Upcoming Concerts
We hope the wide range of music across the year and fantastic locations in and around Cambridge will tempt you to come and hear us! Click on the ticket prices links to book individual tickets.
The Song of the Mass: German Romantic Choral Music
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Musical Director: James Potter
Rheinberger’s a cappella Mass for double choir (subtitled 'The Song of the Mass') is one of the most beautiful choral works of the 19th century: elegant, rich and flowing. We place it among other sublime choral music from Romantic-era Germany, with songs, sacred music, and lieder by Brahms and Mendelssohn, as well as neglected songs by Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny Hensel.
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Saturday 7 June 2025, 7.30pm
Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge CB2 1QG Tickets: £18 | Students £9 | Under 18s free Available online from Ticketsource or on the door. Saturday 14 June 2025, 7.30pm
St Peter's Church, Horningsea CB25 9JQ Tickets: £14 | Under 18s £7 Available from the Plough and Fleece or on the door. Enquiries to Frank Hopkirk: 07804836516 or [email protected] |
Next Season (2025/26)
Visions of Paradise: Music of Remembrance and Consolation
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Musical Director: James Potter
In this concert of beautiful, celestial choral music, New Cambridge Singers conjure up the sounds of heaven itself. Music of profound consolation and depth, including an extract from Parry's well-known Songs of Farewell, and a complete performance of the masterly Requiem by Eleanor Daley, one of the most beloved and widely-performed Canadian composers of our time.
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Saturday 8 November 2025, 7.30pm
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Steeple Morden SG8 0PD Tickets: £14 | Students £7 With a retiring collection for the Royal British Legion. Saturday 15 November 2025, 7.30pm
St John the Evangelist, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8RN Tickets: £18 | Students £8 | Under 18s free |
Following the Star: Carols for Choir and Audience
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Musical Director: James Potter
Organ: Will Mason A carol concert with the New Cambridge Singers is the perfect way to kick off the festive season! This year, we journey with the enigmatic Wise Men, the Magi, seeing the star and travelling from distant lands. Well-loved music and modern classics, plus the opportunity to join in with favourite carols: a thoughtful and festive way to get into the Christmas spirit.
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Music by Handel, Jonathan Dove, Poulenc and more, plus audience carols |
Saturday 13 December 2025, 7.30pm
St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Willingham CB24 5HS Tickets: £16 | Under 12s £8 Includes glass of mulled wine or non-alcoholic mulled wine. Wednesday 17 December 2025, 8.00pm
St Giles’ Church, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ Tickets: £18 | Students £8 | Under 18s free With a retiring collection in aid of Shelter. |
JAMES MACMILLAN: Seven Last Words from the Cross
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Musical Director: James Potter
with the London Mozart Players Poignant, heartfelt, and searingly powerful, Seven Last Words from the Cross is one of James MacMillan's most gripping and effective works. For this special concert, New Cambridge Singers are joined by the London Mozart Players ('unfailing professionalism, artistry, and commitment to music') in one of Cambridge's finest venues. Alongside the MacMillan, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw's To the Hands echoes the Passiontide theme and reflects on tolerance and migration in the modern world.
There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm (ending by 7.15pm) and seating will be reserved for those attending – more details to follow. Programme:
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Saturday 21 March 2026, 7.30pm
Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1JR Tickets: £25 | Students £8 | Under 18s free |
Rise, Heart: Mystical Songs
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Musical Director: James Potter
Organ: Will Mason 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 humourous. 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.
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Saturday 20 June 2026, 7.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Great Chesterford CB10 1NP Tickets: £14 | Students £7 Saturday 27 June 2026, 7.30pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge CB2 1QG Tickets: £18 | Students £8 | Under 18s free |
Tickets for companions of anyone with long-term disability are offered free of charge.
