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£820 raised for Dr Kershaw's Hopsice
11/03/2014 15:39
The Chorale concert in St Edward's Church, Lees, Oldham was much appreciated by a good-sized audience.The concert was dedicated to the loving memory of Steven Bradshaw (1951 - 2013), whose final days were spent in the care of Dr Kershaw's Hospice. Shortly after the concert we received the following...
£800 raised for charity
18/04/2016 16:59
Our Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars concert in Didsbury was one of the Chorale’s best concerts ever. There was a substantial and appreciative audience, a lovely, varied programme and some fine performances from the choir that all helped to create a positive and uplifting mood for the evening. Reports from...
WW1 Centenary Commemoration Concert
06/02/2018 16:56
Bury Parish Church, 24th March 2018, 7:30pm
The Manchester Chorale are fortunate to have a composer in their midst. Chris O’Hara has taken four poems from First World War female poets and set them to choral music. Collectively known as ‘Scars Upon Their Hearts’, they capture the excitement,...
World premiere coming up
02/06/2016 17:20
On Saturday July 2nd 2016 at 7:30 pm at St Ann’s Church, Manchester, M2 7LF
The Manchester Chorale likes to have a theme for their concerts and this time they have chosen ‘Stories, Strawberries and Shakespeare’ – an intriguing concoction. An outline of the concert will explain how the theme...
Wilmslow Wedding bliss
10/12/2014 11:40
Following an inquiry though the website we were asked to provide a dozen singers to sing for a wedding in Wilmslow on December 6th. The couple asked for some Christmas Carols before the service and during the signing of the register as well as help in leading the congregational hymns. The...
What better way to start the New Year than with Caribbean food!
09/01/2017 15:39
The 3rd January saw the Chorale back to rehearsal but not a lot of singing was done. Handing in and collating Christmas concert music was the first task, followed by singing through three new pieces. This writer was pleased to see Billy Joel’s classic Goodnight My Angel is now in our repertoire....
We’re going to be busy!
14/09/2017 17:02
Before our summer break, we performed three great concerts. The first two were joint concerts with Koor Acantus from Belgium. This was a reciprocal visit after our tour to Antwerp last October. The first concert was held in St Ann’s Church on the first Saturday night in July followed by a Mass the...
Vicky leaves the Chorale, but Ely Cathedral gains
06/05/2015 16:11
After several years as a Manchester Choraler, Revd Victoria Johnson has moved to pastures new. Vicky was priest-in-charge at St. Michael, Flixton in Manchester, where we have performed a few times, usually accompanied by dramatic weather. Vicky clearly has connections.
Vicky was appointed as Ely...
Twenty-four Days of Christmas at The Bridgewater Hall
12/01/2016 11:37
Well Christmas is just a fading memory now but two things were more memorable than the turkey and mistletoe and wine. The Chorale participated in two brilliant concerts at the Bridgewater Hall over the Christmas period and great fun and good singing was had by all (including two arrangements of the...
Thumbs up from Sir Karl Jenkins
24/05/2016 17:06
“The best performance we have done of Karl Jenkin’s music”, “fantastic”, “exciting” – these were comments from the Chorale and audience alike. The Chorale was bolstered once again by some very competent guest singers that we invite to sing with us for the Bridgewater concerts. The sound we made was...
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