7:30pm Tuesday 17 December 2024 Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road SK10 5JR Proceeds will be shared between the Organ Repair Fund for St Oswald’s Church and the Choir. a charity providing quality choral music in Bollington. With orchestra led by Nicola Bright Tickets £10: 01625 511881 … Booking essential! From a modest beginning in the […]
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Folk Song Masses
7:30pm Sunday 1 December 2024 St Oswald’s Church, Bollington Bollington Road SK10 5EG Two charming Christmas Masses based on Folk Carols, one French, one Czech. Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit from 1694 sets the Latin texts to traditional folk carol melodies, while Edmund Pascha’s Pastoral Mass from the 1770s inserts the Christmas Story sung in […]
Dido and Aeneas
7:30pm Sunday 19 May 2024 St Oswald’s Church, Bollington Bollington Road SK10 5EG Bollington Festival Choir was within a few days of performing this concert in early April 2020. On March 14 that year, for reasons everyone will remember, members sang together – a Singing Day on Brahms’ Requiem – for the last time until […]
Singing Day: The Englishman Abroad
Saturday 9 March 2024 10.00am – 4.00pm (registration from 9:30am) Bollington Arts Centre The annual Singing Day features music by English composers depicting foreign climes including Elgar in the Bavarian Highlands and Alan Simmons in the Americas. We welcome singers of all abilities to enjoy exploring varied and attractive music in a convivial, supportive atmosphere. […]
BFC Diamond Jubilee
7:30pm Sunday 25 February 2024 Bollington Arts Centre Bollington Festival Choir turns 60 this year! With guest Wind Quintet Some highlights of concerts since the Choir’s 50th Anniversary will be reprised, along with new repetoire and solos from talented members, with our accompanist Rosalind Hall. The Choir loves singing Baroque music and several gems are […]
Winter Wonders
7:30pm Sunday 26 November 2023 Bollington Arts Centre On the first Sunday in Advent, a selection of seasonal music includes David Monks’ tribute to St Martin (Nov 11), wintry scenes from Purcell’s Fairy Queen and King Arthur, Donald Judge’s new Missa Brevis: Carols, Canons and Chorales, Isabella Leonarda’s Gloria in Excelsisi Deo, and a selection […]