Concerts
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A Tale of Two Swans
Our Lady's Convent School Gray Street, Loughborough, United KingdomOur 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. We co-present a programme of English and Italian madrigals, given in the resonant acoustic of OLCS Chapel, including music […]
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Verdi Requiem: 40th Anniversary Concert
De Montfort Hall Granville Road, Leicester, United KingdomWe look to kick off our 40th Anniversary in style with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s epic setting of the Requiem. Once 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 […]
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Messiah
Church of St Peter and St Paul Market Place, Uppingham, Leicestershire, United KingdomFollowing 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 […]
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Chinese Cultural Exchange
Leicester Grammar School London Road, Great Glen, Leicestershire, United KingdomA 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 […]
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This Have I Done For My True Love
St James the Greater Leicester, Leicestershire, United KingdomThe 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 […]