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Welcome to the Newbury Chamber Choir

 

 

   We are a small and friendly group of singers who particularly enjoy music from across a wide range of European classical music.  We give three or four concerts a year, always with appropriate instrumental accompaniment and we’ve become known for reviving works from outside the mainstream choral repertory.

We recently changed our name from the Newbury Baroque Singers to reflect the wider range of music that we perform and to avoid confusion.  

 
 

Summer Concert

Newbury Chamber Choir & Orchestra 

In the beautiful surroundings of St John’s Church, Newbury the Newbury Chamber Choir, under their conductor Edward Lambert, presents masterpieces by the two giants of German baroque music.

Telemann was widely regarded as the leading composer of his day, with good cause, since he was even more prolific and innovative than Bach, his music offering a lightness of touch which anticipates the later classical style. 

Bach wrote four short masses based mostly on material from his church cantatas and this concert provides a rare opportunity to hear the G minor Mass whose beauty bears comparison to any of his more famous works. 

To play two of Telemann’s concertos, we welcome Patrick Rutland from the Royal College of Music, and local teenagers Harry Davidson & Madeleine Millar who have already won recognition for their extraordinary musical skills. 

The full programme is as follows:  

Telemann       Missa “Christ lag in Todesbanden”

Concerto for Viola

German Magnificat

Concerto for Recorder & Bassoon

Bach             Mass in G minor

featuring

Patrick Rutland (viola)

Madeleine Millar (recorder)

Harry Davidson (bassoon)

Fiona MacArthur (contralto)

Ben Alden (tenor)

Ian Caddy (bass)

 

The concert is on Saturday, 12th June 2010 at 7.30pm in St John’s Church, Newbury.  Tickets £10 (children free) available on the door or from choir members.