Nantwich Choral Society to spread festive joy with family concert
Nantwich Choral Society is limbering up for its popular Family Christmas Concert at St Mary’s Church.
It takes place 6.30 pm on Wednesday December 20.
Nantwich Choral Society is limbering up for its popular Family Christmas Concert at St Mary’s Church.
It takes place 6.30 pm on Wednesday December 20.
Nantwich Choral Society is celebrating its special friendship with counterparts in France with a summer concert.
The singers are set to welcome a choir from Macon in France, Arpège à Coeur Joie, who will perform with them at St Mary’s Church on June 24 at 7.30pm.
Rehearsals are in full swing for Nantwich Choral Society’s spring concert marking a milestone anniversary for the popular singing group.
It is 50 years since the Society formed as a local authority evening class and down the decades its concerts have been a highlight on the town’s social calendar.
Music-lovers flocked to an autumn concert marking the start of a year of celebration for Nantwich Choral Society.
They packed St Mary’s Church in Nantwich for an evening of classical music against the 14th century backdrop.
Nantwich Choral Society is planning a full programme of events as it embarks on a milestone anniversary year.
It is 50 years since the society formed as a local authority evening class.
Nantwich Choral Society is planning a 50th anniversary programme of concerts after ending the season on a high with a sell-out concert at St Mary’s Church.
The choir was in fine voice for Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, an upbeat piece penned by the Italian composer in 1863 but never heard in his lifetime because he could not get permission to use female singers in church.
One of South Cheshire’s oldest choirs is singing out to support Ukraine with a special day where fellow enthusiasts can help raise money for the Disasters Emergency Committee.
Nantwich Choral Society, founded 50 years ago, is staging a “Come and Sing” event at the town’s St Mary’s Church on May 7.
More than 100 singers from across the country were in harmony for a special celebration of music staged by Nantwich Choral Society.
The Society’s Come and Sing Day drew a large attendance to St Mary’s Church helping to showcase the town and its magnificent medieval landmark.
Nantwich Choral Society is back in action and will stage a live performance at St Mary’s Church on November 13.
It is the first concert of a “new era” for the society, and will start at 7.30pm.
Opera fans packed in to St Mary’s Church to watch Nantwich Choral Society’s Gala Concert.
John Naylor, musical director, gave a brief explanation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s first international hit, the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore, before the choir burst forth with two musical numbers followed by a solo from Baritone Richard Suart.
Nantwich is to welcome singing sensation Milly Forrest, a former cloakroom attendant who shot to fame after standing in for a soprano who was ill.
The 24-year-old wowed critics last year when she stepped into the spotlight at the world-famous chamber music venue Wigmore Hall in London where she worked evenings as an usher.
A Christmas carol specially composed for Nantwich will be premiered before a packed crowd at St Mary’s Church on December 16.
The Nantwich Carol, celebrating the town’s historic and famous cheese industry, will have its official unveiling during Nantwich Choral Society’s festive family concert this Saturday.
Nantwich Choral Society is on the hunt for fresh musical talent as part of a £600 national competition.
The ‘Nantwich Carol Composition’ contest offers bumper cash prizes and the chance for established and emerging composers to hear their work performed before a packed audience at St Mary’s Church in December.
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