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SUMMARY:Glorious Gloriana!
DESCRIPTION:In the year of her Platinum Jubilee Celebrations\, we offer up our own choral homage to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II \nThe 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 and others\, juxtaposed with madrigals written in honour of her predecessor Queen Elizabeth I. \nTickets can be bought by emailing: tickets@leicestershirechorale.org.uk or via our TicketSource link: www.ticketsource.co.uk/leicestershirechorale
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/glorious-gloriana/
LOCATION:Bishop Street Methodist Church\, 10a Bishop Street\, Town Hall Square\, Leicester\, LE1 6AF
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220611T210000
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SUMMARY:Joyous Jubilee Summer Concert and Black Tie Buffet Supper
DESCRIPTION:Dear supporters\, \n 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.\nAfter a break of two years\, Leicestershire Chorale asks again that you may feel so generously inclined to support all of this work\, given that regular concert audiences are decreasing in number and grant applications ever harder to come by.  We could ask for this money in the form of a Crowdfunder\, or even by way of a general plea for individual donations to a specific project\, but instead we invite you a wonderful evening of choral music and solo song  on Saturday 11 June to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee followed by a delicious buffet supper of British classic dishes and some tasty wine. Please see your personal invitation at the top of this email for details\, and please RSVP as soon as possible to tickets@leicestershirechorale.org.uk. If you respond with a yes\, you will be sent further information and a booking form.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour incredibly kind donation\, beyond covering our catering and concert costs\, will help us to put on an exciting programme of events next season\, including a likely opportunity to: \n\nCome and sing with us in October\nSerenade you with songs of love in recognition of St Valentine in February\nPerform Francis Poulenc’s striking but devilishly hard Lenten Motets in March\nSing of the evocative colours of the night and associated flowers in July\nPerform with world-leading period instrument ensemble the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble on Saturday 10th December at St Andrew’s Church on Jarrom Street!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere’s a link to a video of us on our Youtube site so you can judge for yourselves if we’re worth sponsoring! https://youtu.be/gNLFfH6Lz40
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/joyous-jubilee-summer-concert-and-black-tie-buffet-supper/
LOCATION:All Saints Church\, Braunstone-in-Rutlnd\, 31 Cedar Street\, Braunston-in-Rutland\, Oakham\, LE15 8QS
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SUMMARY:Vespers (Op. 37 from All night vigil) Rachmaninov
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFull of rich\, sonorous harmony\, searing and soaring melody\, rhythmic drive and thrilling climax\, the Vespers is one of the all-time classics of the a cappella choral repertoire. Sung in the original church Slavonic language and with additional guest profundo basses to add the required depth of vocal texture\, our organist David Cowen will also display his mastery of improvisation as an occasional interlude to our vocal tapestry. Set in the sacred surroundings of St Andrew’s\, Jarrom Street\, this programme will hopefully captivate and offer appropriate reflection for the season. \nThe work was composed and premiered in 1915\, at a time when the world was in turmoil with more to come shortly after\, in terms of the denouement of the first world war and a devastating influenza pandemic. We find ourselves performing this work a little over a hundred years later when the world seems to be on the threshold of yet more war and strife. All art is political to some extent or other\, and we have thought long and hard about whether we should perform Russian repertoire. We have decided to go ahead- this performance is a call for peace\, dedicated to the Ukrainian people and all those in Russia who are opposed to the invasion of Ukraine. \nTickets now available from: \nwww.ticketsource.co.uk/leicestershirechorale or tickets@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/vespers-op-37-from-all-night-vigil-rachmaninov/
LOCATION:St Andrews Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, St Andrews\, 52 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicester\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Singing
