Virtual Concerts 2020-21
During the period of 'lockdown' occasioned by the corona virus pandemic in 2020-21 the Society promoted a series of Virtual Concerts on YouTube given by young musicians who have appeared with us before, or who will be appearing in person in future. These are still availble: click on the performer below to see their recital
Chamber Music Workshop
Saturday 2 July 2022, 9.00am
Abbey Gate College, Saighton, Chester
Young Musician Competition
Sunday 6 November 2022, from 10am
Abbey Gate College, Saighton, Chester CH3 6EN
A Preview of our Celebrity Concert Season 2022-23
A BRIEF PREVIEW OF OUR FORTHCOMING 2022-2023 SEASON
All Concerts are at St Mary's Creative Space, St Mary's Hill, Chester
19 October 2022, 7.30pm
Peter Edge, baritone, John Gough piano
Winterreise- Schubert
09 November 2022, 7.30pm
Rossetti Piano Ensemble
Schumann 2 fantasy pieces op. 12
Dvorak quartet in D op 23
Brahms quartet in G minor op. 25
21 December 2022, 7.30pm
Goldscheider Ensemble
Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye
Ruth Gipps, Three Billy Goat’s Gruff for horn, oboe and bassoon
Carl Nielsen, Wind Quintet, op.43
György Ligeti, Six Bagatelles
Malcolm Arnold, Three Sea Shanties
Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
11 January 2023, 7.30pm
Leo Popplwell cello, Antonina Suhanova piano
Brahms Cello Sonata no.2 in F Op.99
Janacek Pohádka
Shostakovich Cello Sonata Op.40
8 February 2023, 7.30pm
Martin Roscoe piano
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op.13 in C minor “Pathetique”
Beethoven Sonata in A flat Op.110
Brahms 3 Intermezzi Op.117
Liszt In Italy ; 4 Pieces :
1) Sposalizio ( Annees de Pelerinage 2nd Year: Italy)
2) La Lugubre Gondola 2
3) Sonetto del Petrarca 104 (Annees de Pelerinage 2nd Year: Italy)
4) Legend No.2 : St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
8 March 2023, 7.30pm
Sacconi String Quartet
Caroline Shaw ‘Entr’acte’
Haydn Op. 64 No. 2 in B minor
Eleanor Alberga Quartet No. 2
Schubert ‘Death and the Maiden’
A Preview of the Choir's 2022-2023 Season
A BRIEF PREVIEW OF OUR FORTHCOMING 2022-2023 SEASON
CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Saturday 19 November 2022, 7.30pm Chester Cathedral
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
Tuesday 20 December 2022, 7.30pm Chester Cathedral
AN EVENING WITH BRAHMS
Saturday 25 March 2023, 7.30pm Chester Cathedral
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Song of Destiny ("Schicksalslied")
Brahms: German Requiem
FAURÉ AND RUTTER
Saturday 20 May 2023 Chester Cathedral
Fauré: Elegie
Fauré: Rrequiem
Rutter: Requiem