March 2022
A Celebration of Singing
At the kind invitation of the Director of Music and in collaboration with the choirs of Uppingham School At the kind invitation of the Director of Music, Andrew Kennedy, and in collaboration with the choirs of Uppingham School, we will be joining with their 200-strong Concert Choir and a professional orchestra to perform Gabriel Faure's magnificent Requiem as well as performing in our own slot, sharing movements from Rachmaninov's great Vespers which we will be performing in full in April. Tickets…
Find out more »April 2022
Vespers (Op. 37 from All night vigil) Rachmaninov
After twice postponing our original plans to perform this choral tour de force from the great Russian master composer Serge Rachmaninov, we sincerely hope to be able to bring this wonderful music to you this April. Full of rich, sonorous harmony, searing and soaring melody, rhythmic drive and thrilling climax, the Vespers is one of the all-time classics of the a cappella choral repertoire. Sung in the original church Slavonic language and with additional guest profundo basses to add the…
Find out more »June 2022
Joyous Jubilee Summer Concert and Black Tie Buffet Supper
Dear supporters, In past years, pre-pandemic, so many of you have been generous benefactors towards our efforts as a choir to keep presenting interesting musical programmes, work with exciting professional ensembles and soloists and offer opportunities to young singers in order to develop the next generation of choral musicians. After a break of two years, Leicestershire Chorale asks again that you may feel so generously inclined to support all of this work, given that regular concert audiences are decreasing in number and grant applications ever harder to…
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