Previous Concerts
| Sunday 27th June 2010 4:00 pm | The Great Hall, Reading University |
| Folk Music for a Summer Afternoon | |
| Rutter | The Sprig of Thyme |
| Copland | Old American Songs |
| Grainger | Folk-Song arrangements |
| Featuring Jayne Seymour (piano). A programme of folk music from Britain and America including nostalgic love songs, lullabies and sea songs. | |
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| £10 full price, £7 concessions (Your Reading Passport, over 60s, under 17) | |
| Saturday 20th March 2010 7:30 pm | Highdown School Concert Hall, Surley Row, Emmer Green |
| An Evening of French Music | |
| Fauré | Dolly Suite op. 56 |
| Bizet | Te Deum |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
| Featuring Erica Eloff (soprano) and the Oxford Sinfonia. Joyful French choral music ranging from the youthful exuberance of Bizet to the sumptuous orchestral colours of Poulenc with a brief excursion for the orchestra into Fauré's Children's Suite made famous by BBC Radio's 'Listen with Mother'. | |
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| £15 full price, £13 concessions (Your Reading Passport, over 60s, under 17) | |
| Monday 14th December 2009 7:30 pm | Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road, Reading |
| Come and Sing - Carols and Hallelujah | |
| An informal sing-along of favourite carols from home and abroad for choir and audience, including probably the most famous oratorio chorus of them all, the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. The BBC, led by BBC Radio 3 and English National Opera (ENO) in this the 250th anniversary year of Handel's death, has a nationwide project SING HALLELUJAH to encourage people to find their voice and discover the joy of singing through singing the Hallelujah Chorus. Everyone from beginners to established choirs is invited to learn the Hallelujah Chorus and to perform the work during November and December. There is no charge on the door but there will be a retiring collection for Daisy's Dream, a local-based charity helping bereaved children and their families, and Chorus funds.  | |
| Saturday 12th December 2009 7:30 pm | Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road, Reading |
| A Celebration of Christmas | |
| Mozart | Solemn Vespers K339 |
| Respighi | Lauda per La Nativita del Signore |
| Rossini | La notte del Santo Natale |
| Purcell | The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (soprano solo) |
| Mozart's 'Vespers', containing the famous aria 'Laudate Dominum' is complemented by a gorgeous cantata from Respighi, whose orchestral extravaganza 'The Pines of Rome' featured in the 2009 Proms, and a delightful miniature by Rossini. | |
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| £14 full price, £12 concessions (Your Reading Passport, over 60s), £2 children (under 17) | |
| Sunday 21st June 2009 4:00 pm | The Great Hall, Reading University |
| Choral Favourites | |
| Choral Favourites, including "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Rachmaninov's Ave Maria and some well-known Gershwin tunes! | |
| Saturday 14th March 2009 7:30 pm | The Concert Hall, Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| Bach | Cantata No. 4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden) |
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
| with the Brandenburg Sinfonia | |
| Saturday 13th December 2008 7:30 pm | Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road, Reading |
| Christmas Concert | |
| Carols by Candlelight | |
| Saturday 15th November 2008 7:30 pm | The Concert Hall, Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading |
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| Handel | Dixit Dominus |
| Vivaldi | Magnificat |
| Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
| Soprano | Nicola Jenkin |
| Soprano | Mary Seers |
| Mezzo Soprano | Cathy Bell |
| Tenor | James Brown |
| Violin | Joo Yeon Sir |
| Saturday 5th July 2008 7:45 pm | Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton |
| Summer Concert - Romantic Sacred Music | |
| Vierne | Messe Solennelle |
| Tallis | In Peace |
| Elgar | Give unto the Lord |
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine & Tu es Petrus & Ave Verum |
| Stanford | Lord in my Shepherd |
| Saturday 8th March 2008 7:30 pm | The Concert Hall, Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading |
| Brahms (for a flier please click here) | German Requiem |
| Saturday 15th December 2007 7:30 pm | Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road, Reading |
| Christmas Concert (for a flyer please click here) | |
| Music by Charpentier and McDowall ...and carols for Choir and Audience with Taplow Children's Choir | |
| Saturday 23rd June 2007 7:30 pm | Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College, nr Reading |
| Summer Concert | |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| Saturday 24th March 2007 7:30 pm | The Concert Hall, Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading |
| Messiah (with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, to download a poster click here) | |