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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.

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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

Easter Concert 2025 – It’s New!

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Our Easter Concert at Holy Sepulchre, the National Musicians’ Church, starts with Brahms Symphony No 2 in D major, orchestrated for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani and strings.

After the interval, the evening will continue with the newly co-commissioned work by British vocalist & composer, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. Based on Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, we are pleased to be one of the 53 choirs from around the world to premiere this exciting repertoire.

Come & Sing… Brahms Requiem

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Join us at Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, for an instant concert of Brahms Requiem – an informal sing-through with the choir, orchestra and soloists.

  • Turn up with your music before 2 pm, find a chair in your voice section or audience section, and await the conductor’s baton. No need to register.
  • Entry is free but cash donations to Barts Cancer Unit/Holy Sepulchre Church are most welcome.
  • The session will be finished before 5 pm.

For enquiries, please send a message through our Contact Us page.

Our Christmas Concert 2024

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Come and enjoy an evening of music, with some favourite choruses & join in the audience carols after a glass of wine and a mince pie.

All proceeds will go to Barts Cancer Unit to make a difference for the patients, staff and families.

This Coming Autumn…

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Vector image of Samson destroying the temple
Samson destroying the temple

After the summer holidays, we are ready to start rehearsals on Friday 6th September preparing choruses from Handel’s Samson for our next concert in October. We rehearse in Barts-the-Less at 7 pm, which is in the grounds of Barts Hospital.

This will be followed by our Come & Sing in November of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, then we’ll be working on repertoire for our Christmas Concert with audience carols.

If you enjoy singing and like an informal approach, then join our choir. We welcome new members. For more information, send a message via our Contact Us page.

SAVE THE DATE

AUTUMN CONCERT – 7.30 pm on Monday 7th October
COME & SING… Mendelssohn’s Elijah – 2.00 pm on Saturday 9th November
CHRISTMAS CONCERT – 7.30 pm on Monday 16th December

An evening with Dvorak & Cherubini

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Join us for an evening in the company of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto that tells of unrequited love, followed by Cherubini’s Requiem in C Minor, singled out for praise by Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms some two hundred years prior.

Our concerts are currently hosted at ‘The Musicians’ Church’ – Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct – opposite the Old Bailey, around the corner from Barts Hospital.

All ticket profits are donated to Barts Cancer Unit towards that something extra for patients and staff. It would be great to have your company too.

Message us with any questions via our Contact Us page.