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Buckingham Choral Society performs 3 concerts during the year, usually in the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. In addition, in December, we are also involved with the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at the church and other carol concerts and services in the local area.

Julian Mann

Anthems for You - A Celebration of Church Music across the Centuries
Saturday 3rd July 2010, Buckingham Parish Church, 8.00 p.m

An opportunity to enjoy your favourite and well-known church anthems from across the centuries including Handel’s 'Zadok the Priest', Franck's 'Panis Angelicus', Mozart's', 'Ave Verum Corpus', Parry's 'I was Glad', Howard Goodall's 'The Lord is my Shepherd' (the popular 'Vicar of Dibley' version) – a w-w-w-w-wonderful evening’s music!

Tickets

Tickets for the Concert are priced at £10, £5 under 18s (including free interval drink) and are available from The Duke's Music 24 Market Hill, Buckingham MK18 1JX tel: 01280 821771, and
Buckingham Tourist Info Old Gaol, Market Square, Buckingham MK18 1EW tel: 01280 823020.

 

 

Future Concerts:

December 4th 2010:                                                                                        

Mozart's Solemn Vespers & Requiem and Exsultate Jubilate      

This is bound to be a very popular concert.... a real feast for all music lovers featuring a whole evening of classic music by Mozart.

April 9th 2011 at Stowe Chapel:                                                                                        

Bach's St Matthew Passion

The definitive musical experience for Holy Week and Easter. Joint concert with the Great Missenden Choral Society for the performance of one of Bach's finest achievements and one of the pinnacles of sacred choral music.

 

Recent Concerts:

2010:
Spring - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle"

2009:
Spring - Mozart - Mass in C Minor, Haydn - Nelson Mass
Summer - Horovitz - Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, Rutter - Birthday Madrigals,Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
Autumn - Mendelssohn - Elijah

2008:
Spring - Gounod - Messe Solennelle de Saint Cecile, Handel - Chandos Anthem No. 9
Summer - Mozart - Coronation Mass in C, Handel - Zadok the Priest, Purcell - O sing unto the Lord     Autumn - Rutter - Mass of the Children, Mozart - Requiem

2007:
Spring - Handel - Messiah
Summer - A Summer’s Night at the Opera – various choruses                                                            Autumn - Todd - Mass in Blue (the Jazz Mass) , Byrd - Mass for Four Voices

2006:
Spring - Verdi - Requiem
Summer - Bernstein – West Side Story, Rogers & Hammerstein – The Sound of Music
Autumn - Schubert – Mass in A Flat, Charpentier – Te Deum

2005:
Spring - Jenkins – The Armed Man, Mendelssohn - Lobesgang
Summer - Elgar – The Music Makers, Gilbert & Sullivan – Trial by Jury
Autumn - Bach – Magnificat, Mozart – C Minor Mass

2004:
Spring - Rutter – Requiem, Durufle - Requiem
Summer - An Evening of English Music -
Autumn - Haydn – Mass St Nicholas, Bach – Sleepers Wake

2003:
Spring - Vivaldi – Gloria, Poulenc – Gloria, Handel - Gloria
Summer - Haydn – Creation, Opera Choruses
Autumn  - Handel - Messiah

2002:
Spring - Mozart – Requiem, Salieri – Te Deum
Summer - Handel – Coronation Anthems
Autumn - Brahms – German Requiem, Bach – Concerto in D Minor

2001:
Spring - Mendelssohn - Elijah
Summer - Music for a Summer Evening – incl Gershwin, Cole Porter, G & S
Autumn - Handel – Ode to St Cecilia, Bizet – Te Deum

2000:
Spring - Beethoven – Mass in C, Bach – Christ Lag in Todesbanden Byrd – Ave Verum, Mozart – Ave Verum
Summer - A Night at the Opera – various choruses
Autumn - Bach – Christmas Oratorio

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