New Year Update

Welcome to 2023 ! Thanks to all who came to our Christmas concert in Winchester Cathedral.  It was wonderful to be singing to a completely full audience, and also to hear the enthusiastic participation in the audience carols.

 We are starting this year with a coronation-themed concert on March 18th in the Cathedral.  We are performing several large-scale works composed for previous coronations, including Elgar’s Coronation Ode (written for the 1902 coronation) and Walton’s Te Deum (1953).  We are delighted to be working again with the wonderful Bournemouth Symphony orchestra, as these works require large forces.  The Elgar is relatively rarely performed, and is the work in which Elgar first set the words and music of “Land of Hope and Glory” together : it’s a great piece to perform.

 On June 4th we will be holding a “Come and Sing”, which will also be coronation themed.  If you would like to sing with us, keep watching this space and we soon be providing details on how to sign up.  We will work together in the afternoon and then the come and sing forces will perform the works in the evening, along with some extra works performed by the Wayns.  As always, we are very open to new people joining the choir, so if you enjoy either the concerts or the come and sing, do consider auditioning.

Beyond that, future dates for your diaries are October 14th in Christchurch Priory for a Brahms concert, also with the BSO, and our next Christmas concert on December 9th in the Cathedral.

We very much hope to see you at the concerts !