One of the City’s oldest and most distinguished musical groups it predates both the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and the City of Birmingham Choir currently in it’s 107th year
We perform a rather different repertoire from the other choirs in the region with hugely varied music spanning six centuries, often a cappella or accompanied by a single instrument or a baroque style orchestra.
We exist to give inspiring live performances to a professional standard of not only well loved pieces but often introducing our audiences to music they have not heard before e.g. the MacMillan's Seven Last Words (2010), Paul Spicer’s new choral symphony Unfinished Remembering (2015), and the first performance in the West Midlands of J S Bach’s St Mark Passion (2017). A rare performance of Rachmaninov’s Liturgy of John Chrysostom (2020), and a beautiful selection of seldom-performed Brahms pieces (2023). Our future concerts programme Herbert Howell’s Hymnus Paradisi. Concert venues for our current & future seasons include: St Chad’s Cathedral, Great Malvern Priory (Malvern), St Francis (Bournville), Pershore Abbey, & St Alban’s (Birmingham)
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