Collegium Singers

Handel, Arne & Friends on June 19 2010

Catherine — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:23:15 +0000

A concert of choral music from early Georgian England, celebrating 300 years since the birth of Thomas Arne.

Wellington Parish Church. More information on the NEXT EVENT page

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Full House in Exeter

Catherine — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:29:09 +0000

Collegium Singers sang to a full Cathedral Chapter House in Exeter on March 20th. Look at the review here

Next Concert: Books have their destiny – The Chapter House, Exeter Cathedral

Catherine — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:04:15 +0000

Book your tickets soon for our next concert on Saturday March 20th at 8 pm, a wonderful programme of Renaissance polyphony from Treviso and Venice. The Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral is excellently suited for this programme, providing a perfect acoustic setting for the music. More information about the programme is here, to book tickets online please click here.

Christmas concert review

Catherine — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:46 +0000

The review of our latest concert, In Dulci Jubilo, is now online here. Our next concert will be in the Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral, featuring music of the Italian Renaissance, entitled Books have their destiny… More information here.

Read the review of our first concert

Catherine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:53:07 +0000

Collegium Singers first concert on November 14th, My soul doth magnify the Lord, was very well received, read the review here

Concerts for 2009-2010

Catherine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:58:57 +0000

Updated information on Future concerts now available here

Collegium Singers – first concert

Catherine — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:50:25 +0000

Collegium Singers open the season on November 14th in Taunton School Chapel with a programme of 20th and 21st century music ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord’, music written by English composers for performance in cathedral and choral church services. Click here to purchase tickets online.

The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis canticles for evening worship in the Book of Common Prayer have inspired generations of the finest English composers for more than 450 years. This concert features a selection of 20^th and 21^st century settings, including Herbert Howells’ monumental ‘St.Pauls’ Service’, juxtaposed with more recent items by Cheltenham-based composer Ian Higginson and virtuoso Bristol-based organist/composer David Bednall. Bednall’s sonorous, rhythmically-charged works for choir and organ are receiving wide acclaim in the UK and abroad. We will be joined by the composer playing the organ part for his ‘Gloucester Service’ and the second concert performance of his Magna voce cane et magno cum jubilo for solo organ. The concert also features anthems by Gerald Finzi, Edward Bairstow, Timothy Rogers, a rare performance of Benjamin Britten’s music for the radio play ‘The Way to the Tomb’ (1945) and the concert premiere of Set me as a seal upon thine heart by the choir’s conductor Peter Leech.

Collegium Singers Concerts in 2009-2010

Catherine — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:04:45 +0000

Welcome to Collegium Singers’ first season of concerts – further information will be posted here in due course. In the meantime, please note the following dates in your diary.

All events will be bookable online or available at designated ticket agents.

October 10 2009 Singing Day at St. Georges RC Church, Taunton

November 14 2009 ’My Soul doth Magnify the Lord’ at Taunton School Chapel

December 18 2009 ’In Dulci Jubilo’ Christmas concert at St Johns Church Wellington

View Concerts page for more information

formerly Taunton Camerata…

David — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:06:57 +0000

Welcome to the new Collegium Singers website – still under construction so please forgive the lack of consistency in the meantime. We intend to have the site in full operation in before the first event of our 2009-2010 season. If you cannot find what you need, please email us at info@collegiumsingers.org.uk

Why change our identity? After all, we performed some beautiful music in the last 15 years as Taunton Camerata and fully intend to carry on doing so. Since the appointment of Peter Leech as musical director, we feel we have reached a significant evolutionary point – we could stay the same, or we could change to reflect what is already happening.

There is a new emphasis on context through the pre concert talks, every programme has a story attached to it, and we have a real desire to bring this to our audiences – so now is the time to step into a new musical chapter for us all and explore even more beautiful music.