Britten-Pears Chamber Choir

The Britten-Pears Chamber Choir, established in 1991 is a choir of 40 singers who meet regularly on Thursday evenings at Snape Maltings, Snape, near Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Members come from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, and anyone is welcome to join the Choir, subject to an audition. Their repertoire consists of choral works ranging from Bach's St John Passion to Will Todd's Mass in Blue, and anthems, motets, madrigals and part songs.

The year 2010 has been one of considerable change. We are delighted to welcome our new Musical Director, Ben Parry, and we thank Ralph Woodward for his extended tenure in the post from 2002 until Easter this year.

The Choir is affiliated to the Britten-Pears Young Artists' Programme and through this link has appeared with a number of leading conductors - Thomas Adès, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steuart Bedford, Harry Bicket, Paul Daniel, Richard Egarr, Jane Glover, Richard Hickcox, Bernard Labadie, Antonello Manacorda, James Weeks and Simone Young.

When not singing in Snape Maltings Concert Hall, concerts are held in a variety of venues throughout Suffolk. In the past few years the choir has also performed in Palermo, Switzerland, Paris (Notre Dame), Florence (Duomo) and Seville Cathedral.

CONCERT DIARY

SingOut2010
Saturday 13 November at 7.15pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Saxmundham

St Nicolas
Saturday 20 November 2010 at 5.00pm and 7.30pm
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh

Carols for Christmas
Friday 10 December 2010 at 7.30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Please note that the website is under reconstruction For further information please contact: Valerie Walker (valerie.walker26@talktalk.net)