CURRENT SEASON (2025/26)
Rise, Heart: Mystical Songs
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Conductor: James Potter
with Will Mason (organ) John Donne, Richard Crashaw, George Herbert – between them they represented a strand of poetry which became known as Metaphysical: a style at once profoundly spiritual, philosophical, and wryly humorous. Composers have flocked to set their poetry, which inspired some of their finest works: Vaughan Williams’ magisterial, moving Five mystical songs, Judith Weir’s haunting Vertue, and Gerald Finzi’s choral masterpiece Lo, the full, final sacrifice. This programme allows listeners to bask in the perfect union of words and music.
Programme:
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Saturday 20 June 2026, 7.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Great Chesterford CB10 1NP Tickets: £15 | Students £7, with refreshments included Available from 01799 530098, [email protected] or on the door. Saturday 27 June 2026, 7.30pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge CB2 1QG Tickets: £18 | Students £8 | Under 18s free Available online from Ticketsource or on the door. |
Following the Star: Carols for Choir and Audience
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James Potter (conductor)
with Will Mason (organ)
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Visions of Paradise: Music of Remembrance and Consolation
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James Potter (conductor)
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2024/25 SEASON
The Song of the Mass: German Romantic Choral Music
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James Potter (conductor)
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In the Beginning: Music of Myth and Creation
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James Potter (conductor)
with Gabriella Noble (mezzo-soprano), Hebe Kan (harp), Charlotte Dalmijn (percussion) and Alexander Hamilton (organ)
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A Shepherd's Journey: Carols for Choir and Audience
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James Potter (conductor)
with Will Mason (organ)
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Re-imagined: Vaughan Williams and the Tudor Revival
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James Potter (conductor)
with Will Mason (organ)
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2023/24 SEASON
The Lark Ascending: Music from Nature for Choir, Cello & Violin
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James Potter (conductor)
with Freya Goldmark (violin) and Chris Terepin (cello)
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Chorale: A Celebration of Melody
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James Potter (conductor)
with Will Mason (organ)
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Hallelujah!
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Tim Brown (conductor)
with Roland Robertson & Glen Dempsey (organ)
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Songs of Freedom
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Tim Brown (conductor)
with Glen Dempsey (organ)
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2022/23 SEASON
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion
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Graham Walker (conductor)
with Cambridge Baroque Camerata & OLEM Song School Choir
Saturday 10 June 2023, 7.30pm Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge |
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Songs of Springtime
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Graham Walker (conductor)
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Christmas Around the World
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Graham Walker (conductor)
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Music for Peace
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Graham Walker (conductor)
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2021/22 SEASON
Shakespeare on Song
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Graham Walker (conductor)
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Spring Concert 2022
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Graham Walker (conductor)
with Benedict Turner-Berry (organ)
Saturday 12 March 2022 Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge Sunday 20 March 2022 St Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton |
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A Festive Celebration
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Graham Walker (conductor)
with Benedict Turner-Berry (organ) Having missed the opportunity to sing for Christmas 2020 we were determined to pull all the stops out this year! A selection of popular and less-well-known carols, combined with plenty of opportunities for audience singing, was sure to keep the festive spirits going.
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Autumn Concert 2021
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Graham Walker (conductor)
Saturday 16 October 2021 Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge |
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2019/20 SEASON
A Christmas Collection
Graham Walker (conductor)
We interspersed movements of Stephen Dodgon’s quirky and original A Christmas Collection (world première) with familiar and less-well-known music by Palestrina, Mathias, Rütti and Rutter, alongside plenty of audience carols.