DESCRIPTION:At the kind invitation of the Director of Music and in collaboration with the choirs of Uppingham School \nAt the kind invitation of the Director of Music\, Andrew Kennedy\, and in collaboration with the choirs of Uppingham School\, we will be joining with their 200-strong Concert Choir and a professional orchestra to perform Gabriel Faure’s magnificent Requiem as well as performing in our own slot\, sharing movements from Rachmaninov’s great Vespers which we will be performing in full in April. \nTickets £15/£10/£5; discount if purchased with An Evening with Dame Ann Murray on Saturday 19th March 2022. \nTickets are available for purchase through the following sources: \n\nBy contacting Uppingham Theatre Box Office via phone on 01572 820820 or through email.\nFrom TicketSource\n\nIf you have any queries about booking a ticket then please also use the Box Office number 01572 820820 or email boxoffice@uppingham.co.uk.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/a-celebration-of-singing/
LOCATION:Uppingham School Chapel\, Uppingham School\, High St W\, Uppingham\, Leicestershire\, LE15 9QE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211218T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211218T210000
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SUMMARY:Stille Nacht\, Heilige Nacht
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the magnificent surroundings of St Andrew’s Church\, Jarrom Street in Leicester for a concert of German choral music in celebration of Advent and Christmas. The programme will feature elegant choral music by Germanic composers through the ages in celebration of Advent and Christmas\, and will include music by Hieronymus Praetorius\, Felix Mendelssohn\, Max Reger\, Max Bruch and carol arrangements of traditional Germanic carols. \nStart time: 7:30 pm \nTickets available from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leicestershirechorale/t-ogormr \nLocation- St Andrews Church\, Jarrom Street\, Leicester LE2 7DH (just 7 minutes walk from Newark Street Car Park) \nhttps://goo.gl/maps/E3KrgyfxVRAztWw68 \nUpdate on COVID safety arrangements and refreshments \nRisk-Assessment-for-Leicestershire-Chorale-Christmas-Concert B 15 dec 21 \n \n 
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/stille-nacht-heilige-nacht/
LOCATION:St Andrew’s Church\, 53 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211016T193000
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SUMMARY:As to the Highest they approach more neare
DESCRIPTION:This concert\, will feature a programme of prayerful\, soothing yet uplifting choral music to help honour the memory of those we have lost over the last eighteen months. \nIt will include music by William Harris\, Alonso Lobo\, Josef Rheinberger\, JS Bach\, Johannes Brahms\, Robert Lucas de Pearsall and others\, and will feature organ and piano solos from David Cowen\, and poetry and prose from members of the choir. \nTickets can be purchased in advance through Ticketsource and are available on the door (cash only).
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/concert-of-soothing-prayerful-uplifting-choral-music/
LOCATION:St Catherine’s Church\, 1 Hinckley Road\, Burbage\, LE10 2DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - See nature rejoicing: singing to herald the early summer
DESCRIPTION:During the last few weeks members of Leicestershire Chorale have been rehearsing\, in ensembles of six singers\, a programme of madrigals for our forthcoming concert at St Andrew’s\, Jarrom Street\, Leicester on Saturday 3rd July 2021. This is a new venue to us\, and we will be singing at the kind invitation of Fr. Johannes Arens. \nThe concert will begin at 7.45pm and is by invitation only for The Friends of Leicestershire Chorale\, and for the family and friends of members of Leicestershire Chorale. \nThe programme will include music by such wide ranging composers as Camille Saint-Saens\, Benjamin Britten\, Orlando Gibbons and Cole Porter. \nThe concert is free to attend\, and donations are invited via our Support Us page on this website.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/see-nature-rejoicing-singing-to-herald-the-early-summer/
LOCATION:St Andrew’s Church\, 53 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210330T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210330T201500
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SUMMARY:'Now the green blade riseth'  A concert of choral\, vocal and organ music from Passiontide to Easter
DESCRIPTION:Despite the restrictions we have all been under\, Leicestershire Chorale have\, thanks to technology\, continue to have found ways of singing ‘together’ during this last lockdown period. We very much look forward to welcoming you as our guests in the not too distant future to some live performances\, be that remotely\, in person or in some combination of the two. \nFor now we have one more YouTube concert to bring you and the date for your diary is Tuesday 30 March at 7.30pm. For what we hope will be our last virtual concert\, we present a programme of choral music\, solo song\, organ music and poetry\, all recorded in individual singers homes and moulded together by technology wizards Gina Baker and Alan Hames\, to form a broadcast of about 45 minutes. \nThe concert will open with the whole choir singing the sumptuous and much loved 8 part motet Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740). \nThis will be followed by a variety of music and readings taking the viewer from the agony of the Passion in Holy Week\, to the joyous and hopeful Resurrection of Easter Day.  