Promising four days of fantastic music entertainment, Cheltenham College will host the inaugural Choral Festival in its stunning chapel from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 February 2018.
Set to delight audiences, the festival will feature some of Europe’s best choirs and an enchanting variety of choral music, with audiences able to see The Queen’s Six, Merton College Choir, ORA Singers, and Cheltenham’s own college choirs.
SoGlos has rounded up event details below, with full information available by visiting cheltenhamcollege.org directly.
The Queen’s Six
Wednesday 21 February at 7.30pm
Established in 2008 and based at Windsor Castle, The Queen’s Six consists of six excellent singers who have come together to showcase their unique style of entertainment to a wider audience.
With an impressive repertoire that encompasses everything from austere early chant, florid Renaissance polyphony, lewd madrigals and haunting folk songs, to upbeat jazz and pop arrangements, Cheltenham audiences are in for a treat.
Tickets are available via ticketsource.co.uk.
Cheltenham College Choirs
Thursday 22 February at 6pm
See the Cheltenham College Choirs during what’s sure to be a brilliant performance, with the repertoire to be recorded and sold during the choir’s upcoming tour in Belgium and France.
Music lovers can look forward to hearing Fauré’s ‘Requiem’, Bairstow’s ‘Blessed City’ and Kendall’s ‘Their Kingdom, the air’ from the Combined Schola Cantorum; Lewis’ ‘The Souls of the Righteous’ from the Chapel Choir; and Pärt’s ‘Magnificat’ from the Chamber Choir.
Tickets are available via ticketsource.co.uk.
ORA Singers
Friday 23 February at 7.30pm
A critically-acclaimed a cappella vocal group, the ORA Singers is renowned for its musical excellence and fresh, engaging approach to music and performance, with its Cheltenham repertoire including Allegri’s ‘Miserere mei’; Tallis’ ‘Miserere Nostri’; and Plainchant’s ‘Maria Virgo’.
What’s more, the choir adopts an innovative approach by producing full productions with help from professional directors and designers – ensuring that its shows are unique and utterly spellbinding.
Tickets are available via ticketsource.co.uk.
Merton College Choir
Saturday 24 February at 7.30pm
A concert of English Choral Masterpieces in aid of the Holst Birthplace Museum, the excellent Merton College Chapel Choir will finish the Choral Festival on a high.
The anticipated concert will feature renditions of Walton’s ‘Coronation Te Deum’; Vaughan Williams’ ‘Thou Hast Been Our Refuge’ and ‘O Taste and See’, as well as music by Byrd, and pieces commissioned by the choir.
Tickets are available via holstmuseum.org.uk.
For more information and to buy tickets visit cheltenhamcollege.org directly.
