President Ian Partridge CBE

Music Director Neil Ferris

Assistant Music Director Sarah Burston

Accompanist Michael Higgins

2 019/2 0S E A S O N

2 019 2 NovemberCarl Orff Carmina Burana

14 DecemberCarols for Choir and Audience

2020 29 FebruaryMerton SingFest

21 MarchRachmaninov All Night Vigil Britten Cello Suites

6 JuneMozart Mass in C minorPanufnik Song of NamesVaughan Williams Dives and Lazarus

Friends of the Choir

Wimbledon Concert Hall Trust

Da Vinci Requiem recording

Conductors: Neil Ferris, Joanna TomlinsonSoprano: Helena DixTenor: Greg TassellBaritone: Andrew SlaterPiano: Michael Higgins, Gavin Roberts

Tickets: £30, £22.50, £15Box Office: cadoganhall.com

2 019Saturday 2 NovemberCarl Orff Carmina BuranaWith special guests Farnham Youth Choir andBackbeat Percussion

Two performances: Matinee – 3pm Evening – 6pm

Box Office: Tickets available via choir members or via our website: wimbledon-choral.org.uk

2 019Saturday 14 DecemberCarols for Choir and Audience

St Paul’s Church, Southfields SW19 6EW

2 0 2 0Saturday 29 FebruaryMerton SingFest

St John’s Church, Spencer Hill More information to follow

2 0 2 0Saturday 21 MarchRachmaninov All Night Vigil Britten Cello SuitesA specially devised performance pairing the mesmerising psalm settings of the Rachmaninov All Night Vigil with selected movements of Britten’s Cello Suites Nos 1 and 3 and their Russian folk like themes.

Southwark Cathedral, London SE1 9DA7.30pm

Box Office: wimbledon-choral.org.uk

2 0 2 0Saturday 6 JuneMozart Mass in C minorPanufnik Song of NamesVaughan Williams Dives and LazarusWith London Mozart Players

The Phoenix Concert Hall, Fairfield Halls, Croydon CR9 1DG

Box Office: wimbledon-choral.org.uk

Mrs Jennifer AlwenMr Michael AshcroftSassie & Kai Tay-AshcroftMr & Mrs J W BeecherMr A & Miss V BenedictoMr & Mrs D BirchMr & Mrs Hamish BryceMr I M Campbell-KingMr Roger ChadderMr Martin ChittyMr Graham CockingMr & Mrs Hugh & Sara DennisMrs Caroline DingwallMr Kenneth DixProf & Mrs M DuffMrs Marjorie DuffMr & Mrs R DunbarMr & Mrs T EdwardsMr Gareth EvansMr Victor FinchMs Barbara Fleming

Mr Michael ForgacsMr & Prof N & B Gallacher-RogersMr & Mrs J GilmoreMr Stephen Hammond MPMr & Mrs P HanniganMr & Mrs J & J HendryMr & Mrs R HollandMrs Helen HughesMr Norman IsaacsMiss Mary C KennedyMr N LearmondMr & Mrs C MacCarthyMrs S MayoMr J MagillMr John RaymondMrs Val RaymondMrs T RichardsonMr & Mrs J RowcliffeMrs J M SeakinsMrs Avril ShiptonMr James Shrimpton

Mrs E SimonMs Isla SmithMrs Colleen SpaldingMrs Ashley SpaldingMiss Eve SpeareMrs Laura StewartMrs Joan Tagg

Please contact friends@wimbledon-choral.org.uk or visit our website for more information about becoming a Friend of Wimbledon Choral Society.

wimbledon-choral.org.uk

Friends of the Choir

The Wimbledon Concert Hall Trust needs your support! The Wimbledon Concert Hall Trust was created by local musicians and music-lovers.

OUR VISION IS TO PROVIDE THE ‘BEST OF THE BEST’ OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES• A 1250 seat state-of-the-art auditorium: the best size for the orchestral experience,

for recording, for flexibility and intimacy

• A great architect: Frank Gehry

• Acoustics by the world-renowned Yasuhisa Toyota

• The best of music of all genres: classical, jazz, folk, world, contemporary, opera, dance, digital and multi-media

• Ambitious educational and outreach programme

Creating a world-class cultural district in MertonThe hall would be a centre of excellence drawing people to, and complementing, other cultural offers along the Broadway and the local area as well as events such as the Wimbledon International Music Festival and the Wimbledon Bookfest. Our proposals involve a mid-size hall of 1,200 seats with world-class acoustics, flexible configuration and state-of-the-art IT and digital networking. It would be a world-class music venue that would also offer huge benefits to the local economy.

Please go to: wimbledonconcerthall.co.uk and pledge your support now.

Help us raise funds for a recording of Cecilia McDowall’s Da Vinci Requiem

WCS commissioned a major new work to mark our centenary and, in May 2019, we performed the world premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s Da Vinci Requiem in front of an audience of over 2,000 at the Royal Festival Hall. The choir is now looking forward to recording this wonderful new work in the late spring of 2020, a major commitment for which the choir has already started to raise funds.

If you are interested in helping us in this endeavour, please have a look at 

wimbledon-choral.org.uk/recording 

“McDowall’s strength has always rested in her ability to write for a chorus, and here the Wimbledon Choral

Society were magnificent. Nothing seemed out of place – the women angelic, the men monastic – the intonation and timing exquisite. Neil Ferris controlled the chorus,

soloists and Philharmonia impeccably.”

Marc Bridle, Opera Today, May 2019