Brahms: German Requiem & Cello Sonata in E Minor
Graham Walker (conductor and cellist)
with Maurice and Thanea Hodges (piano)
with Maurice and Thanea Hodges (piano)
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Saturday 9 November 2019
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge Saturday 16 November 2019 St Andrew’s Church, Swavesey |
2018/19 SEASON
Songs of Farewell
Graham Walker (conductor)
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Saturday 22 June 2019
Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge |
J.S. Bach: B Minor Mass
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Cambridge Baroque Camerata, Lucy Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Jessica Kinney & Sophie Cotton (sopranos) and Gopal Kambo (tenor)
with Cambridge Baroque Camerata, Lucy Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Jessica Kinney & Sophie Cotton (sopranos) and Gopal Kambo (tenor)
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Saturday 16 March 2019
St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge |
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The Big Sing: Fauré's Requiem
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Saturday 19 January 2019 Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge |
On behalf of everyone at CPSL Mind, I would like to say a huge thank you for the second financial installment of £4,865 from the Big Sing 2019, making a grand total of £8,101.68! This is an amazing amount to have raised and we are simply overwhelmed by your support. |
Christmas Concert 2018
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Maurice Hodges (piano), Rohan Platts (harp), Sinfonia of Cambridge and Sylvia Armit School of Dance
with Maurice Hodges (piano), Rohan Platts (harp), Sinfonia of Cambridge and Sylvia Armit School of Dance
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Saturday 8 December 2018
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn Saturday 15 December 2018 St John the Evangelist Church, Cambridge |
In Remembrance: Duruflé Requiem
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Christopher Whitton (organ)
with Christopher Whitton (organ)
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Saturday 10 November 2018
St George’s Church, Littleport Saturday 17 November 2018 Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge |
2017/18 SEASON
O How Glorious
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Gregory Drott (organ)
with Gregory Drott (organ)
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Saturday 30 June 2018
All Saints’ Church, Haslingfield Sunday 8 July 2018 Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge |
Music for the Madonna
Graham Walker (conductor)
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Sunday 20 May 2018
St Botolph's Church, Cambridge |
Stabat Mater
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Timothy Gowers (organ)
with Timothy Gowers (organ)
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Including:
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Saturday 24 March 2018
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge |
Christus Natus Est
Graham Walker (conductor)
with King's Junior Voices, directed by Lynette Alcántar
with King's Junior Voices, directed by Lynette Alcántar
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Sunday 10 December 2017
St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Newmarket Thursday 14 December 2017 Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge |
In the Beginning
Graham Walker (conductor)
with Robin Walker (organ)
with Robin Walker (organ)
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Saturday 18 November 2017
Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge Saturday 11 November 2017 The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Harlton |
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Graham Walker (conductor)
In partnership with the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London
In partnership with the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London
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Rachmaninov transforms the plainchant melodies of the Orthodox Church into an incredible symphony of choral writing, offering staggering textural intricacy and emotional power, showing a composition genius at the height of his powers. The evocative chant-link melodies and legendary low bass writing are bound to be all the more atmospheric in the beautiful surroundings of a candlelit St Martin’s.
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Thursday 28 September 2017
St Martin-in-the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London |
2016/17 SEASON
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata and Vespers
Musical Director & Cello: Graham Walker | Piano: Marie-Noëlle Kendal
Renaissance Reimagined
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Newe Vialles and The Guildhall Sackbutts and Cornetts (directed by Jeremy West)
Renaissance Reimagined was made possible by grants from Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts and the RVW Trust, and by contributions to our New Music Fund and the New Cambridge Songs Scheme
Additionally performed on Saturday 22 April 2017 in St James's Sussex Gardens, London.
The Big Sing: Handel's Messiah
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Saturday 21 January 2017
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Victorian Christmas by Candlelight
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Many of our cherished Christmas traditions began in Victorian times, so get in the mood and join us for our festive performance of music from the Victorian era, atmospherically lit by candles around the church. There will be some carols for all the audience to join in.
Saturday 10 December 2016
St Mary's Church, Burwell
Tuesday 13 December 2016
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Fauré Requiem
Musical Director: Graham Walker
"The New Cambridge Singers absolutely slayed it yesterday evening! The Missa Solemnis by Vierne was amazing and gave me shivers."
"The concert was lovely – the Poulenc was new to us, and very impressive, and the Faure was magnificent – it’s the first time I’ve heard it with the organ rather than an orchestra. The singing was brilliant. Thanks for a great evening – we came away feeling positively uplifted!"
and a lady on the way out simply said 'ethereal'.
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata and Vespers
Musical Director & Cello: Graham Walker | Piano: Marie-Noëlle Kendal
- Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor
- Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Renaissance Reimagined
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Newe Vialles and The Guildhall Sackbutts and Cornetts (directed by Jeremy West)
- Byrd Mass propers for Ascensiontide (from Gradualia II)
- Tallis Canon in 8 parts
- Tallis Spem in alium
- Lassus Missa Bell’Amfitrit altera
- Giles Swayne Everybloom
(A New Cambridge Singers commission) - Paul Newton-Jackson Then the Angel Showed Me the River...
