include woodwind.)

Ticket/Info: £ 10.00 Telephone (020) 8852 7923, or at the door. Further information is also available on www.blackheathchoir.org.uk

 

Sunday 3rd

Who: Clarkson Singers

Where: St Peter's Church, Wisbech 3.00 p.m.

What: Annual Rose Fair Concert

Ticket/Info: On the door.

 

Sunday 3rd

Who: Cleeve Chorale

Where: Bishop's Cleeve Tithe Barn, Cheltenham Road, Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham, 7pm

What: 'Music Through the Ages' including Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine, Mozart - Regina Coeli K.V. 276, Bruckner - Gradual 1 (Locus iste), Alastair Cameron - 4 Preludes to the Seasons.

Ticket/Info: £5 (including refreshments) accompanied under 16s free,

 

Wednesday 6th

Who: Heath Singers

Where: Christ Church, Flackwell Heath 8.00 p.m.

What: An Evening of Song

Ticket/Info: Price £8.00 (refreshments included) Tel 01628 523942

 
Thursday 7th

Who: Heath Singers

Where: Christ Church, Flackwell Heath 8.00 p.m.

What: An Evening of Song

Ticket/Info: Price £8.00 (refreshments included) Tel 01628 523942

 

Thursday 7th

Who: Snaith and District Choral Society 

Where: Snaith Priory Church 7.30 p.m.

What: An evening of popular songs

Ticket/Info: Admission is free - a summer supper and Pimms will be provided - There will be a retiring collection.

 

Friday 8th

Who: City Chorus

Where: St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, Hoborn Viaduct & Giltspur Street, London EC1A 9DE 7.30 p.m.

What: Kerry Andrew - A Still Roar (Premiere); Vaughan Williams - Psalm 90 - Lord, Thou hast been our refuge; Ives - Psalm 90.

Ticket/Info: £10 including a glass of wine. Advanced purchase of tickets from http://www.londoncitychorus.com or email tickets@londoncitychorus.com.   

 

Friday 8th

Who: Vocality Claygate and Vocality Ewell

Where: All Saints Church Weston, Chestnut Ave., Esher, Surrey, KT10 8JL 8.00-9.15pm

What: 'Songs from around the world'. These two acapella choirs join forces to perform a programme of beautiful a capella harmony songs. It will include jazz, folk, spiritual, protest and even drinking songs from as far afield as Africa, the West Indies, Mexico, Georgia and Slovakia, to uplift and inspire on a summer evening! 

Ticket/Info: £5 adults/ £2 children on the door or in advance. See www.vocalitysinging.co.uk/events/ for details. 

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Harlow Chorus

Where: Chelmsford Cathedral 7.30 p.m.

What: Elgar - Dream of Gerontius.

Ticket/Info: Tel 01277 362440 Prices £15/£13/£12/£5. Online at www.harlowchorus.ticketsource.co.uk

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Questors Choir

Where: St John's Church, Mattock Lane, Ealing W13 9LA 7.30 p.m.

What: 25 Glorious Years of the Questors Choir - Anniversary Concert.

Ticket/Info: £12 (door), £10 (advance and concs), under 12s free –includes refreshments. Enquiries: Tel 8560 1005

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Adoramus Choir

Where: St. Clement Danes RAF Church, Strand, London WC2R 1DH 7.30 p.m.

What: Mozart - Missa Solemnis in C Major. 

Ticket/Info: Available on hotline 07816 998308 at £25 premium, £12 general, £8 children, £5 side balcony, no view. 

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Northavon Singers

What: St Michael.s Church, Winterbourne South Glos 7.30 p.m.

What: "Summer Serenade" - a mixture of Light Classical and Summer themed music including pieces by Elgar and Mozart.

Ticket/Info: £6 to include refreshments available at the door. A donation will be given to Great Air Ambulance Appeal

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Highgate Choral Society with The London Chorus and New London Children’s Choir 

Where: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SW1 7.30 p.m.

What: Carl Orff - Carmina Burana; Ronald Corp - The Wayfarer by Ronald Corp (world premiere); Ronald Corp - And All the Trumpets Sounded. There will be a pre-concert conversation between Ronald Corp and Richard Morrison at 6.50pm which is free to ticket holders

Ticket/Info: £40, £36, £32, £28, £24, £20, £16, £12, £8 concessions 50% off (limited availability) Tickets available online through www.southbankcentre.co.uk or by phone on 0844 847 9910

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Collegium Singers

Where: Merton College Chapel, Oxford, OX1 4JD  .7.30 pm Pre Concert Talk 7.00 pm

What: "Renaissance Choral Treasurers" - Concert of French & Italian Renaissance chansons & madrigals

Ticket/Info: Adults £10; (Students half price; Under 12's free)  Tel:  01884-849172 or book on line at http://collegiumsingers.org.uk

 

Saturday 9th

Who: The Addison Singers (Oratorio & Chamber Choir)

Where: St Michael & All Angels Church, Bath Road, Chiswick W4  (map) 7.30 p.m.

