A SUMMER PASTORAL WITH EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR
Epsom Chamber Choir invites you to join them on 27th June to welcome in summer with a programme of choral music celebrating the British countryside (with just a brief detour into Bavaria). The concert begins at 7.30pm at St Martin’s Church, Epsom.
Allow Vaughan Williams to lead you into Windsor Forest with an adaptation of his opera Sir John in Love, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. Elgar will then take you to the Bavarian Highlands to entertain you with a set of songs inspired by his holiday there. While in Bavaria, the tenors and basses will recount the sad and lusty tale of The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, composed by Britten for a friend at a prison camp in Bavaria where it was first performed.
Back in England, listen to the cooing of The Turtle Dove (courtesy of Vaughan Williams) and admire The Oak and the Ash (take a bow, Bairstow) before taking the high or the low road to Scotland and Loch Lomond (arranged by Jonathan Quick). On the way, the sopranos and altos have their chance to shine with Paul Mealor’s I am the Still Rain Falling, written for women’s voices and hand-held percussion, and Falling Up by Cheryl Frances Hoad, both settings of appropriately pastoral poems. The men however fight back with Bushes and Briars (Vaughan Williams again). The whole programme is summed up in a duet for flute and piano by Richard Rodney Bennett, played by choir members Stella Baylis and Stephen Ridge and entitled Summer Music.
This highly-regarded choir will be directed by the choir’s award-winning conductor Jack Apperley in what will sadly be his farewell concert with the choir and will be accompanied by pianist Benjamin Frost.
CHRISTMAS CHIMES AND VOICES FROM EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR
St Martin’s Church Epsom, 6-7 pm Saturday 13th December
Are you hoping to have yourself a merry little Christmas? What better opportunity to get yourself in the mood than to come along to Epsom Chamber Choir’s Christmas concert?
Our one-hour family-friendly concert takes place at St Martin’s Church, Epsom at 6 pm on Saturday 13th December, when the choir’s inspiring voices will be joined by the rousing sound of St Martin’s organ and the charming chiming of the Epsom Chamber Belles!
Our programme will include contemporary and traditional choir carols along with favourite Christmas songs like “Winter Wonderland” and, naturally, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”! There will be audience carols as well of course, including “Away in a Manger” especially for the children. We encourage you to keep up the merriment when the music is over, with a glass of wine and some festive refreshments.
We are proud to be supporting the Epsom and St Helier Hospitals charity this Christmas and a retiring collection will be taken at the end of the concert.
Under 21s are free and we hope you will bring along the whole family.
Adult tickets cost £12 in advance and can be bought on-line at www.epsomchamberchoir.org or via our Box Office number 07520 656397.
Tickets on the day cost £14.
Join Epsom Choral Society for a special evening of music on Saturday 22nd November at St Martin’s Church, Epsom, as we perform Dvořák’s Stabat Mater. This extraordinary choral work is filled with deep emotion, moving from moments of quiet reflection to dramatic intensity, and has become one of the composer’s most beloved sacred masterpieces.
We are thrilled to be joined by four outstanding soloists: Lisa Swayne (soprano), Judy Louie Brown (mezzo), John Findon (tenor), and Niall Anderson (bass). Accompanied by the excellent English Sinfonietta and conducted by our Musical Director, Julian Collings, this promises to be an evening of beauty, power, and poignancy.
Tickets are priced at just £20, with half-price discount for under-25s. Every ticket includes a free glass of wine and a complimentary programme, the perfect opportunity to enjoy a memorable night of world-class music in the centre of Epsom
Our next concert is a wonderful programme of Haydn and Mozart choral works taking place in St Martin’s Church, Epsom.
Nelson Mass and Insanae et vanae curae are two of Haydn’s most dramatic sacred works. Mozart’s Solemn Vespers includes the famous Laudate Dominum which he composed for his own wedding and is performed at many such occasions. Mozart’s Ave verum was written 6 months before his death in 1791 and is one of the most beautiful motets ever written.
Our four outstanding soloists are:
Eleanor Pennell-Briggs, soprano
Beth Moxon, mezzo
Paul Hopwood, tenor
Gavin Horsley, bass
with the English Sinfonietta conducted by Julian Collings.
Join Epsom Choral Society for an electrifying evening of jazz-inspired choral music at our Summer Concert in June 2025 at St Andrew’s Church, Cheam.
The centrepiece of the programme is Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, a thrilling fusion of jazz and sacred music, performed with a live jazz trio and saxophone.
The programme also features John Rutter’s Birthday Madrigals, a vibrant celebration of jazz harmonies, and Ola Gjeilo’s Evening Prayer, a beautifully atmospheric piece blending voices with piano and saxophone.
We are also thrilled to present the world premiere of True Story by acclaimed composer Russell Hepplewhite, written especially for this occasion.
With the brilliant soprano soloist Lisa Swayne, this concert promises to be a unique and unforgettable musical experience—a dazzling mix of jazz, rhythm, and soaring melodies! Don’t miss it!
