Warwick Choral Festival 2022
June 17 - July 24
What's on in Warwick
Everyone deserves the opportunity to have singing in their lives and we are very fortunate to have such riches of opportunity locally. So many choirs and organisations within Warwick are promoting the benefits of singing; particularly for wellbeing and our physical and mental health.
There are a wonderful range of concerts and events within this, the very first Warwick Choral Festival, and we believe that the local community should be very proud of how this reflects the strong cultural life in Warwick.
Venues include:
Warwick Hall – Collegiate Church of St. Mary – Bridge House Theatre – St. Nicholas Church – Warwick Castle – The Dream Factory – St. Paul's Church
Performers include:
Collegium – Choirs of St. Mary's – Playbox Theatre – Warwick and Kenilworth Choral Society – Divertimento – Warwick Folk Festival – Choir of Clare College Cambridge – Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Opera – Armonico Consort – Oriflamme Amnesty Opera Ensemble – Da Capo – Children and Young People of Warwick – Singing for Pleasure
Calendar of Events: An Overview
Friday 17 June | 7.30pm
Charity concert in aid of Northleigh House School. A variety of classical, folk and popular songs.
Tickets £8 – including refreshments – under 18s free from Presto Music, Warwick Books, members of the choir and John on 01926 747393.
St Paul’s Church, Friars St. Warwick CV34 6HA
Saturday 18 June | 7.30pm
Director: Oliver Hancock
Soloists: Lucy Cronin, Mark Williams, Ryan Williams, Samuel Hancock
Schubert’s ‘Mass in G’, Handel’s ‘Organ Concerto in F, No.4’ – ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’ – and Bach’s Cantata No.147.
Tickets £13 – accompanied under-16s free. Tickets available from members of Collegium or on the door. All as shown on the St Mary’s website.
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA
Saturday 25 June | 7.30pm
Director: Oliver Handcock
Including music by Parry, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Willan and Brahms
Tickets £13 – accompanied under-16s free. Tickets available on Eventbrite here or on the door.
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA
Saturday 25 June | 7.30pm
Director: David Wynne
Bob Chilcott – A Little Jazz Mass
John Rutter – Birthday Madrigals
Tickets £15 or £5 for under-18s and students with ID from Warwick Books, Kenilworth Books, Presto Music, Leamington Spa.
Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa CV32 5RE
Sunday 26 June | 7.30pm
Charpentier – Les Arts Florissants
Offenbach – Mesdames de la Halle
Conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore and directed by Stuart Barker
Tickets £20 and £1 students, all unreserved. Book online here at Leamington Music or call 01926 334418.
Tickets also available online at Playbox Theatre and Warwick and Leamington VICs.
The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick CV34 6LE
Saturday 30 June | 7.30pm
Director: Christopher Monks
Narrator: Nicholas Owen
Programme highlights include: Parry ‘I Was Glad’, Handel ‘Zadok the Priest’, Walton ‘Coronation Te Deum’, Vaughan Williams ‘Creed (Mass in g minor)’, The National Anthem (arr. Jacobs).
Tickets from £17.50 available to book online here at Armonico or call 01926 334418.
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA
Saturday 2 July | 7.30pm
Romantic poets and romantic poetry in music for a cappella choir, set to music by composers of the last 150 years.
Tickets £12.50 – school children free – available to book online here at Da Capo Choir.
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA
Tuesday 5 July | 7.30pm
Conductor: Graham Ross
Organ: George Gillow and Samuel Jones
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Tickets £25 unreserved – £1 student ticket. Book online here at Leamington Music or call 01926 334418.
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA
Saturday 9 July | 7.30pm
Musical Director: Laura Bailie
Programme: Judith Weir, Vaughan Williams, Ken Burton, Queen, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen
A light-hearted look at British and Commonwealth music throughout Her Majesty’s 70 year reign.
Tickets £15 – children 18 and under FREE – available to book online here at Divertimento.
St Nicholas Church, St. Nicholas Church St, Warwick CV34 4JD
Friday 15 – Saturday 16 July | 7.30pm
Director: Christopher Monks
Narrator: Nicholas Owen
Programme highlights include: Parry ‘I Was Glad ’, Handel ‘Zadok the Priest’, Walton ‘Coronation Te Deum’, Vaughan Williams ‘Creed (Mass in g minor)’, The National Anthem (arr. Jacobs).
Tickets £18 – £10 for concessions and £8 for Playbox members – available to book online here at Playbox Theatre.
The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick CV34 6LE
Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 July
Presenting the very best in traditional and contemporary folk arts.
Seth Lakeman – Thursday
Show of Hands – Friday
Spiers and Boden – Saturday
The Young’uns – Sunday
Tickets from £120 for the weekend – available to book online here at Warwick Folk Festival.
Warwick Castle, Castle Park, Warwick
Saturday 23 July | 6.30pm
Conductor: Antoine Mitchell
Oriflamme Chamber Ensemble
In aid of Amnesty International featuring masterpieces from Puccini’s Le Villi, Edgar and La Bohème.
Tickets £15, children £7.50 on the door and from Presto Music, Warwick Books or email [email protected].
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick CV34 4RA