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Our latest concert…

Essentially English

Saturday 18th May 2013 at 7.00 pm,
Tewkesbury Abbey

The City of Birmingham Choir presented an evening of truly glorious English choral music, with works by Elgar, Howells, Byrd, Finzi and Leighton.

‘thrilling with intensity and sparkling commitment’ Birmingham Post

Elgar: Great is the Lord
Howells: Requiem
Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Finzi: Magnificat
Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
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Latest news…

Full house at Tewkesbury completes the season

Rehearsing in the Abbey

Thank you to everyone who came to our Essentially English concert at Tewkesbury Abbey on Saturday 18th May. The nave was packed with concertgoers enjoying our concert on a dry if slightly chill May evening. There was a splendid selection of music by English composers, Byrd, Elgar, Ireland, Howells, Finzi and Leighton both with organ and unaccompanied, all directed by our Conductor, Adrian Lucas.

That completes our season, but you can hear our choir ladies in Holst’s The Planets with Vladimir Ashkenazy at Symphony Hall on 15th June.

We will be back in the autumn with a Karl Jenkins concert (2nd November), conducted by the composer, and Mozart Requiem (16th November), conducted by our own Adrian Lucas.

Birmingham’s well-loved traditional Handel’s Messiah takes place on Friday 6th and Tuesday 10th December.

Celebrating 90+ years…

Read about the 90th anniversary of the first concert by the City of Birmingham Choir.
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March 2012 – our spectacular Equinox concert, uniting world cultures in Birmingham through music. Read MORE.

Premiere of Koinonia in the Equinox concert

Adrian Lucas made the most of the Requiem’s devotional moments…ravishingly sung by the CBC — Birmingham Post, May 2012

Members of the choir pre-concert

Directed by our inspirational conductor, Adrian Lucas, our concerts draw consistent praise from both critics and audience. Read a recent REVIEW. Listen to us SINGING.

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This season’s concerts…

Saturday 10th November at 7.30 pm, Symphony Hall
Rautavaara: On the Last Frontier
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

Friday 7th December at 7.00 pm, Symphony Hall
Handel: Messiah

Sunday 16th December at 2.30 pm, Town Hall
Christmas Treats

Saturday 18th May 2013 at 7.00 pm, Tewkesbury Abbey
Essentially English
(Choral classics by Elgar, Finzi, Howells, Leighton)

Want a choir for your wedding or party?…

We can provide a choir for weddings, parties or other events. Voices from the City of Birmingham Choir have been enthusiastically received at weddings. Read MORE.

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A choir of over 150 singers, we are always looking for new members to join us. We’re a friendly choir with a manageable commitment for busy people, rehearsing on Tuesdays in central Birmingham with our conductor on Tuesdays from 6.30 to 8.30pm. As well as performing in Symphony Hall and Town Hall Birmingham, we have sung in Worcester Cathedral, NIA Birmingham, Colston Hall Bristol and Tewkesbury Abbey in recent seasons, with smaller groups going to a whole host of other venues for weddings, parties, exhibitions and carol-singing. Read MORE.