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 Chamber Choir are delighted to bring you a festive concert including works by Dove, Macmillan, Gjielo and Dubra. Licensed bar open from 6.30pm. Tickets are £ 15.00 Adults/£ 5.00 Students & U18s. Available from Wiltshire Music Centre 01225 860100/www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Our post-COVID return to the beautiful Holy Trinity Church.
Join Cantamus for an evening of seasonal choral music, readings and festivities. Featuring James Whitbourn’s Missa Carolae. Bar serving drinks and mince pies open from 6.30pm.
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
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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.
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.
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
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
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
Spring concert featuring Faure's Requiem and works by Paul Mealor, Villette and Dutch composer Sweelinck.
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)
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
Our first concert in the newly-renovated Holy Trinity Church will feature a sumptuous selection of music on a celestial theme. Featuring work by Eric Whitacre, Monteverdi and Byrd. Tickets available from Wiltshire Music Centre 01225 860100 or online.
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
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.
For their second trip abroad, Cantamus will be enjoying the sights and sounds of Ljubljana, beautifully set in the Julian Alps.
Since the curtailing of all our public performances due to the pandemic, Cantamus has not stood still. We have been enjoying many Zoom sessions during lockdown, making recordings (below) and taking part in the Choir Show series, hosted by the marvellous Matt Finch. We are all looking forward to being able to meet face to face in the not too distant future with a view to working towards a June performance, outside, an autumn concert and a celebration of Christmas at Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon on 21st December 2021. We look forward very much to welcoming back our audience in the near future.
In the meantime, keep safe, stay well.
Mike Daniels and all at 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.
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Cantamus with Vocaal Ensemble Pur Sang, Holland - June 2018
Cantamus at St Martin's Church in Bled, Slovenia - June 2016