Disappointingly, our Evensong on August 3rd is cancelled. Sadly, there was a mix-up at the Abbey and we found out we had been double-booked with another choir who are coming down from Yorkshire! It’s unusual for the Abbey to make such a mistake, but they were very apologetic and offered us a choice of dates…
Category: Cathedral visits
Tour to the Netherlands
At the end of May we shall be off to the Netherlands. On Saturday 25th May at 8pm we’ll be giving a concert of music by English composers at the Lokhorstkerk in Leiden. The Lokhorstkerk is a wonderful 17th century church with an organ that is 250 years old this year. Our programme features sacred…
Forthcoming events
We’re busy planning some exciting future events in 2024 – 25, including visits to Chichester and Ely Cathedrals, and a tour to the Netherlands. More on this to come! Meanwhile this October we are planning a concert in Lewes, featuring 20th century and contemporary British choral music. Details nearer the time.
Westminster Abbey, 13-14 August 2021
We made it! The Abbey were taking what they described as a ‘cautious’ approach – only sixteen singers permitted, single-file and masks on for processing, the men sitting two rows behind the women and no congregation allowed in the quire. It was a bit of a shame that our many family and friends who came…
Hoping to sing at Westminster Abbey
Nothing is certain these days. We are booked to sing Evensong at one of our favourite cathedrals, Westminster Abbey, on 13th – 14th August 2021, but are awaiting confirmation. Fingers crossed.
We’ll be back in 2021!
It’s been a quiet year, having to cancel our trips to sing at both Westminster Abbey and Ripon cathedral. But we have plans for 2021, so we’re looking forward to singing together again soon.
This Christmas and plans for 2020
In December a small group of us are taking part in the biennial fund-raising concert for Amnesty International in Lewes. It’s at St Anne’s Church on Sunday 15th December at 7pm. There’ll be many other performers – it’s always a great event and packed out. Tickets are £12 and on sale here. Come along and…
Rochester Cathedral weekend 25- 26 May 2019
We’ll soon be having the first of two rehearsals prior to our visit to Rochester. We haven’t sung at Rochester Cathedral before and are looking forward to it very much. Here’s what we’ll be singing: Saturday 25 May: Evensong 3.15pm: Annual Evensong for The French Hospital Canticles: Sumsion in G Responses: Houghton Anthem: Fauré Cantique de…
Rehearsing for Summer Cathedral Visits
We’ve had one of our three rehearsals for our forthcoming cathedral visits: Westminster Abbey: our fourth visit will be from Friday 20th July evensong until Sunday 22nd evensong. Music to include Byrd 2nd service, Brewer in D, Berkeley Missa Brevis and anthems by Blitheman, Osgood and Wood. Canterbury Cathedral: our first visit to Canterbury will…
Chichester Cathedral next month & 2018 plans
We’re back at Chichester Cathedral to sing the services on September 2nd and 3rd. Two anthems by Clive Osgood, Arvo Part’s Nunc Dimittis and William Byrd’s Four Part Mass are some of the pieces we’ll be singing. We’ve had the first of our two rehearsal days and are looking forward to the weekend. Plans for…