A Ceremony of Carols
Saturday 7 December 2024 • 5.00 pm
Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Join us for an evening of joyful and contemplative Christmas music, featuring Benjamin Britten’s luminous A Ceremony of Carols.
Past concerts
Details of concerts we’ve performed in the past can be found below.
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Jingle all the way!
Saturday 7 December 2024 • 11.00 am
St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, Cambridge
A hour’s fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Bach’s Motets
Saturday 19 October 2024 • 7.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
The culmination of our 30th anniversary year is a gala concert featuring Bach’s magnificent Motets. We are delighted to be joined by instrumentalists from Eboracum Baroque.
Summer Swing
Saturday 6 July 2024 • 5.00 pm
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
Come and celebrate our 30th anniversary with a toe-tapping programme of choral jazz perfect for a summer’s evening.
Music@Stansted
Saturday 23 March 2024 • 7.30 pm
St John’s Church, Stansted Mountfitchet
Join us for a uplifting spring programme of madrigals and music inspired by the natural world by invitation of Music@Stansted.
A Garland of Madrigals
Saturday 9 March 2024 • 7.30 pm
Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge
Come and enjoy a selection of the finest English and Italian renaissance madrigals, featuring works by Monteverdi, Weelkes, Aleotti and Gesualdo.
The Very Best Time of Year
Saturday 9 December 2023 • 6.00 pm
St Giles’ Church, Cambridge
Come with us on a festive musical journey from the Renaissance through to the present day, featuring works from our new Christmas recording.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 9 December 2023 • 11.00 am
St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Take Him, Earth
Saturday 11 November 2023 • 7.30 pm
The Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
Music for Remembrance Day featuring Howells Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing and Howells Requiem.
In the Beginning
Saturday 8 July 2023 • 7.30 pm
Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge
A programme exploring 20th century and contemporary choral works that evoke the natural world and our place within it - featuring Aaron Copland, Jonathan Dove, Caroline Shaw and Sarah Rimkus.
Beauty in Darkness
Saturday 25 March 2023 • 7.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Join us for a programme of sacred and secular nocturnes, including the Tallis Lamentations and Rheinberger’s Abendlied.
Lamberhurst Music Festival
Sunday 11 December 2022 • 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Lamberhurst, Kent
Tickets and information available from the Lamberhurst Music Festival website.
The very best time of year
Saturday 3 December 2022 • 6.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Join us as we reflect on the magic of Christmas with a festive programme featuring works by Byrd, Chilcott, Rutter and Park.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 3 December 2022 • 10.30 am
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Te Deum by John Featherstone
Friday 14 October 2022 • 8.00 pm
St Paul’s Church, Hills Road, Cambridge
Join us for a trilingual classical, jazz, gospel setting of the Te Deum.
Last Songs of Summer
Saturday 10 September 2022 • 7.00 pm
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
A celebration of seasonal choral music featuring pieces by Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Britten.
POSTPONED - The Summer is Coming
Saturday 18 June 2022 • 7.00 pm
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
It is with regret that we have to postpone today’s concert due to Covid cases in the choir.
Passio with The Gesualdo Six
Saturday 2 April 2022 • 7.30 pm
Ely Cathedral
This compelling and profoundly beautiful setting of the St John Passion is one of Pärt’s most popular works and employs his truly original tintinnabuli style.
Passio with The Gesualdo Six
Friday 1 April 2022 • 8.00 pm
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
This compelling and profoundly beautiful setting of the St John Passion is one of Pärt’s most popular works and employs his truly original tintinnabuli style.
A Sense of the Divine: Music for Choir and Violin
Saturday 5 March 2022 • 7.30 pm
The Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
Cambridge Chorale joins forces with prize-winning violinist Hatty Haynes to perform a programme of music for choir and violin including works by J.S. Bach, James MacMillan, Alec Roth and Owain Park.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 18 December 2021
Downing Place URC, Cambridge
Very sadly, Cambridge Chorale’s Christmas concerts will not be going ahead this year.
A Renaissance Christmas
Saturday 18 December 2021
Downing Place URC, Cambridge
Very sadly, Cambridge Chorale’s Christmas concerts will not be going ahead this year.
English Choral Gems
Saturday 9 October 2021 • 6.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Join us for an uplifting evening of English choral masterpieces as we celebrate our first concert since the lifting of Covid restrictions.
Carols for Christmas Eve
Thursday 24 December 2020
We have recorded a recital of festive music for Christmas Eve, raising money for the Trussell Trust. Featuring traditional carols, contemporary classics and renaissance masterpieces.
