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It was such a privilege for the choir to be invited to sing Fauré’s Requiem as part of the Solemn Mass for All Souls Day at St. John the Evangelist […]

We’re back! It was so good to be able to sing together and start preparations for our next concert of Fauré’s Requiem on Sat 20th Nov.

Booking for the Tallis Scholars concert ‘The Light of the Heavenly Spheres’ on 19th November opened today.

Spaces remain for Tenors and Basses (including lady tenors) on this Run by Singers week in Lincoln – but don’t delay!If you would relish spending a week immersed in the stunning music […]

I’m sure you’ve wondered what choral singers contemporary with, say, Bach, sounded like singing the Maestro’s music – a cantata a week in Leipzig, not to mention the Passions. And […]

One of our guest speakers last February, countertenor Patrick Craig, sang this lovely opera aria by Cavalli in St Marc’s Basilica, Venice, yesterday. Francesco Cavalli worked in San Marco for sixty […]

This looks interesting – a Zoom choral workshop with Rory McCleery, directer of The Marian Consort. I’ve done workshops with him many years ago and he’s good; lovely repertoire too. […]

Hello Everyone,Well, how exciting is that!The Bristol Hippodrome | WNO Carol

If you felt inspired by David Allinson’s Zoom night yesterday, you might like to know that he will be leading a Summer  School in Lincoln of music by Taverner, Byrd […]

This short hymn dates to the 14th century, and has sometimes been attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d 1362). Ave, verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine: vere passum, immolatum in […]

Runbysingers is offering singers a rare opportunity to rehearse, sing, and record  Brahms Requiem – in English – online. Music is provided and all sections are rehearsed separately.  The final concert will be […]

Carol sent this written by a fellow-singing friend of hers.  She has also suggested that it would be good if it could be set to music! Now there’s a challenge! […]

Please forgive the slightly impersonal nature of this communication, but I wanted to reach as many people as possible. As you are no doubt aware, the government have decreed that […]

Members may be interested in this from the Tenebrae Choir, running from Sunday 28 March to Sunday 4 April. Carol Buxton

I’ve been saving this one for Easter, as although the text is for Ash Wednesday, the Sistine Chapel Choir, for whom it was composed, sung it on Good Friday too, and […]

Those who have joined on zoom recently will know I’ve been hinting at a project I’ve been working on over the last couple of months. A new online festival is […]

Invitation to join Runbysingers event from 9-26 March

Peter Wagstaff talks about Bristol Cathedral's organ.

The birth of a virtual choir.

Links to sheet music for our online rehearsals in spring term 2021.

Music for Lent The Lord’s Prayer in Russian  Psalm 51: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out […]

What the Tudors (and others) did for us St Valentine’s Day may have passed, but this FREE online talk on Saturday 6th March is entitled ‘If Ye Love Me’ . […]

Patrick Craig: Further talks I hope you enjoyed last nights presentation from Patrick Craig – what a bonus to have him sing for us! There was a fleeting mention of […]

Music and words for Candlemas

The Young Self Isolation Choir with Ben England now meets from 10am – 10.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. “Ben at Ten” is for children aged 3 – 12 and my granddaughters […]

G.F. Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus performed as never before!

John Broughton shares one of his favourite pieces from 2020

There is always a way… Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform Carol Buxton

Another opportunity to keep our vocal chords flexed. You either love him or… The Glory of Rutter – 2 February to 20 March 2021 with Matt Finch Matt Finch was […]

We heard all about Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ from Tom on a Zoom presentation recently. Here’s your chance to sing it from the comfort of your armchair. I’ll be tuning-in, in preparation […]

I apologise that I gave the wrong date for Self-Isolation Choir performance of Mahler 2 last night. NOVEMBER 14TH  7.30 pm on YouTube is correct, however I’m not sure if it is the […]

I decided that I would hold fire this week, but a friend sent me this, so… A setting of the Lamentations (in Hebrew) in early Baroque style, composed by the […]

This is an extract from a BBC 4 programme broadcast some while back. I was reminded of it listening to Jeremy this evening. What he didn’t say about the ‘orphanage’ […]