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Collegium Singers June Concert – Here comes the Sun!Songs, ballads and madrigals to enhance a summer evening Musical Director - Elinor Cooper ProgrammeMy spirit sang all day – Gerald FinziNow is the month of maying – Thomas MorleyThe Flower – Alec RothGartenlieder: Im Wald - Fanny MendelssohnGartenlieder: Lockung – Fanny MendelssohnAbendfieir in Venedig – Clara SchumannA boy and a girl – Eric WhitacreO waly waly – arr. Guy TurnerTo be sung of a summer night – Frederick DeliusOver hill over dale…See More

Celebrating 400 years of William Byrd and his legacyProgrammeLaudibus in sanctis – William ByrdMass for 5 voices – William ByrdChriste qui lux 1 – Robert WhiteAscendit Deus – Peter PhilipsWhy fumeth in sight – Thomas TallisEmendemus in Melius – William ByrdAgnus Dei – Charlotte BrayAve verum corpus – William ByrdAve verum corpus re-imagined – Roderick WilliamTickets:-Taunton Visitor Centre, The Market House, Fore Street, Taunton, TA1 1JDTel: 01823-340470Tickets:-  Adults £15, Mum’s Discount…See More

Programme DetailsThe Angel Gabriel – Graham FitkinGabriel’s Message – Stephen PaulusTocata on Veni Emmanuel – Adolphus HailstorkRejoice in the Lord always – Anon (C16th)O magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de VictoriaWhat sweeter music – John RutterO come, O come, Immanuel – John RutterI wonder as I wander – Carl RüttiMy Dancing Day - Carl RüttiIntervalAngelus ad virginem – arr. Andrew CarterE’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul ManzThere Shall a Star – Felix MendelssohnA Ukrainian Prayer – John…See More

Collegium Singers November Concert - For the Fallen! Musical Director  - Elinor CooperCello – Keith TempestOrgan – Shean Bowers ProgrammeNunc Dimittis – Gustav HolstRest – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFor the Fallen – Douglas GuestCello suite No3 in C major – Johann Sebastian BachA Farewell to Arms – Richard Rodney BennettCanticum Calamitatis Maritimae - Jaakko MäntyjärviNimrod – Edward ElgarRequiem Op. 9 – Maurice DurufléTicket Link:…See More

Programme DetailsAmadeus Mozart – Great Mass in C minor, K427Ola Gjeilo – The SpheresOla Gjeilo – IdentityOla Gjeilo – The Ground (from Sunrise Mass)Joseph Haydn – The Representation of Chaos (from the Creation)Felix Mendelssohn – Psalm 95, Op.46 In our Summer 2022 concert in Wells (postponed from 2020 due to COVID), we will perform Mozart’s Mass in C minor, a piece that many critics regard as Mozart's masterpiece in the field of religious composition, and which has a breadth of scale and a…See More

Programme:I was glad – Henry PurcellThou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts – Henry PurcellGod save our Sov’reign Charles – Henry PurcellThe Lady Oriana – John WilbyeLong live fair Oriana – Ellis GibbonsAll creatures now – John BennetAs Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending - Thomas WeelkesWith Angel’s face and brightness – George KirkbyGloriana Dances – Benjamin BrittenZadok the Priest – George Frideric HandelCome Holy Ghost – William BoyceRejoice in the Lord – John RedfordO Lord, make…See More

Sea Fever!Musical Director  - Elinor Cooper Programme:O Waly Waly – arr. Guy TurnerLove’s Tempest – Edward ElgarThe Sailor and Young Nancy – Ernest J Moeran Carry her over the Water – Benjamin BrittenThe Dark Eyed Sailor – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsI love my love – Gustav HolstThe Lover’s Ghost – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsAll things are quite silent – Kerry AndrewWade in the Water – Moses HoganCanticum Calamitatis Maritimae – Jaako Mäntyjärvi Water Night – Eric WhitacreNever weatherbeaten sail – Hubert…See More

