2019-2020 Season No. 40
2018-2019 << 2019-2020
Scheduled Events
| Date | Event | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 21st | Singing Day, led by Leslie Olive - Fauré Requiem/Carr Gloria | TBA | |
| Oct 26th | Choral Evensong, followed by Vivaldi Gloria | St Mary's, Reigate | |
| Nov 30th | Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (Organ), Fauré Requiem | St Mary's, Reigate | |
| Dec 15th | Carols | St Mary's, Balcombe | |
| Mar 28th, 2020 | Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony | St Edmundsbury Cathedral | |
| Mar 29th | Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony | Dukes Hall, RAM | |
| Apr 17th | Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony | Prague | |
| Apr 25th | Singing Day - Mark Wigglesworth - Verdi Requiem | St Mary's, Reigate | |
| July 7th | Verdi Requiem, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 | QEH |
Season Overview
Our 40th season starts with our now-traditional September singing day, with Leslie Olive leading us through Fauré's Requiem (to be performed in November) and Paul Carr's Gloria.
In October we celebrate forty years of concerts with a choral evensong in St Mary's Church Reigate, where it all began, followed by a performance of Vivaldi's Gloria.
Our November concert in Reigate features the ever-popular 3rd Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns, the "Organ Symphony", with Alexander Binns as soloist. Also in the programme is Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. Our traditional Christmas concert of festive music and readings takes place in St Mary's Church, Balcombe.
In 2020 we have no less than three performances of Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony, in collaboration with the Eye Bach Choir and the Prague Conservatiore Orchestra - the first in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, the second on the following day in the Duke's Hall in the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the third in Prague as part of a mini-tour.
In April, Mark Wigglesworth, erstwhile director of English National Opera, leads an open singing day in preparation for our performance, entirely from memory, of Verdi's Requiem, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. Also in the programme (in the QEH, not at the singing day) is Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto, played by Giuseppe Guarrera.
Quite a year.
Choral Evensong
Celebration choral evensong
Conducted by Leslie Olive
St Mary's Church, Reigate RH2 7RN
Saturday October 26th, 2019 5pm
Fauré Requiem
Bizet Overture to Carmen
Conducted by Leslie Olive
St Mary's Church, Chart Lane, Reigate RH2 7RN
Saturday November 30th, 2019 7.30pm
Ticket Prices: £22 (Front Nave), £17 (Rear Nave), £12, U18s/full-time students £6. Disabled and carer - two tickets at half-price.
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The Chorale's traditional Christmas celebration, with a new programme of carols, festive songs and readings.
Conducted by Leslie Olive
Sunday December 15th, 2019
Ticket Prices: £14 (Nave), £10 (Aisles). Usual concessions.
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We are joining forces with Eye Bach Choir and the Orchestra of the Prague Conservatoire in three performances of Vaughan Williams' majestic Sea Symphony, in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, in London and in Prague, the orchestra's home city.
English Arts Chorale
Eye Bach Choir
Prague Conservatoire Orchestra
Conducted by Leslie Olive
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Dvorak Te Deum
Smetana Vltava
Smetana Sarka
Saturday March 28th, 2020 7.30pm
Another Sea Symphony
English Arts Chorale
Eye Bach Choir
Prague Conservatoire Orchestra
Conducted by Leslie Olive
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Dvorak Te Deum
Smetana Vltava
Smetana Sarka
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
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Sunday March 29th, 2020 7.30pm
Tour to Prague
Continuing the collaboration with Eye Bach Choir and the Prague Conservatoire Orchestra, the Chorale is visiting Prague for a short tour in the week after Easter. The programme for the main concert will be a repeat of the concerts in St Edmundsbury and the Dukes Hall, and additionally there will be a performance of Fauré's Requiem.
Mark Wigglesworth, internationally-acclaimed conductor and erstwhile director of the ENO, will guide us through Verdi's Requiem as part of our preparation for the performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
St Mary's Church, Chart Lane, Reigate RH2 7RN
Saturday April 25th, 2020 10am - 4pm
Ticket Prices: £20, £5 (Students)
Season Finale
The finale of our 40th season is a performance of Verdi's great Requiem on London's South Bank, to be sung entirely from memory. Soloists include Linda Richardson, who sang in our performances of Britten's War Requiem last year, and Emily Bauer-Jones, who sang with us on our tour to Prague in 2006.
Also in the programme is Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, with soloist Giuseppe Guarrera, runner-up in the Montreal International Competition in 2017.
Parry I was glad
Verdi Requiem
Linda Richardson Soprano
Emily Bauer-Jones Mezzo
Andrew Henley Tenor
Emyr Wyn Jones Bass
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Op. 23
Soloist : Giuseppe Guarrera
English Arts Orchestra
Conducted by Leslie Olive
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