Featuring organist David Cowen\, our Countertenor and Musical Director Tom Williams\, and members of the choir in smaller ensembles\, we also hope too to release some previously unseen video recordings of music from previous live concerts\, including This have I done for my True Love by Gustav Holst (1874-1934). \nFinally\,  the whole choir will join to sing the joyful Surrexit Christus Hodie by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) the words of which strike a hopeful note both for Easter and for our lives post-pandemic. \nChrist is risen today Alleluia! \nFor the comfort of all people. Alleluia! \nRejoice in this Easter Day. Alleluia! \nLet us give thanks to God. Alleluia! \nThe concert is open to all and free to attend\, but donations to help defray our costs are always welcome. You can donate by going to our Support Us page on this website.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/a-concert-of-choral-vocal-and-organ-music-from-passiontide-to-easter/
LOCATION:You Tube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201221T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
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SUMMARY:Christmas Concert
DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to bringing you a concert of Carols for Choirs interspersed with readings for the season. \nWe will put together a virtual concert for you\, similar to our July and October concerts. \nThe concert will be broadcast on 21st December at 7.30pm and will be on our YouTube channel for you to watch with us. \nThe music will include: \nThe truth from above by Vaughan Williams \nAdam lay y bounden by Warlock \nUp! Good Christen folk\, and listen (Piae Cantiones) arr. Woodward \nA great and mighty wonder by Praetorius \nAngelus ad virginem arr. Willcocks \nThere is no rose Anon c1420 ed. Stevens \nNativity carol by Rutter \nStill\, still\, still arr. Ledger \nAngels from the realms of glory arr. Willcocks \nSir Christèmas  by Mathias \nIf you would like to sign up to our occasional newsletter via this website\, you will get a reminder nearer the time of the concert\, and be advised of any changes.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/christmas-concert/
LOCATION:You Tube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201015T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201015T200000
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SUMMARY:Concert featuring music by Henry Purcell
DESCRIPTION:We are currently rehearsing to bring you a concert of Leicestershire Chorale singing in person for you to watch with us on YouTube on 15 October at 7.30pm. \nWe are both rehearsing together\, and will perform together in a socially distanced manner. This performance will be recorded before being made available for you and the members of the choir to view from the comfort of our own homes on YouTube. \nThe concert will feature some of Purcell’s most famous and well loved pieces including: Hear My Prayer; Remember not\, Lord\, our offences; and I was Glad. \nOur YouTube channel can be found here\, and already has some performances available for you to enjoy. You might like to subscribe to our channel. \nIn order to keep up to date with developments\, please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter via this website. You can unsubscribe at any time. \n 
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/concert-featuring-music-by-henry-purcell/
LOCATION:You Tube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200710T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200710T193000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20200510T180039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200712T135357Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Performance on You Tube
DESCRIPTION:Dear supporter\, \nDuring these extraordinary times when we as a choir cannot meet to rehearse or perform\, nor you the audience come to one of our great venues to listen to us\, we have prepared a concert for you. \nFirst broadcast on 10 July 2020\, it is now available for you to enjoy on our You Tube channel. \nLeicestershire chorale’s First You Tube performance. \nYou might also like to sign up to our Newsletter here to receive occasional updates on our work and plans for the future.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/virtual-performances/
LOCATION:YouTube Virtual Concert\, YouTube.com\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200328T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200328T211500
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20190728T194556Z
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Concert - Central Composers' Alliance - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:We are very sorry but because of concerns about public safety this planned concert with the Central Composers’ Alliance (CCA) is now cancelled. We hope to be able to reschedule it later in the year\, and details will be posted on this website. \n\nKeep safe everyone. \n 
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/25th-anniversary-concert-central-composers-alliance/
LOCATION:St Margaret’s Church\, St Margaret's Way\, Leicester\, LE1 3RB\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200125T181500