POSTPONED - Passio with The Gesualdo Six
Friday 3 April 2020 • 8.00 pm
St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge
We have, with regret, decided to postpone our Passio concerts with the Gesualdo Six which were due to take place in April. We will reschedule for later in the year and details will be announced as soon as we have them.
POSTPONED - Passio with The Gesualdo Six
Thursday 2 April 2020 • 8.00 pm
St Mary’s Church, Bury St Edmunds
We have, with regret, decided to postpone our Passio concerts with the Gesualdo Six which were due to take place in April. We will reschedule for later in the year and details will be announced as soon as we have them.
Music for a Leap Year
Saturday 29 February 2020 • 7.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Featuring works by Morten Lauridsen, Pärt Uusberg, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Alonso Lobo and Judith Weir, alongside the launch of our new album, ‘Hymns to the Mother of God’.
O magnum mysterium
Saturday 14 December 2019 • 7.30 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Celebrating the wonder of Advent and Christmas with music by Praetorius, Chilcott, Rutter, McDowall, and many more.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 14 December 2019 • 11.00 am
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Even You Song
Saturday 2 November 2019 • 6.30 pm
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
An immersive work based on Choral Evensong by Bettina Furnée and Lucy Sheerman, set to music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Even You Song
Sunday 13 October 2019 • 6.30 pm
All Saints and St Andrew’s, Kingston, Cambridgeshire
An immersive work based on Choral Evensong by Bettina Furnée and Lucy Sheerman, set to music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Sung Eucharist, Mattins and Evensong
Sunday 1 September 2019
St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
Music by Howells, Byrd, Stanford and Arvo Pärt.
All Saints Clifton, Bristol
Saturday 31 August 2019 • 7.30 pm
All Saints Clifton, Bristol
Music by John Tavener, Judith Weir, David Bednall, Rautavaara and Hildegard.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells
Friday 30 August 2019 • 7.30 pm
St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells
Music by John Tavener, Judith Weir, David Bednall, Rautavaara and Hildegard.
Evensong at Wells Cathedral
Thursday 29 August 2019 • 5.15 pm
Wells Cathedral
Music by Gibbons and Palestrina.
Muswell Hill Music Festival
Saturday 13 July 2019 • 7.30 pm
St Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park
Featuring The Passing of the Year by Jonathan Dove, a glorious cycle focusing on the changing seasons. The concert will also feature works by John Rutter, Thea Musgrave, Bob Chilcott, and Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir.
The Passing of the Year
Thursday 11 July 2019 • 8.00 pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Featuring The Passing of the Year by Jonathan Dove, Park’s Shakespeare Love Songs, Chilcott’s Aesop’s Fables and piano works by Thea Musgrave and Judith Weir.
Bach: B Minor Mass
Saturday 18 May 2019 • 7.30 pm
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge
Celebrating Cambridge Chorale’s 25th anniversary in the stunning surroundings of Trinity College with Bach’s epic mass, completed only a year before his death.
A Sense of the Divine
Saturday 2 March 2019 • 7.30 pm
Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel
Some of the most beautiful choral music ever written, including Harris’s Faire is the Heaven and Stanford's Beati quorum via, alongside works by Tallis, Parry, Weir and Whitacre.
Welcome All Wonders
Saturday 15 December 2018 • 5.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A Christmas cantata by David Bednall for choir, organ and trumpet. Using poetry and liturgical texts, the piece celebrates the Christmas story.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 15 December 2018 • 11.00 am
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
O Little Rose
Saturday 13 October 2018 • 7.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Works by female composers, including Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and Cambridge composer Joanna Ward.
As darkness falls
Saturday 7 July 2018 • 8.00 pm
Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Works by Park, Marsh and Rautavaara, for the time when day fades into dusk.
Songs of Contemplation: Music for Lent
Saturday 24 March 2018 • 7.30 pm
St Michael’s Church, Bishop’s Stortford
Music reflecting the lenten atmosphere from Gesualdo, MacMillan and Tormis.
Christmas Concert
Saturday 9 December 2017 • 5.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Showcasing music written for Christmas, from the 16th century to the present day.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 9 December 2017 • 11.00 am
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Our fun-filled family Christmas concert – come prepared to sing, and to jingle all the way!
From the Rising of the Sun
Saturday 14 October 2017 • 1.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A diverse programme of contemporary choral and organ works by living composers. Pre-concert talk on the Old Hispanic Office Project at 1pm.
Lux aeterna
Saturday 24 June 2017 • 7.30 pm
St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Choral music on the theme of ‘light’, including works by Ēriks Ešenvalds, György Ligeti, Eric Whitacre and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Hymns to the Mother of Christ
Saturday 25 March 2017 • 7.30 pm
Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
From the Renaissance to the modern day, featuring works by Byrd and Britten, alongside world premières by Sarah Rimkus and Joanna Ward.
