Previous events

A Cantamus Christmas

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

An evening of evocative music and readings for Advent and Christmas including carols to join in. New carol settings by Cecelia McDowell and Lucy Walker join Otto Goldchmidt's A tender shoot, O Magnum Mysterium by Morton Lauridsen, a selection of reflective readings and joyful seasonal carols for a typically Cantamus Christmas. Bar open from 6.30 and during interval.

14th October 7.30pm in Cheltenham and 15th October 4pm in Bradford an Avon. Gorgeous choral music from the combined voices of Cantores and Cantamus Chamber choirs featuring a fabulous selection of works by Byrd, Howells, Stanford, Jonathan Dove and Bob Chilcott.

Jun18

Another thrilling collaboration from Mike Daniels featuring GBH BIg Band, Cantamus Chamber Choir, WMC Chorus and incredible jazz vocalist in a wonderful reworking of Gershwin tunes including I Got Rhythm and Summertime, culminating in Fascinating Rhythm. There’s a boat that’s leaving soon and it ain’t necessarily one you’ll want to miss!

£22/£10 students + free under 18 with full price paying adult

THIS SCEPTRED ISLE Cantamus Chamber Choir

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Evocative settings of Shakespeare and gems of English music including Vaughan Williams, Parry, Britten, Dove, Chilcott and Tabakova, featuring Cantamus Chamber Choir, conducted by Mike Daniels with organist, Steven Hollas. Tickets £ 15.00/Students and U18s £ 5.00. Available on the door and in advance from www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk or 01225 860100. Licensed bar and refreshments from 6.30pm.

Gloria - Cantamus Chamber Choir

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Enjoy a sunny afternoon at Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon, with John Rutter's 'Gloria' and works by Bob Chilcott, James Macmillan and Paul Mealor, performed by Cantamus Chamber Choir with the Bristol Brass Consort and organist Steven Hollas, conducted by Mike Daniels. Ticket are available from Wiltshire Music Centre at wiltshiremusic.org.uk / 01225 860100.

Tickets : £ 15.00 (£ 5.00 for Students and U18s)

Cantamus celebrates 20 years with director Mike Daniels, in an ambitious programme of 19th century pieces including Haydn’s glorious last mass and the exquisite Alto Rhapsody with soloist Marie Elliott, men’s chorus and orchestra. Peter Kirk, choir alumnus and successful operatic tenor, returns to sing solo.

Michael Daniels musical director Marie Elliott alto Peter Kirk tenor Cantamus Chamber Choir Men with Horns Cantamus Chamber Orchestra

HAYDN Te Deum in C SCHUBERT Gesang der geister über den Wassern Op 167 D714 BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody Op 53 HAYDN Harmoniemesse Hob XXII:14

Silver Swan - Cantamus Spring Concert

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Conductor - Mike Daniels Organ - Steven Hollas

Dvorak - Mass in D Lauridsen - Les Chansons de Roses Gibbons - The Silver Swan Trefoil piano trio

Orland Gibbons' stunning madrigal The Silver Swan inspired the title for Cantamus' Spring concert with choral music based on a theme of birds and flowers. And a treat is in store with a piano trio performed by Trefoil : Steven Hollas - piano, Moira Alabaster - violin and Xander Baker - cello. Join us for a pre-concert drink in our pop up bar, open from 6.30pm.

Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Soulful Messiah director returns with a swinging family feast

Mike Daniels cooks up a sumptuous programme of Duke Ellington's legendary Sacred Concert, showcasing GBH Bing Band, featuring international jazz vocalist Tina May and the massed voices of local choirs.

Powerful swing, stunning jazz vocals, soulful choral singing and a show-stopping tap dance combine in this Sunday afternoon treat.

Christmas Concert - What Sweeter Music

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

A magical journey celebrating winter and Christmas with carols and seasonal readings.

Music including Byrd, Victoria, Mendelssohn, Bob Chilcott, John Rutter and Morten Lauridsen in the fabulous acoustic of Holy Trinity Church.