What: Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle; Morten Lauridsen - Nocturnes

Ticket/Info: £10 in advance (£8 concs / £2 under 16's), or £12 / £10 / £2 on the door. Online tickets available from http://www.wegottickets.com/f/2578. For more information see www.addison-singers.org.uk.

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Renaissance Choir

Where: Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral 7.30 p.m.

What: 'Tranquility' music by Poulenc, Tallis, Part, Lennox Berkeley

Ticket/Info: Visit www.renaissancechoir.org.uk

 
Saturday 9th Who: Festival Chorus
Where: St Luke's Church, Ramsden Road/Thurleigh Road, London SW12 8RQ 7.30pm
What:
Poetry in Music  - songs by Vaughan-Williams, Elgar, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Tom Peterson
Ticket/Info: £10 (Concession £6) on the door or from Northcote Music, 155 Northcote Road, SW11 or from St Luke's Music Society box office 07951 791619
www.slms.org.uk
 

Saturday 9th

Who: Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir

Where: The Winding Wheel, Holywell Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 7.30 p.m.

What: What: 'My Fair Lady' concert version semi staged

Ticket/Info: £10, £8 senior citizens and £5 children and students. Contact for tickets: Chesterfield Tourist Informatoin Office:  tourism@chesterfield.org.uk, tel: 01246 345777/8 or Janine Mannion Jones, JMJ Pottery, 140 Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield S40 2AR. tel: 01246 555461

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Downland Chorale

Where: St. John's Church, Canon's Hill, Old Coulsdon, CR5 1HA 7.30 p.m.

What: A Celebration of Choral Music from the Stage

Ticket/Info: £8, refreshments included.  Contact the following number 020 8660 9967 or info@downland chorale.org.uk 

 

Saturday 9th

Who: Surrey Heath Choral Society

Where: High Cross Church, Camberley, GU15 3SY

What: 25th Anniversary Concert: Rutter - Feel the Spirit; Rutter - The Sprig of Thyme

Ticket/Info: Tel: 01276 25348 Price £10 Full Time Students £5

 

Sunday 10th

Who: Bourne Singers

Where: St. Mary's Church, Farleigh 8.00 pm

What: 'Contemplative Music & Compline' - Programme of favourite music for a summer evening, followed by the service of Compline.
Refreshments are provided and madrigals sung outside as dusk falls.

Ticket/Info: Entry Free

 

Sunday 10th

Who: The Really Big Chorus with the Virginia Children’s Chorus

Where: Royal Albert Hall, London 7.30 p.m.

What: Orff - Carmina Burana

Ticket/Info: £36, £32, £21, £16, £13, £10 Tel: 020 7589 8212

 

Sunday 10th

Who: Sutton Valance Choral Society

Where: St James Church, Egerton (TN27 9DH) 7.30 p.m.

What: Last Night Choral Extravaganza (part of the Egerton Music Festival 2011)

Ticket/Info: £10 p.p.  For Box Office bookings please phone 07717 410798. For credit/debit card bookings, please phone 01233 629165 (after 2nd July, 01233 330316). Please note additional 25p charge for these bookings. Alternatively, visit Ashford Tourist Information Office, 18 The Churchyard, or after 2nd July, the Ashford Gateway Plus.

 

Tuesday 12th

Who: City Chamber Choir

Where: St Cyprian, Clarence Gate, Glentworth Street, London, NW1. 7.30pm

What: Percy Grainger: A Celebration. The Bride's Tragedy, The Merry Wedding and other Folksong settings. Also Roger Quilter, Five Lyrics

Ticket/Info: For tickets see website. Also available at the door.

 

Wednesday 14th Who: The Rowland Singers
Where: Lancing Parish Hall, South Street, Lancing BN15 8AJ 7:30 p.m.
What: Spirit of Summer - songs by Rogers and Hammerstein, Gershwin, Sondheim and others
Ticket/Info: Adults £7.50, Children under 16 £2 - contact
mail@rowlandsingers.co.uk
 

Friday 15th

Who: Canticum

Where: St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ 7.30 pm

What: Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (concert performance) Handel - Dixit Dominus

Ticket/Info: Prices £24, £20, £16, £10, £7 Box office 020 7766 1100 Online www.smitf.org

 

Friday 15th

Who: Six Vocality choirs from across London

Where: St George's Church, Bloomsbury Way, London W1A 2HR 8.00-9.30pm

What: 'Songs from around the world'. Around 100 singers from six Vocality choirs join forces to perform a programme of beautiful a capella harmony songs. It will include jazz, folk, spiritual, protest and even drinking songs from as far afield as Africa, the West Indies, Mexico, Georgia and Slovakia, to uplift and inspire on a summer evening! 

Ticket/Info: £6 adults/ £3 children on the door or in advance. See www.vocalitysinging.co.uk/events/ for details. 

 

Friday 15th

Who: Chandos Chamber Choir

Where: St Bartholomew the Less 7.30 p.m.

What:  English Pastoral Part-Songs - Vaughan Williams, Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Ireland, Robinson and others.