(A New Cambridge Singers commission)
Renaissance Reimagined was made possible by grants from Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts and the RVW Trust, and by contributions to our New Music Fund and the New Cambridge Songs Scheme
Additionally performed on Saturday 22 April 2017 in St James's Sussex Gardens, London.
The Big Sing: Handel's Messiah
Musical Director: Graham Walker
- Handel Messiah
Saturday 21 January 2017
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Victorian Christmas by Candlelight
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Many of our cherished Christmas traditions began in Victorian times, so get in the mood and join us for our festive performance of music from the Victorian era, atmospherically lit by candles around the church. There will be some carols for all the audience to join in.
Saturday 10 December 2016
St Mary's Church, Burwell
Tuesday 13 December 2016
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Fauré Requiem
Musical Director: Graham Walker
- Fauré Requiem
- Vierne Messe solennelle
- Poulenc Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise
"The New Cambridge Singers absolutely slayed it yesterday evening! The Missa Solemnis by Vierne was amazing and gave me shivers."
"The concert was lovely – the Poulenc was new to us, and very impressive, and the Faure was magnificent – it’s the first time I’ve heard it with the organ rather than an orchestra. The singing was brilliant. Thanks for a great evening – we came away feeling positively uplifted!"
and a lady on the way out simply said 'ethereal'.
2015/16 SEASON
O for the Wings...
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Organ: Jonathan Hellyer-Jones
Choral favourites from across the centuries are presented in a smorgasbord of popular classics for choir. Mendelssohn’s justly famous O for the Wings of a Dove and Parry’s majestic setting of I was Glad – sung at the Royal wedding in 2011, as well as every coronation since 1902 – provide a contrast with madrigals and partsongs from early to modern times. The concert will conclude with choral arrangements of popular songs from the twenties and thirties by Cole Porter and friends.
Saturday 2 July 2016
St Mary’s Church, Newmarket
Saturday 25 June 2016
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Mozart Requiem and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Violin: Julia Hwang | New Cambridge Players
A wonderful evening of classical masterpieces - the exuberance of Mozart’s Figaro Overture and the tragedy of his Requiem are set alongside the lyrical eloquence of one of the greatest of the Romantic violin concertos.
This Worldes Joei
Musical Director: Graham Walker
The pomp and bombast of Elgar’s Give unto the Lord and Stanford’s For Lo, I raise up contrast with the hauntingly beautiful This Worldes Joie by Arnold Bax and the effervescent The Twelve by William Walton. Howells’ posthumously published Requiem and Britten’s A Hymn to St Cecelia complete this survey of British music from the first half of the 20th century.
An Elizabethan Christmas
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Christmas Elizabethan-style, with works by Gibbons, Tallis and Byrd contrasting with familiar melodies from Piae Cantiones , a volume first published during Elizabeth’s reign but rediscovered much more recently. Festive refreshments will complement what promises to be an entertaining and informative evening.
Saturday 12 December – St James’ Church, Hemingford Grey
Tuesday 15 December – Corpus Christi College Chapel
Songs of Love and Loss
Musical Director: Graham Walker
New Cambridge Singers begins its new season with an exploration of music for choir and piano for two and four hands. Interesting and unusual works by Schubert and Britten are presented alongside the ever-popular Liebeslieder Waltzes and Faure’s Madrigal. The choir is joined by Maurice and Thanea Hodges, who as well as accompanying the choir will perform two intriguing works for piano duet.
Saturday 7 November – St Mary’s Church, Ashwell
Saturday 15 November – Emmanuel United Reform Church, Cambridge
O for the Wings...
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Organ: Jonathan Hellyer-Jones
Choral favourites from across the centuries are presented in a smorgasbord of popular classics for choir. Mendelssohn’s justly famous O for the Wings of a Dove and Parry’s majestic setting of I was Glad – sung at the Royal wedding in 2011, as well as every coronation since 1902 – provide a contrast with madrigals and partsongs from early to modern times. The concert will conclude with choral arrangements of popular songs from the twenties and thirties by Cole Porter and friends.