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
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SUMMARY:Choral Evensong for Epiphany
DESCRIPTION:We travel to the neighbouring county of Derbyshire for a brief away trip at the start of the new calendar year to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany in the beautiful surroundings of Derby Cathedral. The Cathedral has the perfect acoustic for choral music and we look forward to deputising for the Cathedral Choir and bringing some Festal joy to the season. We will include some of the music we performed in our previous concert at St James the Greater\, plus canticles by Herbert Howells and the regular features of Choral Evensong. With Tom Williams\, Conductor and David Cowen Organ. \nThis is a free event. No tickets are required. \n 
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/choral-evensong-for-epiphany/
LOCATION:Derby Cathedral\, Centre 18-19 Iron Gate\, Derby\, DE1 3GP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191214T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20190719T195818Z
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SUMMARY:Shepherds\, Kings and the Christ Child
DESCRIPTION:Music for Advent\, Christmas and Epiphany with Tom Williams Conductor\, and David Cowen Organ. \nIt is always a great pleasure to return to sing in the church of St James the Greater\, with its arresting architecture and stunning acoustic. Our programme is of a slightly more esoteric and serious musical nature than that which we enjoyed bringing to the parish of Pickwell last December and will include some more contemporary compositions by Jonathan Dove\, JudithWeir and Bob Chilcott\, many written as commissions for the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College in Cambridge. David Cowen will also get an opportunity to display his skill and experience\, with organ music by Messiaen and other twentieth century French masters. \nTickets £15\, £12 (Friends of Leicestershire Chorale)\, £1 (U19 and NUS). \nTickets available here. \n 
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/shepherds-kings-and-the-christ-child/
LOCATION:St James the Greater\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 1NE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191012T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191012T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20190515T123436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190922T105613Z
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SUMMARY:Mendelssohn: The Young Master
DESCRIPTION:Tom Williams Conductor \nDavid Cowen Organ \nAvishka Edirisinghe Piano \nDanushka Edirisinghe ‘Cello \nLeicestershire Chorale is joined by talented young ‘cellist Danushka Edirisinghe and his pianist brother Avishka (a fomer choral scholar) for ravishing music by German romantic masters Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn. Our young Meisters will play music to include some of Brahms’ Sonata in E minor and Mendelssohn’s haunting Lied ohne Worte. This will bring balance to choral motets by Brahms\, Mendelssohn and the latter’s startling Te Deum in D major\, which at one point expands into a sixteen voice texture. We look forward to yet another excitingconcert at a regular favourite venue of the choir. \nTickets £15\, £12 (Friends of Leicestershire Chorale)\, £1 (U19 and NUS) \nClick here to buy tickets
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/mendelssohn-the-young-master/
LOCATION:Church of St Peter and St Paul\, Market Place\, Uppingham\, Leicestershire\, LE15 9QH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190629T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190629T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
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SUMMARY:Musical notes from across the pond
DESCRIPTION:With Catherine Griffiths Mezzo-Soprano and David Cowen Piano. \nFor our final concert of the season we are delighted to welcome back Mezzo-Soprano Catherine Griffiths\, who has appeared as a regular visiting soloist with Chorale over the past few years.  \nWe present a programme of music from American and British Twentieth Century Greats\, including Aaron Copland’s distinctive take on the Creation story of the book of Genesis\, Michael Tippett’s striking Spirituals from A Child of our Time and the hauntingly beautiful Hymn to St Cecilia of Benjamin Britten\, revised aboard MS Axel Johnson\, as the composer and his partner Peter Pears returned home from emigrating to the States during World War II.  \nTickets £15 from TicketSource (£12 Friends\, £1 U19 and NUS). Buy now >>
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/musical-notes-from-across-the-pond/
LOCATION:Fraser Noble Hall\, 2 University Road\, Leicester University\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE1 7RA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190413T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190413T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
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SUMMARY:Jesu membra nostri
