A Summary of all Classical Music Events.
October 2018
Choir Fusion – Male Voices wanted!
Full Circle Vocal Group will be teaming up with men from local choirs, churches and vocal groups to perform 4 songs at our end of term concert on Wednesday 12th December. We now need more male voices to complete our SATB set-up. If you sing tenor or bass and would like to join us, then please email polly@fcvg.co.uk You will need to be very familiar with the four songs before the first session (or sight read!) and be free on…
Find out more »December 2018
A Celebration of Carols and Christmas Music
Festive Music for the whole family! Holy Trinity Church, Guildford Friday December 14th, 7.30pm The brass and percussion of professional chamber orchestra Southern Pro Musica will be joined by the outstanding professional chamber choir Vox Cantab for an uplifting evening of carols and Christmas music in Guildford’s beautiful Holy Trinity Church. There will be something for everyone, with lots of opportunities to sing all your festive favourites – 'Jingle Bells', 'Hark the Herald', 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' and much…
Find out more »A Christmas Celebration
The Waverley Singers' Christmas concert is always an enjoyable occasion. This year, the programme includes choral works by JS Bach, Javi Busto and Carl Rütti, together with carols for the audience and a varied selection of choir carols and readings. Organist: Philip Scriven Conductor: Richard Pearce There will be a retiring collection for Home-Start Waverley. Tickets £15 - students and U16s £5
Find out more »Surrey Mozart Players – December Concert
Surrey Mozart Players, under the baton of exciting young guest conductor, Christopher Stark, warmly invites you to a concert of classical and romantic music to brighten up a winter’s evening. We welcome back local violin soloist, Emmanuel Bach, to perform Bruch’s dazzling and glorious Violin Concerto – “one of the best works of the Romantic period” (Classic FM). Also on the programme are Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 4 (Italian) full of summer sunshine and the concert opens with Haydn’s witty and…
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Saturday 15th December, 7:30pm, at the Electric Theatre Programme: Haydn Symphony No 101 "The Clock" Bruch Violin Concerto, Soloist Emmanuel Bach Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 "The Italian" Conductor Christopher Starck Tickets £19 (Adult), £5 (21s and under)
Find out more »The Manchester Carols
Join Cranleigh Choral Society on Saturday December 15th at St Nicolas Church, Cranleigh, at 7.30pm, for their performance of The Manchester Carols. Music and narration of the Christmas story by composer Sasha Johnson Manning and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy; together with carols for the audience. Soprano - Martha Woodhams, Baritone - Andrew Thomas, Narrator - Roy Woodhams; with the Merriman Chamber Ensemble, conductor Catherine Beddison. The Manchester Carols is an inspired collection of 12 carols, linked with a…
Find out more »Occam Singers: The Angels’ Carol
Rutter: Brother Heinrich's Christmas Britten: A Ceremony of Carols together with other beautiful Christmas music Saturday 22nd December 2018, 6.30pm St Nicolas’ Church, Bury St, Guildford GU2 4AW Tickets £15 on the door, pre-booked £12.50 (Students £7) BUY ONLINE NOW Tickets are also available at: Record Corner, Godalming (01483 422006); Guildford Tourist Information Centre, 155 High St (01483 444333); The Occam Singers (01252 783977). Take some time out from your busy Christmas preparations to relax and enjoy some wonderful Christmas music…
Find out more »January 2019
Handel: Messiah
More than 275 years have passed since the first performance of Messiah on April 13, 1742 in Dublin. It was received by a rapturous audience and its popularity continues unabated to this day. Messiah remains at the heart of musical life, with its vibrant choruses – including the Hallelujah Chorus - and poignant arias, in which I know that my redeemer liveth and The trumpet shall sound are best known. Join Guildford Choral and chamber ensemble Canzona for a truly…
Find out more »Choir Leader Networking Evening
Are you a choir leader in Guildford or the surrounding areas? So am I! It can feel a lonely place in between rehearsals, so I thought it would be nice to get together with other choir leaders to talk 'all things choir'. Join me on Tuesday 8th January 2019 from 6.30pm - 8pm at the Wilfrid Noyce Centre, Godalming, and be part of the first ever session to discuss choir-related topics including: Choosing, preparing and teaching new songs Marketing your…
Find out more »Songs from the Shows – Musical highlights from stage and screen
The South's outstanding professional orchestra, Southern Pro Musica, will be returning to Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Friday 11th January 2019 for its annual celebration of the New Year. SPM will be joined by the renowned GSA Singers from Guildford School of Acting for an evening of musical highlights from stage and screen. With favourites from the great musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe, together with some of the greatest film scores ever, this will be a…
Find out more »March 2019
Farnham Sinfonia
Farnham Sinfonia's next concert takes place on Saturday, 30th March at 19.30, St Andrew's Parish Church, Farnham GU9 7PW Soloist Richard Watkins French Horn Conductor – Matthew Taylor Leader – Elizabeth Cooney Programme includes: Elgar - Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20 Mozart - Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat, K.495 Matthew Taylor – Romanza for Strings Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op 40 Haydn – Symphony No 59 in A major “Fire” For tickets: call 01252 613130 or secretary@tilbach.org…
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