Lamberhurst Music Festival
Sunday 11 December 2016 • 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Lamberhurst, Kent
Tickets and information available from the Lamberhurst Music Festival website.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 10 December 2016 • 11.00 am
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Parry: Songs of Farewell & Bach: Three Motets
Saturday 22 October 2016 • 7.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Bach Singet dem Herrn, Komm, Jesu, komm, Der Geist hilft, and Parry Songs of Farewell.
Flower Songs
Saturday 16 July 2016 • 7.00 pm
Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
Music for a summer’s evening from Britten, Whitacre, Tavener, Monteverdi, Pearsall and Lauridsen.
The Little Match Girl Passion
Saturday 19 March 2016 • 7.30 pm
Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Beautiful music for Lent, including Allegri’s Miserere, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater and MacMillan’s Miserere.
An Edwardian Christmas
Saturday 12 December 2015 • 7.30 pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Join us for an Edwardian Christmas concert, including traditional carols by Elgar, Parry and Stanford.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 12 December 2015 • 3.00 pm
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
A Festival of Folk Song
Saturday 18 July 2015 • 7.30 pm
St Paul’s Church, Hills Road, Cambridge
Join Cambridge Chorale on a summer’s evening for a vibrant programme of choral music inspired by folk songs from around the world.
Masterpieces for choir and organ
Saturday 28 March 2015 • 7.30 pm
Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer and Langlais’ imposing Messe Solennelle, plus works by Finzi, Kodaly and Tavener.
A Christmas Cracker
Saturday 13 December 2014 • 7.30 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Seasonal music and readings to get you in the Christmas spirit, supporting the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
Jingle all the way!
Saturday 13 December 2014 • 3.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A fun-filled concert for all the family, with plenty of audience participation!
Songs and Sonnets
Saturday 11 October 2014 • 7.00 pm
St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London
Cambridge Chorale returns to the Brandenburg Choral Festival with a programme inspired by texts from Shakespeare.
20th Anniversary Gala Concert
Saturday 12 July 2014 • 7.30 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
The finale of Cambridge Chorale’s 20th Anniversary Season, featuring Tallis Spem in alium and J S Bach Singet dem Herrn.
Messiah
Saturday 5 April 2014 • 7.00 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Cambridge Chorale, with EAChO, present Handel’s Messiah as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations.
Music@Stansted Christmas Concert
Sunday 15 December 2013 • 3.00 pm
St John’s Church, Stansted Mountfitchet
A programme of seasonal favourites by invitation of Music@Stansted.
Braughing Music Christmas Concert
Saturday 7 December 2013 • 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Braughing
A programme of seasonal favourites by invitation of Braughing Music Society.
Duruflé Requiem
Saturday 9 November 2013 • 7.30 pm
Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
A concert of remembrance, with East Anglia Chamber Orchestra.
The Ecstasies Above
Saturday 13 July 2013 • 7.30 pm
St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton
Music for choir and string quartet by Beethoven, Gjeilo, Gibbons, Monteverdi, Mozart, O’Regan and Whitacre.
Feel the Spirit!
Saturday 27 April 2013 • 7.30 pm
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
A concert with music that tells a story, featuring Shakespearean text and heartfelt spirituals. As part of this concert we raised £500 for Evelina Children’s Hospital at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
Christmas is coming...
Saturday 8 December 2012 • 7.30 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Seasonal choral favourites and festive readings to get you into the Christmas spirit!
A Festival of Britten
Saturday 24 November 2012 • 7.30 pm
Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
A choral celebration marking next year’s centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth.
Songs and Sonnets
Saturday 14 July 2012 • 7.30 pm
Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge
Beautiful choral settings of Shakespeare’s writing by Mäntyjärvi, Martin, Mealor, Shearing, Vaughan Williams and others.
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
Saturday 28 April 2012 • 7.00 pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Cambridge Chorale returns to the Brandenburg Choral Festival for one of their three closing concerts.
Salvator Mundi
Saturday 17 March 2012 • 7.00 pm
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
A programme of choral works for Passiontide.
A merry Christmas
Saturday 10 December 2011 • 7.30 pm
St Vigor’s Church, Fulbourn
Featuring excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, plus Bob Chilcott’s The Twelve Days Of Christmas, world carols and festive family favourites.
Ein deutsches Requiem
Sunday 6 November 2011 • 7.00 pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Brahms’ choral masterwork and Parry’s Songs of Farewell, with works by Saint-Saëns, Bizet and Gershwin arranged for two pianos.
Cathedral Classics
Saturday 9 July 2011 • 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Featuring Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere, William Walton’s The Twelve, and sacred choral masterpieces from around Europe.