DESCRIPTION:Dietrich Buxtehude and other Choral Music for Passiontide\nWith Leicester Cathedral Choir (Dir. Chris Ouvry-Johns)  \nLeicestershire Camerata\, and David Cowen Organ \nApril 2019 sees the renewal of our fruitful partnership with Leicester Cathedral\, their Director of Music Christopher Ouvry-Johns and his talented singers. Following acclaimed performances of Bach’s St John Passion and Rosenmüller’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary alongside the Cathedral Youth Choir and Chamber Choir\, we now give a joint concert alongside the main Cathedral Choir.  \nChorale will sing the beautiful music of Dietrich Buxtehude’s Jesu membra nostri\, a cycle of seven short cantatas each addressed to a different part of Christ’s crucified body. Amongst the cantatas the Cathedral Choir will intersperse music for Passiontide from their regular liturgical repertoire.  \nTickets £15 (to include a programme) from TicketSource. Buy now >>
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/116/
LOCATION:Leicester Cathedral\, 2 Peacock Lane\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE1 5FQ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190302T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190302T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T093306Z
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SUMMARY:In Illo Tempore
DESCRIPTION:Music by Monteverdi and the Franco-Flemish School\nWith David Cowen Organ \nWe begin our concerts of 2019 with a lesser-known but rather glorious Parody Mass by Monteverdi\, which draws its musical motivic inspiration from a six-part motet by the much earlier Franco-Flemish composer Nicolas Gombert. Whilst the mass ostensibly looks back to the stile antico (old style) of Palestrina\, and of course Gombert himself\, it is still imbued with a stylish touch that hints at music found in Monteverdi’s Vespers and other later works.  \nWe pair the mass and its parody motet with other settings from the Franco-Flemish school by Josquin and Adrian Willaert\, whose texts all begin with the same opening words: In Illo Tempore ‘At that time’. \nTickets £12 from TicketSource. Buy now >>
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/in-illo-tempore/
LOCATION:St Aidan’s Church\, St Oswalds Rd\, Leicester\, LE3 6RJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181215T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181215T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T131539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185831Z
UID:110-1544902200-1544909400@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Spirit of Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Sacred and Secular Choral Music for Advent\nWith David Cowen Organ \nJoin Leicestershire Chorale amidst the candlelit beauty of All Saint’s Church in Pickwell for an evening of sacred and secular choral music\, readings and organ solos to stir up the Christmas spirit in the season of Advent.   \nTickets £12 from TicketSource. Buy now >>
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/the-spirit-of-christmas/
LOCATION:All Saints Church\, Pickwell\, LE14 2QJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181110T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T131329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181007T125130Z
UID:107-1541878200-1541887200@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:War Requiem\, Benjamin Britten
DESCRIPTION:Conducted by Claus Efland  \nWith the Bardi Symphony Orchestra\, the Leicester Philharmonic Choir\, the Leicester Bach Choir and the Leicester Cathedral Choristers. \nTickets from De Montfort Hall box office dmh-tickets@leicester.gov.uk or 0116 233 3111
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/war-requiem-benjamin-britten/
LOCATION:De Montfort Hall\, Granville Road\, Leicester\, LE1 7RU\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180630T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180630T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180522T102255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T115550Z
UID:48-1530387900-1530396000@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Music Divine
DESCRIPTION:To finish our season in style we return to St Aidan’s Church in New parks\, fast becoming a favourite venue for the choir. \nThis programme celebrates our love for the art of choral singing and indeed our collective friendship enjoying it all together. \nIncluding music by William Byrd\, madrigals by Tomkins and Wilbye\, Bach’s majestic motet Lobet den Herrn\, Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the lamb and Vaughan Williams stunning Serenade to music. We also hope to commission new work both from a Leicester-based composer and possibly another from the European continent. \nTickets £12\, NUS £5\, U19 £1 \nBook Tickets
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/music-divine/
LOCATION:St Aidan’s Church\, St Oswalds Rd\, Leicester\, LE3 6RJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180316T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180316T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T132519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T132519Z
UID:123-1521228600-1521237600@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:This Have I Done For My True Love
