Concerts & Events 2020/21 (subject to change)
All Concerts start at 7:30pm at
Christ Church
West Didsbury
Darley Avenue
Manchester
M20 2ZD
Autumn Term 2020
The Byrds rehearsed an interesting mix of chamber choir repertoire in two choirs and over zoom but were unable to give a public performance of these works.
27th November 2021
"To Music, to Singing"
the Byrds' 50th anniversary concert
20th March 2021
Now sadly cancelled due to covid-19
Henry Purcell*: Music for a while (solo voice)
*piano realisation by Benjamin Britten
William Byrd: Sing joyfully
Keith Orrell: From harmony, from heavenly harmony (first performance)
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
George Dyson: To music
Edward Elgar: There is sweet music, O wild west wind
arr. Stephen Wilkinson: The lark in the clear air
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music
Stephen Wilkinson: L’envoi (Byrds commissioned piece - first performance)
The programme will also include violin and piano accompaniment and ensemble pieces including Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Details of our previous concerts can be found on the 'Join the Choir' page.
Tickets to concerts can be purchased through eventbrite
The following programme is subject to Covid-19 regulations on singing in public.
23rd May 2021
Programme to be decided
If this goes ahead it is likely to be a recorded or streamed performance without an audience.
Sunday 19th September 2021
(note later date than usual)
Programme to be decided
"Sing Joyfully"
One for the Diary 2022
Our anticipated performance of JS Bach Matthäus Passion (sung in German) will now take place on Saturday the 2nd of April 2022 at the Manchester Stoller Hall featuring:
Double choir / Eighteenth Century Concert Orchestra (baroque ensemble)
Choir of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindsford, Atherton (ripieno choir)
TBA: Evangelist
Peter Harvey: Christus
Elin Manahan Thomas: Soprano
Tim Morgan Alto: (counter-tenor)
Nick Pritchard: Tenor
Damian O’Keeffe: Bass