Age UK Christmas Concert
Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, United KingdomAge UK Christmas Concert at wells Cathedral
Age UK Christmas Concert at wells Cathedral
SOUND THE TRUMPET! Be sure not to miss this celebration of the choir’s foundation in 1984. Tallis’s extraordinary 40-part masterpiece will form the centrepiece of this very special concert which will also include two of the very finest English and German works of the Baroque era. Expect musical fireworks from the trumpets and drums so… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir’s 40th Anniversary Concert
Somerset Chamber Choir Richard Laing – Conductor Southern Sinfonia Simon Hogan – Organ & Celestra Katie Trethewey - Soprano Angus McPhee - Baritone Programme Details Requiem – Gabriel Fauré Organ Concerto – Francis Poulenc Salve Regina – Arvo Pärt Messe Breve- Yves Castagnet O Sacrum Convivium – Olivier Messiaen Jerusalem – Charles Gounod
In our Summer 2022 concert in Wells (postponed from 2020 due to COVID), we will perform Mozart’s Mass in C minor, a piece that many critics regard as Mozart's masterpiece in the field of religious composition, and which has a breadth of scale and a grandeur that recalls the great baroque choral masterpieces of Bach… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir – Mozart Mass in C minor
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.
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
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 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
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
A concert entitled "English Genius" featuring English music from the C16th through to C20th Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei - Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hear my prayer - Henry Purcell (1659-1695) This is the record of John - arr, Nico Muhly (b.1981) - Orlando Gibbons (1563-1625) O clap your hands - Orlando Gibbons (1563-1625) Hosanna to… Read More »Somerset Chamber Choir – English Genius