DESCRIPTION:The choral music of Ralph Vaughan Williams features strongly in the latter half of our Anniversary Season and rightly so\, as it seems the perfect vehicle for a choir such as ours. Perhaps the most exacting piece of music the he wrote for voices\, the setting of the Mass Ordinaries in the key of G Minor will test our choral discipline to the limit but also offers a huge reward for paying careful attention to the delicate nuance of this most English of musical languages. \nWe add to the Vaughan Williams music by another English great\, Gustav Holst\, most famous for his Planets Suite. His gift for soaring melody and searing harmony wasn’t only restricted to his writing for instruments and is very much evident in both his a cappella and accompanied choral music. We are delighted to be returning to the fine acoustic of St James the Greater for such a well matched programme.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/this-have-i-done-for-my-true-love/
LOCATION:St James the Greater\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 1NE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180203T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180203T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T132622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T132737Z
UID:126-1517677200-1517684400@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Chinese Cultural Exchange
DESCRIPTION:A unique opportunity for children from across the county to explore the cultural heritage of China and Britain through folk song. Supported by Leicestershire Chorale\, in association with Rainbow Language Club\, young people will experience Britain’s choral tradition at its best and be introduced to the fascinating and colourful Chinese language. Calligraphy workshops and encounters with Chinese traditional instruments will bring to life the riches of Chinese music and art.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/chinese-cultural-exchange/
LOCATION:Leicester Grammar School\, London Road\, Great Glen\, Leicestershire\, LE8 9FL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Youth Find A Voice
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171216T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T133048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T133048Z
UID:129-1513450800-1513458000@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Messiah
DESCRIPTION:Following what we hope to be the glorious success of our Verdi concert a month earlier\, we turn to another giant of the popular choral repertoire in Handel’s oratorio Messiah. Arguably the most celebrated piece of classical music within the historical canon\, Uppingham Parish Church has waited many years to hear Handel’s music again and we are delighted to be bringing such a celebrated work to a special venue for us as a choir. \nWe last performed Messiah with a full period instrument band and four invited professional soloists. On this occasion\, we present the work with single strings\, no oboes and with step-out solos delivered by choir members themselves. In many ways this shows how far Chorale has developed as a group\, now to be able to take on such a challenge with limited input from outside the organisation.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/messiah/
LOCATION:Church of St Peter and St Paul\, Market Place\, Uppingham\, Leicestershire\, LE15 9QH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171119T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T133232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T133232Z
UID:132-1511103600-1511110800@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Verdi Requiem: 40th Anniversary Concert
DESCRIPTION:We look to kick off our 40th Anniversary in style with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s epic setting of the Requiem. \nOnce again in collaboration with the Bardi Symphony Orchestra\, we are joined by a cast-list of internationally-renowned soloists – Soprano Maureen Brathwaite\, Mezzo Catherine Griffiths\, Tenor Andrew Kennedy and Bass Graeme Broadbent and many friends and former members of the choir. In a further twist we open the concert with William Walton’s vibrant Coronation Te Deum performed in the full orchestral version\, including side drummers and fanfare trumpeters and conducted by our Patron\, the legendary Maestro Paul McCreesh.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/verdi-requiem-40th-anniversary-concert/
LOCATION:De Montfort Hall\, Granville Road\, Leicester\, LE1 7RU\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170624T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170624T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T133451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T133451Z
UID:134-1498332600-1498341600@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Swans
