The Choir

The New Cambridge Singers is a chamber choir based in Cambridge, England.

Next Performances

Rachmaninov Vespers

The All-Night Vigil, or Vespers, is generally regarded as the pinnacle of Rachmaninov's religious output, and is an exquisitely beautiful working of traditional Russian chants, demonstrating through its huge variety of textures and rich harmonies a composer at the height of his powers. The movements of the Vespers will be interspersed with those of Bach's Partitia No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, performed by Russian Dunja Lavrova, one of the finest violinists of her generation.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 7.30 p.m
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

Full details of the rest of our forthcoming concerts are available on this site. Also you will find the latest news about the choir, general information about us, a summary of our repertoire, and details of works in our music library available on loan to other choirs. We rehearse on a Wednesday from 7.30pm to 9.45pm in Cambridge, in Churchill College, off Storey's Way. Membership is open to experienced singers of all ages by audition.

With around thirty-two voices, NCS aspires to the highest possible standards of performance in Baroque and contemporary British music, while also exploring a broad range of music from other periods and countries to produce varied and attractive programmes. NCS performs mainly in Cambridge and the surrounding region, rehearsing in Cambridge during school terms. It is distinctive among choirs of its size and quality for its policies of commissioning new works and performing with instrumental ensembles of appropriate size and playing style in the major works of Bach and his contemporaries.

We currently have vacancies for a tenor and a bass. Singers interested in applying should send details of their singing experience to our membership secretary here