UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THIS PERFORMANCE HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED 7:30pm Sunday 5 April 2020 St Oswald’s Church A classical tragedy telling of the love of the doomed Carthaginian Queen for a Trojan war hero. Passion, witchcraft, betrayal and death told in glorious music from the 17th century. A complete concert performance […]
Newsletter: February 2020
Low Notes 14 By David Ward February 2020. This is the latest in an erratic series of newsletters about the choir that will include information about what we are singing plus irrelevant ramblings and observations from the back row of the basses. In a distracted moment at a Tuesday night practice, I noticed that the […]
Singing Day: Brahms Requiem
Saturday 14 March 2020 9.30am – 4.30pm Bollington Arts Centre Join Festival Choir members and their conductor Donald Judge to rehearse Brahms Requiem, a work beloved of all choral singers. We’ll be singing in English, and will conclude the day with an impromptu performance of as much of the piece as we can reasonably manage […]
Messiah for All
7:30pm Tuesday 17 December 2019 Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road SK10 5JR This year our ever popular annual Messiah for All will donate all proceeds to Bollington Arts Centre in memory of Jean Ransley. Join Choir members, soloists and orchestra of friends for an essential part of Christmas in Bollington! Tickets £6: 01625 511881 … Booking […]
Nine Lessons and Carols: And all was for...
3:00pm Sunday 15 December 2019 St Oswald’s Church Bollington Road SK10 5EG Why wait for Christmas Eve and King’s College Cambridge? Enjoy carols with references to flowers and fruit (not just The Holly and the Ivy, but apples, cherries, roses and divers flowers!) from your local Choir and join in some of the traditional favourites. […]
Hail, Bright Cecilia
7:30pm Sunday 24 November 2019 Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road SK10 5JR Celebrating the Patron Saint of Music and Musicians St Cecilia (22 Nov), women composers and three iconic women all named Emily. Soloists from the Choir & Rosalind Hall piano …three women composers of the 17th, 19th and 21st centuries… Isabella Leonarda Gloria in […]