DESCRIPTION:Our Lady’s Convent School has recently become the fourth in the Loughborough Endowed Schools Foundation\, and this has delivered another opportunity for a renewal of the strong relationship between Leicestershire Chorale and the LES Music School. \nWe co-present a programme of English and Italian madrigals\, given in the resonant acoustic of OLCS Chapel\, including music by Monteverdi\, Gibbons\, Gesualdo\, Tomkins and many others. There is a wealth of repertoire here\, perfect for both chamber choir and small vocal ensemble alike and with all the emotional ingredients one could wish for to create a vibrant and arresting programme. We very much look forward to this collaboration and to presenting our efforts to you all in performance.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/a-tale-of-two-swans/
LOCATION:Our Lady’s Convent School\, Gray Street\, Loughborough\, LE11 2DZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170528T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T133747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T133842Z
UID:137-1495990800-1496005200@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Leicestershire Chorale Fundraiser Concert and Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Sunday 28 May 2017\, \nCome and support us in our annual efforts to raise money for our work with young singers\, both those who come to join our choir as Choral Scholars and those we work with as part of our YouthFindaVoice scheme. A 5pm concert filled with madrigals\, part songs\, solos from our existing scholars and much more will be followed by drinks and a black tie buffet supper in the stunning grounds of The Brand in Woodhouse Eaves. \nWe are very grateful to our most generous hosts\, Col. Robert and Janie Martin for kindly having us to dine in their grounds once again this year. The concert will be held\, as before in St Paul’s Church\, further down towards Woodhouse Eaves village.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/leicestershire-chorale-fundraiser-concert-and-dinner/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Church\, Church Hill\, Woodhouse Eaves\, Leicestershire\, LE12 8RT\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170408T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170408T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T134040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T134237Z
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SUMMARY:Orlando Tenebrae
DESCRIPTION:The stunning and thought-provoking surroundings of Holy Cross Priory Church in the centre of Leicester’s New Walk provide an apposite setting for this programme of music for Lent and Passiontide. At the centre of our sequence is James Weeks startling work Orlando Tenebrae\, written between 2006 and 2010\, which highlights man’s capacity for inhumanity towards itself through the reading of four secular texts\, set alongside choral invocations of three Tenebrae Responsories. \nWe are delighted to be joined for this performance by the Very Rev’d David Montieth\, Dean of Leicester\, who will read these poems from Fire in the Soul – a collection which muses on a theme of human rights that was published by New Internationalist – amongst our Weeksian choral interjections. \nWe preface this original and unique work with other settings of the Tenebrae by Orlando di Lasso and more generalised music for Passiontide by Thomas Tallis and John Sanders.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/orlando-tenebrae/
LOCATION:St Andrews Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, St Andrews\, 52 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicester\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170211T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170211T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180605T134154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T134154Z
UID:144-1486842300-1486850400@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:Te Lucis Ante Terminum
DESCRIPTION:Chorale makes its second visit to St Aidan’s bringing a reflective and devotional programme of choral and organ music\, plainsong chant and soothing words\, all inspired by the ancient monastic office of compline. This is a rich seam of music to mine\, which is often overlooked in favour of that written for more important religious festivals. \nTonight’s sequence promises another opportunity for rest and reflection\, amidst a busy and demanding world.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/te-lucis-ante-terminum/
LOCATION:St Aidan’s Church\, St Oswalds Rd\, Leicester\, LE3 6RJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161204
DTSTAMP:20260419T055706
CREATED:20180608T103332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180608T103332Z
UID:235-1480723200-1480809599@leicestershirechorale.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Very Best Time of Year
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy a cabaret-style atmosphere with mulled wine\, mince pies and Leicestershire Chorale offering music in a lighter style to kick off the Christmas season. Including music from “Mr Christmas” himself John Rutter\, arrangements by masters of their craft Peter Gritton and Keith Roberts and some less well-known gems from the pen of Richard Lloyd and Jonathan Rathbone.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/the-very-best-time-of-year/
LOCATION:St Andrew’s Church\, Station Rd\, Countesthorpe\, LE8 5BT\, United Kingdom
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