Concerts

After twice postponing our original plans to perform this choral tour de force from the great Russian master composer Serge Rachmaninov, we sincerely hope to be able to bring this wonderful music to you this April. Full of rich, sonorous harmony, searing and soaring melody, rhythmic drive and thrilling climax, the Vespers is one of […]

Dear supporters,  In past years, pre-pandemic, so many of you have been generous benefactors towards our efforts as a choir to keep presenting interesting musical programmes, work with exciting professional ensembles and soloists and offer opportunities to young singers in order to develop the next generation of choral musicians. After a break of two years, Leicestershire […]

In the year of her Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, we offer up our own choral homage to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The concert will include music written in honour of the Queen during her seventy years on the throne by composers such as Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, William Walton, William McKie, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, David Sawyer […]

We are delighted to welcome experienced, enthusiastic singers for our Choral Workshop sessions (10.30am-1.00pm, 2.30pm-5.00pm) learning a variety of Venetian inspired ‘cori spezzati’ polychoral works by Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, Hans Leo Hassler and, in the 350th-anniversary year of his death, Heinrich Schütz; also including music by nun-composers Isabella Leonarda and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani. With […]

Wie es war im Anfang, jetzt und immer dar As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be German/Venetian Vespers for Christmas - part of our celebrations of Schutz 350 A programme of German/Venetian choral music structured around the Catholic Liturgy of a Marian Vespers, including pieces of an Advent and Christmas […]