Most recent concert:

SPRING 2023

On 25^th March 2023 we performed Haydn’s Creation together with Great Milton and Wheatley Singers. It was a wonderful concert very well attended. It was not without some sadness however as it was our last concert with Peter Foster, our Musical Director. (See separate tribute to Peter elsewhere on this site).

The soloists were Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie, Robin Whitehouse and Stuart Pendred. Once again we were privileged to be joined by such talented singers. We were accompanied by the always wonderful Hurst Sinfonia.

We are also very fortunate to have the excellent Fiona Hedges as our rehearsal piano accompanist.

Our next rehearsals will start in September. We will have a new Musical Director, Ben Goodall. We are very excited to see what he has in store for us.

Further information about Ben and future concerts to follow.

Previous concerts:

Christmas Concert 2022: Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

Spring Concert 2022: Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer (Novello Edition) and Fauré’s Requiem (OUP edition). .

Christmas Concert 2021: Handel’s “Messiah“, supported by four excellent professional soloists, Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie (S) Serenna Wagner (A) Alex Haigh (T) and Andrew Chim (B).

Virtual Christmas Concert 2020: CCS decided to sponsor a choral concert by a small number of local professional singers.

Christmas Concert 2019: Christmas Oratorio, Bach with Wheatley Singers and Great Milton Choir.

December 2018: “Creation” by Haydn.

April 2018: Handel’s “Four Coronation Anthems”

December 2017:Brahms’ ‘Ein Deutsches Requiem’.  With Great Milton and Wheatley choirs and soloists Kari Moffatt, soprano, and Julian Chou-Lambert, baritone.

Spring term 2017: Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, ‘Missa Brevis sancti Johannis de deo’ and Mozart Vespers K.339, ‘Vesperae solennes de confessore’.

December 2016:Handel’s Messiah.

Summer event 2016:  We sang together in Hertford College chapel and shared a supper. We Learnt Parry’s My soul there is a country and I know my soul hath power; Palestrina’s Sicut Verus; Byrd’s Ave Verum Corpus.

March 2016 Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes,  a recital of songs by Britten, Barber, Quilter and Peter Foster’s setting of three Shakespeare Sonnets for bass and piano completed the first half of the concert.  Then Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass.