Friday 27th June - Sunday 29th June 2025
SHREWSBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL
including
Supported by
Sir Edward Elgar
A talk by Ted Maidment
With musical accompaniment by
John Moore (piano) & Alex Postlethwaite (violin)
Friday 27 June 2025 at 7.30pm
The Blackburn Theatre, Prestfelde School, London Road Shrewsbury SY2 6NZ
Schumann - Fantasiestüke
Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano
Rachmaninoff - Elegie
Mendelssohn - Sonata No 2 for Cello and Piano
2025 - 2026 Season
Join us for a day of singing great music in the beautiful setting of Shrewsbury’s glorious St Alkmund’s Church as we prepare for our forthcoming concert with the British Police Symphony Orchestra in October.
Non-members are very welcome.
If you’re interested in joining us this is a great opportunity to meet us and try us without commitment.
Shrewsbury Choral are delighted to welcome the British Police Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr Richard Jenkinson, in an exciting collaboration to bring ‘An Evening of Opera Highlights and Hits from the Musicals’.
Programme to include music from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Bernstein’s Candide and don’t forget to sing along to the glorious melodies of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s ‘The Sound of Music’.
Let’s just make those Edelweiss-covered hills come alive!…
Join us for a Come and Sing Day in Shrewsbury’s St Alkmund’s Church performing Haydn’s masterpiece, the Nelson Mass under the baton of Dr Martin Cook with accompanist John Bowen culminating in a performance open to the public.
A warm welcome awaits…
Shrewsbury Choral return to the splendour of St Alkmund’s Church in WHITCHURCH to perform George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece of choral music, ‘Messiah’.
We are delighted to be performing Messiah with soloists Holly Teague, Helena Cooke, Will Smith and Peter Edge under the baton of Martin Cook.
Join us for a ‘Come and Sing’ day in St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury where we will be singing John Rutter’s beautiful and poignant “Requiem” under the direction of Martin Cook with John Bowen on piano.
Spring Concert 2026
Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Haydn - Heiligmesse (Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb
Directed by Martin Cook with Shrewsbury Sinfonia (leader Anne Tupling) with Sean Godden (piano solo)
Saturday 27th June 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Poulenc - Gloria
Bob Chilcott - Gloria
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Saturday 26th September 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Come and Sing with Matthew Coleridge
“The Breath of Life”
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Saturday 7th November 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
“Music for Remembrance”
Bob Chilcott - Move him into the sun
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
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Saturday 12th December 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Spirit of Christmas
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Saturday 20th March 2027 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Mozart - Mass in C minor K 427(417)
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor
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Saturday 3rd July 2027 - Shrewsbury Abbey
TBC
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Saturday 6th November - Shrewsbury Abbey
TBC
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Saturday 11th December - Shrewsbury Abbey
Handel’s Messiah
“Sing, I tell you and all the angels sing with you!”
— Suzy Kassem