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Concert by Somerset Chamber Choir – A Musical Epiphany

Kings College, Taunton TauntonSouth Road, United Kingdom

Somerset Chamber Choir Helen Lunt ‘cello Richard Pearce organ Graham Caldbeck conductor A Musical Epiphany Beautiful seasonal music performed by CandlelightMusic by: Palestrina, Parsons, H. Praetorius, Dering, Scheidt, Byrd, Sweelinck, Weelkes, Cornelius, Warlock, Howells, Poulenc, Edmundson, Mathias, Bennett, Will Todd & Ola Gjeilo Our New Year concert will be held on the day following the… Read More »Concert by Somerset Chamber Choir – A Musical Epiphany

Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Serenade to Music

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

Serenade to Music – A wide ranging and multi-faceted programme celebrates the power of music in a brilliant sequence of choral and solo vocal works from the C18th and C20th centuries.Some great instrumental works are included too for this Graham Caldbeck’s final concert as the choir’s Musical Director after an extraordinarily successful 27 years. He… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Serenade to Music

Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Unsung Heroes

Kings College, Taunton TauntonSouth Road, United Kingdom

Unsung Heroes – Neglected masterpieces of choral music Rheinberger's beautiful Mass for double choir, with organ interpolations by Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger and Bruckner, followed by Kodály's haunting yet thrilling Missa Brevis" Discover your new favourite composers! Be enchanted by the ravishing Mass in E flat for double choir ‘Cantus Missae’ by Josef Rheinberger, Liechtenstein’s greatest son,… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Unsung Heroes

Somerset Chamber Choir – Vivaldi’s Gloria

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

Somerset Chamber Choir Southern Sinfonia Richard Laing – Conductor April Fredrick – Soprano Cathy Bell – Mezzo-soprano Steve Lee – Trumpet Programme Details. Stabat Mater - Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1787) Salve Regina - Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1787) Trumpet Concerto – Giuseppi Tartini (1692-1770) Interval Gloria in D RV589 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Ticket prices - £25,… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir – Vivaldi’s Gloria

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Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Paradisi Gloria

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

Programme Details - Paradisi Gloria! Stabat Mater - Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1787) Salve Regina In F minor - Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Trumpet Concerto – Giuseppi Tartini (1692-1770) Interval Gloria in D RV589 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) The early eighteenth century was a golden age for music in the courts and cathedrals of Rome, Naples and… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Paradisi Gloria

Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Rachmaninov All-night Vigil (Vespers)

Kings College, Taunton TauntonSouth Road, United Kingdom

Somerset Chamber Choir Richard Laing – Conductor/Violin Anita D’Attellis - Piano A candlelit performance of hauntingly beautiful settings of the Russian Orthodox liturgy, with evocative poetry and timeless classics for violin and piano, enhanced by projected iconography and lighting. Arguably the greatest choral music ever written by a Russian and one of the finest choral… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – Rachmaninov All-night Vigil (Vespers)

Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – JS Bach St John Passion

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

Programme Details Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion BWV 245 A not-to-be missed event, featuring one of the world’s foremost evangelists and one of the UK’s finest Baroque Orchestras. Somerset Chamber Choir Richard Laing – Conductor/Violin The Musical & Amicable Society (Baroque Chamber Orchestra) James Gilchrist – Evangelist Sophie Gallager – Soprano Timothy Morgan… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert – JS Bach St John Passion

£10 – £25

Somerset Chamber Choir Concert -SONGFEST Songs of Love & Loss by Brahms, Elgar & Richard Strauss

Kings College, Taunton TauntonSouth Road, United Kingdom

SONGFEST Songs of Love & Loss by Brahms, Elgar & Richard Strauss 1. Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (folksongs) (a selection from the 11 songs) with piano, plus one or two additional Brahms partsongs (perhaps including one for female voices) unaccompanied 2. Strauss: Traumlicht (for male voices) and/or Der Abend unaccompanied ***INTERVAL*** 3. Elgar: A selection of partsongs… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir Concert -SONGFEST Songs of Love & Loss by Brahms, Elgar & Richard Strauss

£11 – £18

Somerset Chamber Choir – The Poets Inspire

Kings College, Taunton TauntonSouth Road, United Kingdom

Turn-of-the-20th & 21st-century masterpieces from the British Isles and America, inspired by classic poetry. Along with Elgar’s delightful Spanish Serenade, this concert offers a rare opportunity to hear Hamish MacCunn’s dramatic portrayal of Longfellow’s Wreck of the Hesperus, and Stanford’s unjustly neglected but beautiful setting of Tennyson’s The Princess. There is also an unusual chance… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir – The Poets Inspire

Somerset Chamber Choir – Sacred Music from around Europe

Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom

An informal performance (approx 30 minutes) of beautiful Sacred Music from around Europe which will be just one of the musical snippets during the afternoon as part of the Wake up Wells: Divine Inspiration taking place in and around the Cathedral throughout the day.

Free