Music by two giants of the Baroque frame that by the great Romantic, Franz Schubert. Bach’s Cantata 192 Nun Danket, Based on the tune we know as Now thank we all our God and Schubert’s charming Mass in G are followed by Handel’s stirring Chandos Anthem The Lord shall arise, all with a professional soprano […]
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The Lord Shall Arise
Singing Day: Inspired by Shakespeare2017
Saturday 11 March 2017 9:30am – 5:00pm Bollington Arts Centre There’s an innovation this year as the Singing Day features music we’re singing in our Summer Concert. Singers of all ages and abilities are warmly welcome. A chance to sing some wonderful choruses from Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and from […]
Messiah for All2016/12/13 19:30 - 2016/1
Messiah for All is another Bollington tradition started by Dr John Coope. From a modest beginning with a few friends gathered round a piano, it quickly grew to include an orchestra of friends, to pack the Arts Centre, and to raise thousands of pounds for local charities. Don’t miss your chance to sing this evergreen […]
An English Christmas2016/12/04 19:30 - 2
Cecilia McDowall is one of our leading composers of choral music. Her exciting Missa Brevis features alongside Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on English Christmas Carols, a new work by Donald Judge setting a seasonal text from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and uplifting Carols by English composers and arrangers. Concert Tickets: £10 (£3 for 18s and under) 01625 […]
Rutter Requiem2016/06/12 19:30 - 2016/06
John Rutter is one of our most accessible contemporary composers and his tuneful, consoling Requiem is complemented by French music for soprano, choir and organ. Works by Gounod, Fauré, Franck and Saint-Saёns including gems like Ave Maria, Pie Jesu and Panis Angelicus.