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Good Friday Meditation: Friday 30 March
 Come to a Good Friday Meditation, a feast of words, images and music. The music will be performed by St Augustine's Singers. It will comprise Funeral Ikos by John Taverner Sancta Civitas by Messiaen Ave Verum Corpus by Mozard In Paradisum from the Requiem by Faure Friday 30 March, 12pm St Augustine's Church, Richmond Road, Cambridge CB4 3PS. FREE |
Reviews of Son et Lumière 2
We've had some great feedback from our concert Son et Lumiere 2! 'An incredible event to happen in a small village church.' From soloist Amanda Dean: 'THANK YOU for a fantastic event on Saturday. Properly spectacular - I really enjoyed taking part!' |
Son et Lumière 2, Saturday 17 March 2018
 It will feature the Berio Sequenza III for female voice, a real showpiece that requires acting as well as singing abilities. It also features Wright and and Van't Hoog's Zip 1, Zip 2 and Zip 3, a series a short video observations of daily phenomena. This will provide visual interpretation for a musical work for the choir. Finally, there will be the first performance of Richard Hoadley's Unthinking Things, for choir, electronics and projections of dynamic notations, based around concepts investigated by Bishop George Berkeley in 'A Treatise Concerning he Principles of Human Knowledge' written in 1710. A one-of-a-kind concert that is not to be missed. Saturday 17 March, 6pm St Augustine's Church, Richmond Road, Cambridge CB4 3PS. FREE with retiring collection. |
Merry Christmas
 Our final concert of the year was 'Christmas Bells' at the Michaelhouse in Cambridge on 19th December. The church was full to bursting - we even had to turn people away - and the feedback was excellent: "Lovely concert." "Helped me prepare for thinking about Christmas." The choir's final appearance of 2015 will be at the Midnight Service on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm at St Augustine's Church, Richmond Road, Cambridge. We'll be singing Philip Mead's Christmas Bells and Charles Ives' beautiful carol, Little Star of Bethlehem. |
Concert of Sacred Music for Ascensiontide
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A Concert of Sacred Music for Ascensiontide, Sunday May 10 2015 at 3pm
Come and see the St Augustine's Chamber Choir for their first concert of 2015. The programme includes Monteverdi’s rarely-performed Magnificat A 8 for double choir and musical ensemble. That’s eight individual voice parts plus a group of musicians! There’s also the chance to hear Gorecki’s beautiful Totus Tuus. It's at St Giles Church, Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AQ. Tickets are available at https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/a-concert-of-sacred-music-for-ascensiontide.aspx and cost just £6. |
Happy New Year!
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Last concert of the year - Saturday 20 December 2014 at 1pm
Our final concert of the year takes place on Saturday 20 December 2014 at 1pm. Come and join us at the Michaelhouse for Sing Amid the Winter's Snow St Augustine's Chamber Choir with Cambridge Brass conducted by Philip Mead At the Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1SU, at 1pm. Free. |
Carol service led by Dr Rowan Williams, 6 December 2014 at 3pm
On Saturday 6th December at 3pm, the choir will appear in a carol service lead by Dr Rowan Williams, at Great St Mary's Church, Senate House Hill, Cambridge, in aid of Addenbrookes Kidney Patients' Association and The National Kidney Association. St Augustine's Chamber Choir conducted by Philip Mead Cara Ellison Organ Carols and two a capella motets Palestrina: Canite Tuba Victoria: O magnum Mysterium |
St Cecilia's Day Gala Concert, 22 November 2014 at 6pm
 With Amanda Dean - Mezzo Soprano Philip Mead - Piano St Augustine's Chamber and Community Choirs Roger Bond - Conductor Join us for Schubert & Brahms: Lieder Schubert: Psalm 23 Brahms: Rhapsody Op 5 Brahms: How Lovely are Thy Dwellings Lord Saturday November 22, 6pm At St Augustine's Church, Richmond Road, Cambridge CB4 3PS Free entry with retiring collection |
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