Somerset Chamber Choir ConcertThe Poets Inspire - Masterpieces inspired by Classic PoetrySomerset Chamber ChoirRichard Laing – Conductor/ViolinAnita D’Attellis – PianoShulah Oliver - Violin Programme DetailsAlong with Elgar’s delightful Spanish Serenade, this concert offers a rare opportunity to hear Hamish MacCunn’s dramatic portrayal of Longfellow’s Wreck of the Hesperus, and Stanford’s unjustly neglected but beautiful setting of…See More

A Christmas Celebration!Charity Concert in aid of St Margaret’s Hospice care Musical Director  - Elinor CooperOrganist – John Young Programme:Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Michael PraetoriusThere is no rose – Anon c.1420 ed. John StevensO magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria In dulci jubilo – German traditional arr. Robert Lucas PearsallOnce in Royal David’s City - arr. David WillcocksI wonder as I wander – arr. John RutterThe crown of roses – Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyO magnum mysterium –…See More

Programme: First halfSing Joyfully – William ByrdHear my prayer – Henry PurcellRemember, not Lord, our Offences – Henry PurcellRejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten Second halfLo, the full final sacrifice – Gerald FinziI was glad – Hubert Parry So much to Rejoice in, now that we are emerging from the pandemic.Collegium Singers' last live concert was on Match 14th 2020, just before the first lock down.  In the intervening months we have appointed a new Music Director, Elinor Cooper, who has…See More

AN INVITATION FROM ADRIANO BANCHIERI…."Whoever wants some light fun, come to the party for a little while!  Young lovers - bring your sweethearts!    Come hear the singing and ringing!Programme: Festino nella sera del giovedi grasso Avanti cena ( Op[.18 (1608) – Adriano BanchieriL’alouette – Clément JanequinLa Guerre– Clément JanequinCessez mortels de soupirer - Pierre GuédronJe suis bon garçon - Pierre GuédronPuis que les ans n’ont qu’un printemps - Pierre GuédronPraise blindness eies – John…See More

Songfest - Exquisite music of the Romantic eraSomerset Chamber ChoirRichard Laing – ConductorAnita D’Attellis – PianoKaren Wise – Mezzo-SopranoTickets: Adults £18, £15, (reserved), £11  (unreserved). Children/students half-price.Taunton Visitor Centre, Market House, Fore Street, Taunton, TA1 1JDTel: 01823-340470 – Open Monday to Saturday – 09.30 to 16.30 Ticket Booking link -…See More

Come and enjoy our annual Christmas offering. Music, Mince-Pies, Mulled WineMusical Director – Tomos Watkins  Programme:There is a flower – John RutterIt came upon a midnight clear – Trad. arr. David WillcocksOs justi – Anton BrucknerAve Maria – Anton BrucknerA spotless Rose – Herbert HowellsHere we come a-wassailing – Trad. arr. John RutterDeck the hall – Welch Trad. Arr. David WillcocksO little town of Bethlehem – Trad. Arr. Vaughan WilliamsIntervalJesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth…See More

Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion BWV 245 “ The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit” JS Bach A not-to-be missed event, featuring one of the world’s foremost evangelists James Gilchrist, and one of the UK’s finest Baroque Orchestras.Somerset Chamber ChoirRichard Laing – ConductorThe Musical & Amicable Society (Baroque Chamber Orchestra)James Gilchrist – EvangelistSophie Gallager – SopranoHamish McLaren –…See More

Collegium Singers present a journey through literal and metaphorical darkness to serenity.Programme:Te lucis ante terminum – Thomas TallisNight Prayer – Alec RothThe Day is Done – Stephen PaulusNightingales – Gerald FinziTe mea nui – Katherine BellLamentations of Jeremiah, part 1 – Thomas TallisLamentations of Jeremiah, part 2 – Thomas TallisCalmes des nuits - Camille Saint-SaënsStargazer – Alec RothEvening Prayer - Sheena PhillipsTallis's Canon – Thomas TallisTickets:- Taunton Visitor Centre,…See More