Ticket/Info: On the door or from 07941 085 486 Price £10.00

 

Saturday 16th

Who: West Devon Chorale

Where:  RC Cathedral, 46 Cecil Street, Plymouth PL1 5HW 7.30 p.m.

What: ‘English Cathedral Music’; Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor plus works by Taverner, Tallis, Byrd, Stanford, Purcell, Holst and Rutter

Ticket/Info: For further information contact the choir Administrator on 01752 776479 £8, students £3

 

Saturday 16th

Who: Alverton Singers

Where: Northallerton Town Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire 7.30 p.m.

What: Summer Concert

Ticket/Info: Further information and enquiries: www.alvertonsingers.org.uk

 

Saturday 16th

What: Octavian Singers

Where: The Lord Pirbright's Hall, Pirbright Village 7.30 p.m.

What: Summer concert "Times and Seasons"

Ticket/Info: Octavian Singers

 

Saturday 16th

Who: Harrow Harmony

Where: St John's United Reformed Church, 63 Woodcock Hill, Kenton Harrow HA3 0JH 7.30 p.m.

What: Mixed light programme includes Gershwin, Copland, Vivaldi, Mozart, Rutter, Abba and pop.   

Ticket/Info: Price includes buffet and programme:  £9 or £4.50 for under 12's.  Contact Alison on 020 8248 7260 or at alisonsr@hotmail.com Meet the choir and conductor, Hilary Musgrave, after the concert at a buffet

 
Saturday 16th

Who: Musica Vera

Where: St Peter's Church, Church Road, Leckhampton 7.30 pm.

What: "Daniel Jazz" and a selection of varied partsongs.

Ticket/Info: £9.00, to include refreshments, at the door, or from Cheltenham Tourist Information Centre, 77 Promenade, Cheltenham, Tel 01242 522878.  Children under 16 free.  All proceeds will go to Leckhampton Court Hospice.  Further details can be obtained from the Secretary on 01242 517258.

 

Sunday 17th

Who: Aldeburgh Voices

Where: Blythburgh Church, Suffolk 7.00 p.m.

What: Haydn - Little Organ Mass; Mozart - Church Sonatas; Albrechtsberger - De Profundis; Telemann -Laudate Jehovam Omnes Gentes

Ticket/Info: £12, £10 Under 27s half price

 

Tuesday 19th Who: The Rowland Singers
Where: Emmanuel United Reformed Church, St. Michael's Road, Worthing BN11 4SD 7:30 p.m.
What: Spirit of Summer - songs by Rogers and Hammerstein, Gershwin, Sondheim and others
Ticket/Info: Adults £7.50, Children under 16 £2 - contact
mail@rowlandsingers.co.uk
 

Friday 22nd

Who: Urban Voice

Where:  Minehead Middle School hall, Ponsford Rd, Minehead TA24 5RH 7.30 p.m.

What: Songs for Summer – everything from Gospel to Glee including songs by Verdi, Bizet, the Beatles, and Gilbert & Sullivan and numbers from Oklahoma!, Sister Act, River Dance, Guys ‘n Dolls & many more.  Something for everyone. Refreshments available.

Ticket/Info: £7 from the Regal Theatre Box Office on 01643 706430 or www.regaltheatre.co.uk

 

Friday 22nd

Who: Ashley Voices & Music Consort Choir

Where: Church of St Mary Magdalene, Battlefield (Nr. Shrewsbury SY1 1DX) 7.30 p.m.

What: "A mixed programme of sacred and secular choral and instrumental music for a Summer’s evening"

Ticket/Info: Tel 01630/672546 or email amsprojects@webplus.net

 

Saturday 23rd

Who: Urban Voice

Where:  Minehead Middle School hall, Ponsford Rd, Minehead TA24 5RH 7.30 p.m.

What: Songs for Summer – everything from Gospel to Glee including songs by Verdi, Bizet, the Beatles, and Gilbert & Sullivan and numbers from Oklahoma!, Sister Act, River Dance, Guys ‘n Dolls & many more.  Something for everyone. Refreshments available.

Ticket/Info: £7 from the Regal Theatre Box Office on 01643 706430 or www.regaltheatre.co.uk

 

Wednesday 27th

Who: Chantage

Where: St Dunstan-in-the-West, 186a Fleet St, London, EC4a 2HR 7.30 p.m.

What: Contemporary choral pieces including I am the Great Sun by Jussi Chydenius, Unicornis Captivatur by Ola Gjeilo and The Drowned Lovers by Judith Bingham.

Ticket/Info: Tickets available on the door, £10 (concessions £8)

 

Saturday 30th

Who: Somerset Chamber Choir
Where: Wells Cathedral, Somerset, 7pm
What: J S Bach - Mass in B minor

Ticket/Info: www.somersetchamberchoir.org.uk

 

Saturday 30th

Who: Leeds Festival Chorus

Where: Temple Newsam Park, Leeds 8.00 p.m.

What: Opera in the Park

Ticket/Info: £12  Box Office: 0113 224 3801 / Book online www.leeds.gov.uk/opera