Licensed bar and mince pies available from 6.30pm

Cantamus Chamber Choir Conductor - Mike Daniels Organise - Steven Hollas

English Touring Opera bring their production of Bach's masterpiece, St Matthew Passion, to Wiltshire Music Centre, concluding a 3-year cycle of Bach's works.

Featuring a cast of incredible rising opera stars with Cantamus Chamber Choir providing the chorus. Conductor - Jonathan Peter Kenny Old Street Band

Tickets will be on sale from Summer

Soulful Messiah: A Celebration

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Cantamus will be singing as part of the Soul Celebration Community Choir in this incredible contemporary reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah, inspired by the spectacular 1992 album Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration.

Directed by Mike Daniels With Black Voices, Town Hall Gospel Choir, Veritas Orchestra and the Soul Celebration Community Choir

Sunday 17 June 5pm & 8pm Wiltshire Music Centre

Soulful Messiah: A Celebration

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Cantamus will be singing as part of the Soul Celebration Community Choir in this incredible contemporary reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah, inspired by the spectacular 1992 album Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration.

Directed by Mike Daniels With Black Voices, Town Hall Gospel Choir, Veritas Orchestra and the Soul Celebration Community Choir

Sunday 17 June 5pm & 8pm Wiltshire Music Centre

Bruckner Mass in E minor

Previous events

A Cantamus Christmas

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

An evening of evocative music and readings for Advent and Christmas including carols to join in. New carol settings by Cecelia McDowell and Lucy Walker join Otto Goldchmidt's A tender shoot, O Magnum Mysterium by Morton Lauridsen, a selection of reflective readings and joyful seasonal carols for a typically Cantamus Christmas. Bar open from 6.30 and during interval.

14th October 7.30pm in Cheltenham and 15th October 4pm in Bradford an Avon. Gorgeous choral music from the combined voices of Cantores and Cantamus Chamber choirs featuring a fabulous selection of works by Byrd, Howells, Stanford, Jonathan Dove and Bob Chilcott.

Jun18

Another thrilling collaboration from Mike Daniels featuring GBH BIg Band, Cantamus Chamber Choir, WMC Chorus and incredible jazz vocalist in a wonderful reworking of Gershwin tunes including I Got Rhythm and Summertime, culminating in Fascinating Rhythm. There’s a boat that’s leaving soon and it ain’t necessarily one you’ll want to miss!

£22/£10 students + free under 18 with full price paying adult

THIS SCEPTRED ISLE Cantamus Chamber Choir

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Evocative settings of Shakespeare and gems of English music including Vaughan Williams, Parry, Britten, Dove, Chilcott and Tabakova, featuring Cantamus Chamber Choir, conducted by Mike Daniels with organist, Steven Hollas. Tickets £ 15.00/Students and U18s £ 5.00. Available on the door and in advance from www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk or 01225 860100. Licensed bar and refreshments from 6.30pm.

Gloria - Cantamus Chamber Choir

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Enjoy a sunny afternoon at Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon, with John Rutter's 'Gloria' and works by Bob Chilcott, James Macmillan and Paul Mealor, performed by Cantamus Chamber Choir with the Bristol Brass Consort and organist Steven Hollas, conducted by Mike Daniels. Ticket are available from Wiltshire Music Centre at wiltshiremusic.org.uk / 01225 860100.

Tickets : £ 15.00 (£ 5.00 for Students and U18s)

Cantamus celebrates 20 years with director Mike Daniels, in an ambitious programme of 19th century pieces including Haydn’s glorious last mass and the exquisite Alto Rhapsody with soloist Marie Elliott, men’s chorus and orchestra. Peter Kirk, choir alumnus and successful operatic tenor, returns to sing solo.

Michael Daniels musical director Marie Elliott alto Peter Kirk tenor Cantamus Chamber Choir Men with Horns Cantamus Chamber Orchestra

HAYDN Te Deum in C SCHUBERT Gesang der geister über den Wassern Op 167 D714 BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody Op 53 HAYDN Harmoniemesse Hob XXII:14

Silver Swan - Cantamus Spring Concert

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

Conductor - Mike Daniels Organ - Steven Hollas

Dvorak - Mass in D Lauridsen - Les Chansons de Roses Gibbons - The Silver Swan Trefoil piano trio

Orland Gibbons' stunning madrigal The Silver Swan inspired the title for Cantamus' Spring concert with choral music based on a theme of birds and flowers. And a treat is in store with a piano trio performed by Trefoil : Steven Hollas - piano, Moira Alabaster - violin and Xander Baker - cello. Join us for a pre-concert drink in our pop up bar, open from 6.30pm.

Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Soulful Messiah director returns with a swinging family feast

Mike Daniels cooks up a sumptuous programme of Duke Ellington's legendary Sacred Concert, showcasing GBH Bing Band, featuring international jazz vocalist Tina May and the massed voices of local choirs.

Powerful swing, stunning jazz vocals, soulful choral singing and a show-stopping tap dance combine in this Sunday afternoon treat.

Christmas Concert - What Sweeter Music

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon

A magical journey celebrating winter and Christmas with carols and seasonal readings.

Music including Byrd, Victoria, Mendelssohn, Bob Chilcott, John Rutter and Morten Lauridsen in the fabulous acoustic of Holy Trinity Church.

Licensed bar and mince pies available from 6.30pm

Cantamus Chamber Choir Conductor - Mike Daniels Organise - Steven Hollas

English Touring Opera bring their production of Bach's masterpiece, St Matthew Passion, to Wiltshire Music Centre, concluding a 3-year cycle of Bach's works.

Featuring a cast of incredible rising opera stars with Cantamus Chamber Choir providing the chorus. Conductor - Jonathan Peter Kenny Old Street Band

Tickets will be on sale from Summer

Soulful Messiah: A Celebration

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Cantamus will be singing as part of the Soul Celebration Community Choir in this incredible contemporary reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah, inspired by the spectacular 1992 album Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration.

Directed by Mike Daniels With Black Voices, Town Hall Gospel Choir, Veritas Orchestra and the Soul Celebration Community Choir

Sunday 17 June 5pm & 8pm Wiltshire Music Centre

Soulful Messiah: A Celebration

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

Cantamus will be singing as part of the Soul Celebration Community Choir in this incredible contemporary reinterpretation of Handel’s Messiah, inspired by the spectacular 1992 album Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration.

Directed by Mike Daniels With Black Voices, Town Hall Gospel Choir, Veritas Orchestra and the Soul Celebration Community Choir

Sunday 17 June 5pm & 8pm Wiltshire Music Centre

Concert Reviews

What Sweeter Music, December 2018

I know full well that Cantamus is a very good choir, but having heard you last night from the other side, I now appreciate just how VERY good it is. 

A stunning sound, with really tight, well-disciplined ensemble singing, much dynamic contrast - it was a terrific performance of a challenging, varied programme and, appropriately, extremely well-received by the audience.
BERNARD WIGHT

St John Passion with the English Touring Opera, October 2016

English Touring Opera’s latest presentation is Bach’s St John Passion, but their approach is not operatic in the sense of staging the work with the trappings of costume and props. Neither is it touring in the conventional way of a production doing the rounds. Rather, ETO’s soloists and regular accompanists, the Old Street Band, are working at each venue with choruses from within that community, in a natural extension of the company’s outreach and education programme. 

The impact of the opening chorus Herr, unser Herrscher, delivered by the joint forces of the Cantamus Chamber Choir, the Wiltshire Music Centre Chorus and choristers from St Laurence School with a considerable body of sound, was testimony enough to a worthy endeavour. 

ETO’s most imaginative and radical intervention has been commissioning new English translations of the words of the Bach chorales, each from a different writer and embracing a wide range of beliefs. It underlines very strongly a basic principle of Bach’s structuring of the passion, where the communal voices of the Leipzig community would have joined in the periodic choral commentary and corporate affirmation. Thus John McCarthy’s experience as a hostage in Beirut brings a particular force to the chorale that focuses on Christ’s capture, and the vehemence with which the voices articulated Giles Fraser’s words “Drenched in spit and mockery” adds a vivid contemporary resonance.
RIAN EVANS - THE GUARDIAN