Cambridge Chorale

Chamber choir based in Cambridge, UK. Directed by Robert Brooks.

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

Here's a sneak preview of Elgar's The Shower, part of our summer concert programme 😎

Join us at Queens' College Chapel on Saturday for 'In the Beginning' - more details here: https://t.co/ixekg0SiuF https://t.co/q5vbA6Ga53 via @FacebookWatch

[Lucy Walker @lucywalkermusic]

Absolutely spellbinding Lamentations (Tallis & Robert White) by @CambChorale yesterday evening. So lovely to be invited to their first concert with new director Robert Brooks!

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

@lucywalkermusic Aw thanks Lucy! It was lovely to see you there. Thank you for coming!

[Owain Park @owainpark]

It’s March, and in less than 4 months we will lose our *only* national broadcasting choir. It’s hard to overstate the enormity of the BBC’s decision to get rid of the @BBCSingers, but the death knell for music in the UK sounds ever louder.

[Musicians' Union @WeAreTheMU]

The MU is in urgent talks with the BBC to save musicians’ jobs following the corporation’s proposals to cut employed posts across BBC Singers and three orchestras

[Thread]

[Owain Park @owainpark]

Sadly my current time zone prevented me from signing this letter before it was sent, but as Principal Guest Conductor of the Singers I want to add my wholehearted agreement and support of the statements within.

#wearetheBBCSingers

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

@owainpark It's been an incredible seven seasons @owainpark. We shall miss your passion, enthusiasm and good humour...and love of cake and curry, of course! Thank you for everything!

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

Last night we said our goodbyes to @owainpark and welcomed Robert Brooks as our new MD. There was much laughter, some tears and, in true Cambridge Chorale style, a lot of cake!

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

Well it's a wrap. Recording done. Thanks to all involved, but special, heartfelt thanks to @owainpark for seven years of amazing music-making. Definitely leaving us on a high. Big things ahead for you and we feel really privileged to have been a small part of your story!

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

Our second day of recording is over, and what a marathon it was! Lots of lovely tunes to enjoy, including choir favourites ‘In the stillness’ by Sally Beamish, & Ben Parry’s jolly arrangement of ‘Jingle Bells’. 🔔

We’re looking forward to getting everything in the can today! 💿

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

We’ve finished our first day of recording, and thank goodness for cake! 🧁

We’re making an album of festive favourites this weekend, for release later this year.

It’s our last project with MD @owainpark, and on the menu (aside from blueberry sponge) was his Five Carols. ✨

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

Some good news for a Tuesday morning. We are pleased to share that our Christmas campaign to raise money for @maggiescambs totalled £716.40 (plus gift aid for online donations). It really will make a difference to cancer patients and their families. Thank you for your support!

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

This Christmas Eve we hope that you will once again enjoy the carols we recorded in 2020.
Our collection for Maggie’s Cancer Care in Cambridge s still open here: https://t.co/z4TduvLg1g
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas!
https://t.co/0i4E1rbYq0

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

We didn't get to perform for anyone on Sunday, but instead here's a recital we recorded for Christmas Eve a couple of years ago. We wish you all a warm and cosy festive season! 🎄https://t.co/0i4E1rbqAs

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

"A Winter's Tale"... make yourself comfy! On Sunday 11th Dec, Cambridge Chorale set off for Lamberhurst in Kent, a return visit to perform carols by candlelight as part of @LamberhurstMF. Great programme, pretty village church, very welcoming audience! We’re all excited 🎶

[Cambridge Chorale @CambChorale]

We would love to to return to Lamberhurst in more temperate conditions one day (or with snow chains!). We’ll be back in Cambridge for Rob’s real first concert on 25 March, 'Beauty in Darkness'.