Saturday 2 July 2016
St Mary’s Church, Newmarket
Saturday 25 June 2016
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Mozart Requiem and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Musical Director: Graham Walker | Violin: Julia Hwang | New Cambridge Players
A wonderful evening of classical masterpieces - the exuberance of Mozart’s Figaro Overture and the tragedy of his Requiem are set alongside the lyrical eloquence of one of the greatest of the Romantic violin concertos.
This Worldes Joei
Musical Director: Graham Walker
The pomp and bombast of Elgar’s Give unto the Lord and Stanford’s For Lo, I raise up contrast with the hauntingly beautiful This Worldes Joie by Arnold Bax and the effervescent The Twelve by William Walton. Howells’ posthumously published Requiem and Britten’s A Hymn to St Cecelia complete this survey of British music from the first half of the 20th century.
An Elizabethan Christmas
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Christmas Elizabethan-style, with works by Gibbons, Tallis and Byrd contrasting with familiar melodies from Piae Cantiones , a volume first published during Elizabeth’s reign but rediscovered much more recently. Festive refreshments will complement what promises to be an entertaining and informative evening.
Saturday 12 December – St James’ Church, Hemingford Grey
Tuesday 15 December – Corpus Christi College Chapel
Songs of Love and Loss
Musical Director: Graham Walker
New Cambridge Singers begins its new season with an exploration of music for choir and piano for two and four hands. Interesting and unusual works by Schubert and Britten are presented alongside the ever-popular Liebeslieder Waltzes and Faure’s Madrigal. The choir is joined by Maurice and Thanea Hodges, who as well as accompanying the choir will perform two intriguing works for piano duet.
Saturday 7 November – St Mary’s Church, Ashwell
Saturday 15 November – Emmanuel United Reform Church, Cambridge
2014/15 SEASON
Haydn and Duruflé
Musical Director: Graham Walker
New Cambridge Singers and East Anglia Chamber Orchestra join forces for the first time in a performance of Haydn’s thrilling Nelson Mass and Duruflé’s achingly beautiful Requiem. Soloists Helen-Jane Howells, Lynette Alcántara, Stefan Kennedy and Alex Ashworth will join the choir and orchestra on stage in what promises to be an exhilarating and memorable concert.
Saturday 20 June 2015
St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge
One Equal Music: Music for double choir by Bach, Martin, Harris and Lassus
Musical Director: Graham Walker
A programme of exquisite music for double choir. Two of Bach’s motets, the joyful Singet dem Herrn and the yearning Komm, Jesu, Komm, are contrasted with two classics by Sir William Harris: Faire is the Heaven and Bring us, O Lord. Contrasting mass settings by Lassus and the 20th-century Swiss composer Frank Marin complete the programme.
Saturday 28 March 2015
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
Sunday 29 March 2015
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
Songs of Celebration
Musical Director: Graham Walker
An hour of glorious choral music from Byrd to Finzi
This hour-long afternoon concert presents a selection of celebratory music in a wide variety of styles. Finzi’s well-known God is Gone Up and The Heavens are Telling from Haydn’s Creation are performed alongside Ascensiontide motets by Byrd and works by Handel, Monteverdi, Bach and Vaughan Williams.
Saturday 14 February 2015
St Edward’s Church, Cambridge
Christmas Through the Ages
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Christmas music for choir and organ from the 14th to the 20th century
A panorama of festive music from Mediaeval to the present. We begin with works by anonymous 14th-century composers; move through Byrd to Bach, Schutz an beyond to Bruckner and Berlioz; and conclude with an exploration of 20th -century Christmas music from Europe and the USA.
Saturday 13 December 2014
St Peter & St Paul Church, Steeple Morden
Thursday 18 December 2014
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Hear My Prayer
Musical Director: Graham Walker
The Psalms of David have provided inspiration to musicians and composers across the centuries. In this programme, NCS explores settings of psalms both joyful and sorrowful, by composers as diverse as Byrd, Schutz, Allegri and Mendelssohn. Two settings of Psalm 90, by Vaughan Williams and Ives, open and close the concert.
