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Come & Sing – Mozart, Fauré & Haydn

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Firstly, Autumn Concert thank yous…

Thanks to all the musicians and singers on Monday night at our Dvorak Autumn Concert.  And to our helpers for organising and serving refreshments at our penultimate event in the National Musicians’ Church.

We have appreciated the incredible support and friendship of Holy Sepulchre during the closure of the Great Hall at Barts. Last season, we raised £2,000 for the Cancer Unit at Barts – to be used for improving facilities for patients and staff.  We also donated to Holy Sepulchre from our Come & Sing events.

Thank you all for your continued support and donations, we know it will make a difference to the Cancer Unit.

Come and sing… No need to book – listeners welcome too!

We continue this term preparing for our next event, an instant performance of Mozart Requiem, Fauré Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass – favourites and well-known repertoire for seasoned singers.

Join us on Saturday 22nd November at Holy Sepulchre, find your voice section and take a seat.

Baton down at 2 pm, when we will be joined by soloists and the orchestra. Refreshment will be available during the breaks and the afternoon’s event is expected to finish by 5 pm.

Entry is free! Donations to Barts Cancer Unit and Holy Sepulchre are welcome (cash only).

Venue

Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DQ

Nearest public transport

Train – City Thameslink (Holborn Viaduct)
Tube – St Paul’s, Barbican, Farringdon
Bus – 8, 25, 46, 56, 59, 133

Do send a message via our Contact Us page if you have any queries.

We hope you can join us.

Looking to Autumn 2025

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Thank you to everyone involved in our Summer Concert, it was a delightful evening.

After a summer break, rehearsals begin again on Friday 5th September when we’ll continue rehearsing Dvorak’s Mass in D major for our Autumn Concert, joined by the orchestra playing Dvorak’s Symphony No 6.

In November, there will be a ‘Come & Sing‘ event of Mozart Requiem, Fauré Requiem & Haydn Nelson Mass, following which we’ll be preparing for our Christmas Concert.

Enjoy Singing?

Join our choir, a small Barts choir with orchestra

all welcome – no audition

Message us via our Contact Us page.

SAVE THE DATE

AUTUMN CONCERT – 7.30 pm on Monday 29th September

COME & SING…  Mozart Requiem, Fauré Requiem & Haydn Nelson Mass
2.00 pm on Saturday 22nd November

CHRISTMAS CONCERT – 7.30 pm on Monday 15th December

Looking back to 2023…

Finally, leaving you with photos from our Easter Concert in 2023, courtesy of @sjc.snaps

A Busy Summer Term…

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We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Joanna Forbes L’Estrange for attending our Easter Concert to hear us perform her new work, A Season to Sing – a re-imagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Having Joanna in the audience and engaging in conversation with her was a truly wonderful experience.

After a well-deserved break, choir rehearsals commence on Friday 9th May at 7 pm in Barts-the-Less Church in preparation for our Opera Day taking place on Saturday 10th May of Verdi’s Il Trovadore, 2-5 pm at Holy Sepulchre Church on Holborn Viaduct.

Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay

And starting on Friday 16th May, the choir will be rehearsing CPE Bach’s Magnificat for soloists, choir and chamber orchestra, to be performed as part of our Summer Concert.

SAVE THE DATE

  • Friday 9th May – rehearsal of Verdi’s Il Trovatore
  • Saturday 10th May – Opera Performance Day, 2-5 pm at Holy Sepulchre
  • Friday 16th May – start rehearsing CPE Bach’s Magnificat
  • Monday 7th July – Summer Concert, 7.30 pm at Holy Sepulchre

Coming up in 2025

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Season’s greetings and a big thank you to musicians, singers, helpers and, of course, audience for making our Christmas Concert such a success. We raised a considerable amount for Barts Cancer Unit and had an enjoyable evening ahead of the festive season.

Choir rehearsals restart at 7 pm on Friday 10th January in Barts-the-Less Church, in the grounds of Barts Hospital. And we are looking forward to:

  • Our ‘Come & Sing’ instant concert of Brahms Requiem in German on Saturday 22nd February at 2pm.
  • And we will be one of the choirs performing the new composition of ‘A Season to Sing’ by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, on Monday 14th April at 7.30 pm.
  • Then in May, there will be an opera performance of Il Trovatore on Saturday 10th May at 2pm.

If you enjoy singing and would like to take part in these events, please send us a message via our Contact Us page.

New Year, New Term

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Our Christmas Concert in Holy Sepulchre on 11th December was a great start to the festive season – the programme included Christmas music, carols, wine and mince pies and was well attended – the profits being accrued for the Barts Cancer Unit. The audience appeared to enjoy singing well known carols with the choir and orchestra, and also the new venue!  Holy Sepulchre is a large church and there was an equally large Christmas tree beautifully lit for the occasion.

ALISON – Administrator

SPRING TERM

We look forward to starting rehearsals on Haydn’s: The Seasons next Friday, 12th January, at 7 pm in Barts-the-Less. Written after the success of The Creation, The Seasons is written for Soprano, Tenor & Bass soloists, SATB choir and orchestra.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no rehearsal on Friday 19th January.

Why not sing with us? If you enjoy singing and like an informal approach, join our choir – we welcome new members.  For information, message us via our Contact Us page.

We will also be preparing for our next Come & Sing in February, which will be Verdi Requiem. We have a wonderful instant concert on a Saturday afternoon with soloists, choir and orchestra. All that we ask is that you bring your own score.

Entry is free but you are most welcome to leave a donation to Barts Cancer Unit, which benefits from the proceeds of all our concerts and events.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

  • COME & SING… Verdi Requiem
    2.00 pm on Saturday 24th February
    Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, EC1A 2DQ
  • EASTER CONCERT – Haydn: The Seasons
    7.30 pm on Monday 18th March
    Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, EC1A 2DQ

Barts 900 Concert & Autumn Term

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Thanks to everyone for a memorable performance of the Messiah for our Barts 900 Concert – an enjoyable finish to our first 50 years, our last concert in The Great Hall before the refurbishment. And we are most grateful to our soloists for their participation.

Autumn Term 2023

The Autumn term starts on Friday 8th September with a choir rehearsal at 7 pm in St Barts-the-Less Church preparing Mozart Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass for our Come & Sing in November, the first in our new concert venue of Holy Sepulchre, around the corner from The Great Hall on Holborn Viaduct. Why not sing with us?