NEXT CONCERT
Spring 2020 Concert
Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
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Tickets available at TicketSource
Wokingham Choral Society
With
Lauren Lodge-Campbell, soprano
Anne-Sofie Søby Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Peter Harris, tenor
Thomas Lowen, bass
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra,
and Benedict Lewis-Smith, Continuo.
Conductor: James Morley Potter.
Saturday 28th March, 2020 at 7.30pm
With FREE pre-concert talk by James Morley Potter at 6.30pm.
Great Hall, University of Reading,
London Road Campus, Reading RG1 5AQ
How to get there (then download the London Road Campus map).
Tickets: £16 (£5 for students and under 18s)
available from:
Information Centre, Town Hall, Wokingham (Get there);
or Newbury Building Society, Wokingham (Get there);
or Jay Design & Print, Wokingham (Get there);
or Waterstones, Wokingham (Get there)
or online at TicketSource (Booking fee applies)
or by email
or from choir members,
or on the door before the concert.
We accept Visa and Mastercard
card payments on the door.
Please see the full concert leaflet
if you want
to send or give a copy to a friend.
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by email the
WCS Business Manager.
For details of advertising rates and to order please download the
order form.
Friends and Patrons
Staging concerts involves a big team effort and you can join the team even if you don't sing in the choir. If you
enjoy our concerts, can help to support our activities, and would like a closer relationship with WCS, we invite
you to join one of our support schemes for this season.
Find out how you can become a Friend or Patron of WCS.
Alternatively send an email to Jenny.
Would you like to join us?
Rehearsals take place each Thursday in the School Hall of
The Emmbrook Senior School, Emmbrook Road,
Wokingham RG41 1JP from 7.30pm to 9.45pm.
(How to get there)
You are welcome to attend one or two rehearsals before deciding if you want to join us.
Read more information or send an email to the Membership Secretary,
Sue Budge or call her on 0118 926 2169.
Join our Choral Workshop
We'll be running another 'Choral Workshop' entitled "Love Through the Ages" on Saturday 29th February, 2020 10am-4.30pm.
The workshop will again be led by the irrepressible Anthony Harris.
Download the full leaflet for more information
To reserve your place for £20 please download and complete the booking form (PDF format)
or booking form (Word format).
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Keep in touch with WCS
NEW in Members Area
- Autumn Rehearsal Schedule
- 2019-2020 Registration
- News of our President
Go to the WCS Members area
Future Programme
Note: Programmes for future events are subject to change.
Sat 28th Mar, 2020, 7.30pm
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri
Sat 20th Jun, 2020, 7.30pm
Programme to be announced
See more details of WCS Future Programme.
WCS Chamber Choir
WCS Chamber Choir, a smaller group of singers drawn from the main choir, is available to perform at weddings, funerals,
receptions, parties or any other special event. We can help to select suitable works to enhance that special occasion.
It depends on the number of singers and your choice of music, but the suggested donation can be as little as
£200.
"The WCS choir was just amazing and greatly enhanced our own efforts in such a large church. I strongly recommend this group." MP, Wokingham
"The choir's performance was as professional as ever and really added that special something.
We would be happy to recommend you." KK, Windsor
"You were amazing...hearing the beautiful sound was truly lovely." HM, Reading
"Every member of the family said how delighted they were with our singing." LS, Finchampstead
"The Choir's voices were truly amazing, they encouraged everyone in the church to sing and when you performed Ave Maria, well, just outstanding!" SS, Englefield Green
Get more information about the WCS Chamber Choir
or send us an email.
Recent Press Comments
Dvořák: Stabat Mater "Wokingham area is extraordinarily fortunate
to enjoy such resources and to have a Society with the courage and imagination to bring such a wonderful vocal work to a wider public."
Bach: St. John Passion "The subtlety of interpretation from the
combined musical resources resulted in a profoundly uplifting experience in an ideal setting."
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas "The choir engaged
the audience with clear diction and remarkable dynamic contrasts."
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor "Another triumph
for Wokingham Choral Society..deservedly acknowledged by the audience with rapturous applause."
Handel: Dixit Dominus "...makes daunting demands upon
the human voice, more akin to orchestral writing. The performance took the choir to a new level of achievement."
Mendelssohn: Elijah "A heavenly chorus
uses energy to retell Mendelssohn's Elijah..."
Bach Mass in B minor "...a stunning performance
of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor.
The rapt attention of the audience and its exuberant applause spoke volumes."
African Sanctus "...their performance of
African Sanctus by David Fanshawe was electrifying.
The singers were wonderful, especially the choirs' sopranos rendering war dance notes."
Mozart Requiem "...captured Mozart's exploration
of the range of emotions roused by an acute awareness of mortality."
Bach Christmas Oratorio "...well balanced and incisive
and captured perfectly the contrasting moods of the reflective chorales and the distinctive choruses."
Handel Messiah "...the choir was on top form.
The evening, from every aspect, resulted in a flagship performance."
Do You Shop Online?
Help WCS raise money!
When you shop online at smile.amazon.co.uk Amazon donates to WCS.
Get to your favourite online retailer's website (except Amazon, see above)
through our page at easyFundraising by clicking the logo
below.
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Wokingham Choral Academy
Wokingham Choral Academy is a non-auditioned, mixed, training choir for anyone over 18 years who wants
to start singing, keep learning or revisit existing singing skills. The Academy sings simpler pieces, suited to
less experienced singers.
Several current Choral Society members began by singing with the Choral Academy.
For further information visit the Wokingham Choral Academy website at
www.singwca.org.
