Concerts & Events 2021/22 (provisional)
Unless otherwise stated, all concerts start at 7:30pm at
Christ Church West Didsbury
Darley Avenue
Manchester
M20 2ZD
Saturday 27th November 2021 - To Music, To Singing
The (delayed) Byrds' 50th anniversary concert
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.
Saturday 2nd April 2022 - St. Matthew Passion
JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (sung in German)
Manchester Stoller Hall
Eighteenth Century Concert Orchestra (baroque ensemble)
WBS double choir
Choir of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Atherton (ripieno choir)
TBA: Evangelist
Peter Harvey: Christus
Elin Manahan Thomas: Soprano
Tim Morgan: Counter-tenor
Nick Pritchard: Tenor
Damian O’Keeffe: Bass
Saturday 11th June 2022 - Songs of Springtime, Songs of Summer
Thomas Morley: Three madrigals
- Now is the month of Maying
- Hard by a crystal fountain
- Fyer, fyer!
Ernest Moeran: Songs of Springtime
Brahms: Sonata for Violin & Piano Op.100, 1st movement: Allegro amabile
Delius: Two unaccompanied partsongs (to be sung of a summer night on the
water); Midsummer Song
Finzi: Three partsongs
- My spirit sang all day
- I have loved flowers that fade (solo trio)
- White-flowering days
Britten: Sally in our alley (solo)
Walton: Three movements from Façade (2nd suite)
- Scotch rhapsody
- Popular song
- Fox-trot
Britten: Five Flower Songs
Concert Diary Summary
Saturday 27th November 2021: To Music, To Singing
Saturday 2nd April 2022: St. Matthew Passion
Saturday 11th June 2022: Songs of Springtime, Songs of Summer
Saturday 12th June 2021: Concert at Crowton
Sunday 12th June 2021 - Concert at Crowton Parish Church
This concert will be a reprise of the a cappella items from the concert on the 11th June, with the following additional items:
William Byrd: Mass for 4 voices (Kyrie, Gloria)
James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn
Bruckner: Christus factus est
Robert Pearsall: Lay a garland