Sunday 16 November 2014
Sidney Sussex College Chapel, Cambridge
Choral Favourites
Musical Director: Graham Walker
One of the first events to be held in Histon’s new community centre – this concert features Allegri’s Miserere, Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer, and other deservedly favourite works by Bach, Byrd, Finzi, Gibbons, Harris, Rachmaninov and Stanford.
Saturday 15 November 2014
St Andrew’s Centre, Histon
Haydn and Duruflé
Musical Director: Graham Walker
New Cambridge Singers and East Anglia Chamber Orchestra join forces for the first time in a performance of Haydn’s thrilling Nelson Mass and Duruflé’s achingly beautiful Requiem. Soloists Helen-Jane Howells, Lynette Alcántara, Stefan Kennedy and Alex Ashworth will join the choir and orchestra on stage in what promises to be an exhilarating and memorable concert.
Saturday 20 June 2015
St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge
One Equal Music: Music for double choir by Bach, Martin, Harris and Lassus
Musical Director: Graham Walker
A programme of exquisite music for double choir. Two of Bach’s motets, the joyful Singet dem Herrn and the yearning Komm, Jesu, Komm, are contrasted with two classics by Sir William Harris: Faire is the Heaven and Bring us, O Lord. Contrasting mass settings by Lassus and the 20th-century Swiss composer Frank Marin complete the programme.
Saturday 28 March 2015
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
Sunday 29 March 2015
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
Songs of Celebration
Musical Director: Graham Walker
An hour of glorious choral music from Byrd to Finzi
This hour-long afternoon concert presents a selection of celebratory music in a wide variety of styles. Finzi’s well-known God is Gone Up and The Heavens are Telling from Haydn’s Creation are performed alongside Ascensiontide motets by Byrd and works by Handel, Monteverdi, Bach and Vaughan Williams.
Saturday 14 February 2015
St Edward’s Church, Cambridge
Christmas Through the Ages
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Christmas music for choir and organ from the 14th to the 20th century
A panorama of festive music from Mediaeval to the present. We begin with works by anonymous 14th-century composers; move through Byrd to Bach, Schutz an beyond to Bruckner and Berlioz; and conclude with an exploration of 20th -century Christmas music from Europe and the USA.
Saturday 13 December 2014
St Peter & St Paul Church, Steeple Morden
Thursday 18 December 2014
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Hear My Prayer
Musical Director: Graham Walker
The Psalms of David have provided inspiration to musicians and composers across the centuries. In this programme, NCS explores settings of psalms both joyful and sorrowful, by composers as diverse as Byrd, Schutz, Allegri and Mendelssohn. Two settings of Psalm 90, by Vaughan Williams and Ives, open and close the concert.
Sunday 16 November 2014
Sidney Sussex College Chapel, Cambridge
Choral Favourites
Musical Director: Graham Walker
One of the first events to be held in Histon’s new community centre – this concert features Allegri’s Miserere, Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer, and other deservedly favourite works by Bach, Byrd, Finzi, Gibbons, Harris, Rachmaninov and Stanford.
Saturday 15 November 2014
St Andrew’s Centre, Histon
2013/14 SEASON
June 2014
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Summer concert
Sacred music by Byrd, Stanford and Howells as well as secular music by McCabe, Finzi and a few Colombian songs!
February 2014
Musical Director: Graham Walker
An hour long concert of music by Byrd and Rachmaninov.
Christmas Concert: Out of Darkness
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Telling of the Christmas story with wonderful music through the ages
November 2013
Musical Director: Graham Walker
A programme of French masterpieces including Duruflé’s Requiem, Langlais’ Messe Solenelle, Poulenc’s Litanies a la Vierge Noire and Messiaen’s O Sacrum Convivium.
June 2014
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Summer concert
Sacred music by Byrd, Stanford and Howells as well as secular music by McCabe, Finzi and a few Colombian songs!
February 2014
Musical Director: Graham Walker
An hour long concert of music by Byrd and Rachmaninov.
Christmas Concert: Out of Darkness
Musical Director: Graham Walker
Telling of the Christmas story with wonderful music through the ages
November 2013
Musical Director: Graham Walker
A programme of French masterpieces including Duruflé’s Requiem, Langlais’ Messe Solenelle, Poulenc’s Litanies a la Vierge Noire and Messiaen’s O Sacrum Convivium.