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Quite simply, Christmas wouldn't be the same without this concert! Join GBH and Cantamus for an irresistible stocking-full of seasonal delights including Silent Night and a suite of jazz carol arrangements by Matt Finch. With other familiar festive delights, this winning combination brings you a merry jazzy Christmas feast.

A GBH and Cantamus Chamber Choir production

Kid-a-Quid: Up to two Under-18s can go for £1 with every full-price ticket purchased. Offer available via our Box Office (01225 860 100)

Remembrance Day Concert: Sunrise Mass

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

MENDELSSOHN Christe, du lamm Gotte, Jesu Meine freude GRIEG Holberg Suite Op 40 OLA GJEILO Sunrise mass

Mike Daniels conductor Musica Cordiale string orchestra

Norwegian born Ola Gjeilo's lush and lyrical Sunrise Mass takes us on a metaphysical journey. This programme for Remembrance Sunday also features Grieg's Holberg suite for strings and Mendelssohn's beautifully crafted choral cantatas.

A Cantamus Chamber Choir promotion

Christmas Concert - with Bristol Brass Consort

St James's Church, Church Street, Trowbridge

Cantamus Chamber Choir present a Christmas celebration of carols and readings, old and new with the Bristol Brass Consort. The concert will be in support of Breakthrough Trowbridge.

Tickets: £8 / £4 under 18s Tickets sold via the Wiltshire Music Centre. Click the link below to buy online or call the box office on 01225 860100. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door.

Cantamus join forces with the ETO for the second time (first collaboration was in 2014 to perform the Bach Cantatas). This October sees Jonathan Peter Kenny conduct the choir singing the St John Passion accompanied by the Old Street Band. For more information on the project visit http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/st-john-passion

Jul13

Zadok Rules - Hallelujah!

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon

A community choral piece by Alexander L’Estrange, inspired by royal music through the ages and the works of G.F. Handel. The piece was commissioned by The Hanover Band to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2013.

Cantamus will perform with the St Laurence School's choir and chamber orchestra. There are two performances, at 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

May9

Fair is the Heaven - Spring Concert

St Nicholas Church, Winsley

The Cantamus Spring Concert is always a popular occasion and this year will be no exception!

A concert of sublime choral music from England, France and Germany marking reconciliation and forgiveness through time and music featuring:

William Harris’ Faire is the Heaven for double choir

A rare performance of Rheinberger’s Mass in E, plus his beautiful Abendlied

Keble Missa Brevis: Gloria and the reflective Ave Verum by Philip Stopford

Two songs Op.68 by Saints Saëns

“They didn’t just sing the notes; they poured their hearts into [the] performance” - Wiltshire Times

Ticket includes complimentary refreshments.

Dec14

Mike Daniels conductor GBH Big Band Cantamus Chamber Choir

The UK premiere of Nils Lindberg's uplifting A Christmas Cantata mixes mesmerising vocal solos with hypnotic music based on the Christmas story and Basie-esque carols. And with Stan Kenton's wonderful A Merry Christmas for big band, and festive favourites old and new from Cantamus, yule start Christmas with a big band swing!

6.30pm free pre-concert seasonal music

A Cantamus Chamber Choir promotion

£15 / £5

The Old Street Band Cantamus Chamber Choir Jonathan Peter Kenny conductor Gillian Webster soprano Andrew Radley countertenor Ronan Busfield tenor Grant Doyle baritone

BACH

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 and BWV 61; Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186a; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV 147

WINNER 2014 OLIVIER AWARDS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA

Johann Sebastian Bach composed only a small, but extraordinary, number of cantatas for the four Sundays preceding Christmas. Soloists from English Touring Opera and the Old Street Band combine with Wiltshire's Cantamus Chamber Choir in two contrasting and powerful settings of Martin Luther's great chorale Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Now come, saviour of the heathens) written for the first Sunday of Advent. The programme also includes the joyful Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life) originally for the final Sunday of Advent, which anticipates the coming of Christmas and is the original setting for the celebrated chorale Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

'Sent shivers down the spine … shiveringly good.' Church Times

i 6.30pm pre-concert talk: with conductor Jonathan Peter Kenny

englishtouringopera.org.uk

£22 / £20 / U18s £1 with adult ticket-holder Age limit: All ages

Featuring singers from the Bradford on Avon Schools Cluster & Cantamus Chamber Choir alongside a stellar band of accordion, piano (played by the composer), drums, bass and fiddle.

The incredible life f the warship Mary Rose is vividly evoked by internationally acclaimed composer Alexander L'Estrange's playful collision of folk, jazz, sea shanty, Tudor music and Shakespearean verse.

£5 / £3 Age limit: All ages

Jul9

Featuring singers from the Bradford on Avon Schools Cluster & Cantamus Chamber Choir alongside a stellar band of accordion, piano (played by the composer), drums, bass and fiddle.

The incredible life f the warship Mary Rose is vividly evoked by internationally acclaimed composer Alexander L'Estrange's playful collision of folk, jazz, sea shanty, Tudor music and Shakespearean verse.

£5 / £3 Age limit: All ages

May26

OVERSEAS TOUR! Cantamus Chamber Choir

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Brittany, France

Cantamus Chamber Choir undertake their first overseas tour to Britanny in May with organist Steven Hollas conducted by Mike Daniels.

They will sing in two concerts at Lannion and Guingamp with a varied programme of choral music from Renaissance to the present day including choral gems by Purcell, Bach and Brahms, Faure's sublime Cantique de Jean Racine and Ave Maris Stella by James Macmillan. With some arrangements of songs by Billy Joel and The Beatles and Nunc Dimittis by Geoffrey Burgon featuring soprano Melanie Page and solo trumpet, the programme is bound to please everyone and is a celebration of the history of choral music.

Age limit: All ages

May10

Conductor: Mike Daniels Organ: Steven Hollas Programme: Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater James MacMillan Ave Maris Stella Jonathan Dove Into thy Hands Judith Weir Two Human Hymns Carl Rutti Ave Maria Bach O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht Brahms Gestlicheslied
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Purcell Remember not, Lord our offences Gibbons Drop Slow tears

Domenico Scarlatti's stunning Stabat Mater (Sorrows of Mary) provides the setting for Cantamus Chamber Choir’s annual concert at St Nicholas Church in Winsley on 10 May 2014. This sublime Baroque masterpiece is set for ten parts and features Steven Hollas on Organ.

‘Star Of The Sea’ is the ancient name given to the virgin Mary, and many pieces in the programme including Stabat Mater, Rutti’s Ave Maria and MacMillan’s Ave Maris Stella are prayers to Her. Also in the programme are ethereal pieces by Jonathan Dove plus some gorgeous choral gems by Bach, Brahms and Liszt. Faure's sublime Cantique de Jean Racine is sure to be a highlight. The organ will also feature in another piece, Judith Weir's Two Human Hymns. Written in 1994 these are delightful, transparent contemporary choral pieces, and the line ‘like to a falling star’ relates back to the programme’s theme of Mary, ‘Star Of The Sea’.

The choir, who have built a reputation for producing exciting programmes performed with artistic flair, will undertake their first overseas tour to Brittany just two weeks after the concert.

Under the enthusiastic direction of Mike Daniels, the drama, pathos and intensity of Cantamus’s performances resonate long after the concert’s end - this choir is not to be missed.

“They didn’t just sing the notes; they poured their hearts into [the] performance” Wiltshire Times

Age limit: All ages

Nov10

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY CONCERT

Cheryl Enever soprano
Jeanette Ager mezzo
Paul Badley tenor
Colin Campbell bass
Steven Hollas piano
Stephen Cooke harmonium
Mike Daniels conductor/director

By his own admission Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, composed in the twilight of his life, is neither little, solemn nor particularly liturgical. Instead, this wonderfully indulgent collection of fabulous melodies is a pure delight from its enticingly mysterious opening chorus to its serene conclusion.
With a buoyant blend of first-rate, sonorous choir, a quartet of high-calibre soloists, and top-line musicians and conductor, the drama, pathos and intensity resonate long after the concert's end.

£15 / £10 Age limit: All ages

May11

Join us for our next concert at St. Nicholas Church, Winsley for stunning music from Poland, Hungary, Norway and Wales.

Conductor - Mike Daniels Organ - Steven Hollas

The Latin Mass in Db by Polish composer Moniuszko is a nineteenth century gem full of fabulous tunes. Fellow Pole, Gorecki is a well known conpemporary composer of beautiful choral music. Here we perform his sublime Totus Tuus. Paul Mealor famously wrote 'Wherever you are' for the Military Wives Choir. His piece She Walks in Beauty is simply gorgeous. Kodaly's awesome Laudes Organi and Northern Lights by Norwegian Ola Gjeilo complete the rest of this enticing programme.

Tickets £8 (including complimentary refreshment) from Bradford on Avon TIC, 01225 865797 or on the door.

2023 

If you've not noticed we've been busy getting back to singing. Our recent Shakespeare themed concert This sceptred isle was well attended and a lovely evening. Summertime 2023 brings a new collaboration with GBH Big Band and WMC Chorus in a fabulous collection of songs - I got Gershwin - don't miss it on the 18 June. 

Upcoming events in the autumn include October 15 in Holy Trinity and our Christmas concert on Tuesday 19 December. More details nearer the time. 

Thanks for looking and for supporting us. 

Mike Daniels and all at Cantamus Chamber Choir

Cantamus recordings 2020

Cantamus Chamber Choir

 

Cantamus Chamber Choir is a Wiltshire based amateur choir led by Michael Daniels. Cantamus regularly performs a wide range of chamber music and occasionally larger works often with other local and national groups. The choir holds concerts throughout the year in the Bradford on Avon region.

If you would like to book the choir to perform at your event please go to our Contact Us page.

 

Cantamus Chamber Choir is a registered charity no. 1176478. If you would like to donate 'for free' to Cantamus, please click the link below to sign up for 'Give as you Live'. Every time you spend money in your favourite stores, buy a holiday, a train ticket or book a show, you can make a free donation to Cantamus Chamber Choir. 

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Cantamus with Vocaal Ensemble Pur Sang, Holland - June 2018

Cantamus at St Martin's Church in Bled, Slovenia - June 2016