WHITSTABLE CHORAL SOCIETY

CONCERTS

SINGING DAY

SATURDAY, 18th MAY 2024 – 9.30am to 4.00pm

Join us for a day of choral singing and fun

Programme: Music From The Heart: A selection of works to bring a rosy glow 

CONDUCTOR: Spencer Payne. Conductor, pianist, organist, ABRSM examiner and Director of Music at St Edmund’s School, Canterbury.

FEE: £15.00 including hire of vocal scores and refreshments. Bookings for Singers close 10th May. There is limited space for people to come and listen to the performance and booking in advance is essential.

TIMETABLE: 9.30 am:  Arrival, registration, collection of music / 10.00 am: Session 1 / 11.00 am: Coffee break / 11.30 am: Session / 12.45 pm: Lunch break / 1.45 pm: Session 3 3.00 pm: Break (audience arrives) / 3.15 pm: Performance /  4.00 pm: Return music and depart

 LUNCH: Please bring a packed lunch. Tea/coffee/squash will be provided.

VENUE: St Alphege Church, High Street, Whitstable, CT5 1AY

To book a space, please e-mail: SingingDay@whitstablechoral.org for a booking form to complete and then make a payment of £15. Please add £3.00 each for an audience seat.

Singing Day

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Eternal Light – Howard Goodall
Requiem – Faure

Saturday 23rd March 2024, 7:30pm

The Bay Theatre, Herne Bay High School, CT6 7NS

Choir Concert Singing

Past Concerts 2017

Bob Chilcott – REQUIEM

 

Past Concerts 2017

Beethoven – MASS IN C

 

Past Concerts 2017

Haydn – CREATION

 

Past Concerts 2017

Carl Orff – CARMINA BURRANA

 

Past Concerts 2018

Rutter – GLORIA

 

Past Concerts 2018

Dvorak – REQUIEM

 

Past Concerts 2018

Faure – REQUIEM

 

Past Concerts 2019

Elgar – DREAM OF GERONTIUS

 

Past Concerts 2019

Bach – CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

 

Past Concerts 2022

Brahms – GERMAN REQUIEM

 

Beethoven

Mass in C

1987, 1996, 2008, 2017

Bach

Christmas Oratorio

2002, 2011, 2019

Brahms

Song of Destiny

1976, 1995, 2006, 2015

Charpentier

Te Deum

2000, 2011

Chilcott

Requiem

2017

Coleridge Taylor

Hiawatha

1977

Bach

Cantata 158

1996

Chilcott

Jubilate

2005

Bach

St John Passion

1978, 1982, 1999, 2008, 2015

Brahms

German Requiem

1980, 1997, 2006, 2015

Come and Sing – Haydn's Nelson Mass

Saturday 18th November 2023, 10am-3:15pm

St. Alphege Church, Whitstable CT5 1AY

Conductor: Spencer Payne

Nelson Mass Whitstable Sing along
Family Carols 2023

CHRISTMAS CONCERT – FAMILY CAROLS

Saturday 09th December 2023, 2:30pm

St. Alphege Church, Whitstable CT5 1AY

Directed by Spencer Payne

SINGING DAY – British Choral Classics

Saturday 27 May 2023, 10am-4pm

St. Johns Church, Whitstable CT5 1JS

Directed by Spencer Payne

Singing Day
Summer concert

SUMMER CONCERT – European Sacred and Secular Choral Classics

Sunday 02 July 2023, 7:30pm

All Saints Church, Whitstable CT5 1PG

Directed by Spencer Payne

Mozart Requiem Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art

MOZART Requiem & PURCELL Come Ye Sons of Art

Saturday 1st April 2023, 7:00pm

Herne Bay High School, CT6 7NS

Directed by Spencer Payne

Concert MESSIAH 2022

MESSIAH

Handel

Saturday 19th November 2022, 7:00pm

Herne Bay High School, CT6 7NS

Directed by Spencer Payne

Festival Chamber Orchestra

SOLOISTS:

Soprano: Kirsty ONeill

Mezzo-soprano (alto): Victoria Rowcroft

Tenor: Peter Ellis

Bass: James Oldfield

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

FAMILY CAROLS

Saturday 10th December 2022, 3:00pm

St. Alphege Church, Whitstable, CT5 1AY

Directed by Spencer Payne

Concert CHRISTMAS 2022