PREVIOUS MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR PERFORMANCES
2025 - 2026 Season
The Sounds of Heaven
Bolton Parish Church
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Organist Elin Rees
A journey of discovery through musical heaven, featuring music by Charles Stanford, Hildegard von Bingen and Benjamin Britten as well as premiering Sze Ying Chan’s “Cumulus".
Dixit Dominus
With Manchester Baroque
St Edmund’s Church, Rochdale & Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Partnering with Manchester Baroque for two choral masterpieces of baroque era - Bach's Jesu Meine Freude and Handel's Dixit Dominus.
Echoes of Christmas
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Tom Primrose
Advent music from north of the Alps spanning from the 16th to 21st centuries.
Fauré Requiem
With the Northern Chamber Orchestra
King's School Macclesfield
Conductor Ellie Slorach
La Canción del Emperador: Music from Renaissance Spain
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Instrumental Ensemble Leader Gawain Glenton
Music from the Spanish court of Emperor Charles V for choir, sackbut and cornetti.
2024 - 2025 Season
Sacred and Profane
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
A journey through five centuries of choral music, from Tallis and Palestrina to Górecki, Weir and Owain Park, concluding with Britten's Sacred and Profane.
Fauré Requiem
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Organist Elin Rees
A concert of French music culminating with the beautiful Fauré Requiem.
Where All Is Peace
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Pianist Martyn Parkes
Carols, spirituals and seasonal choral music from Tippett, Whitacre, Esmail and Poston.
Mozart on Tour (Paris)
With the Northern Chamber Orchestra
The King's School, Macclesfield
Conductor Ellie Slorach
An evening of Mozart including his unfinished Requiem.
Wit
2023 - 2024 Season
There Is A Country
Bolton Parish Church, Bolton
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Music by Parry, Bairstow, Stanford and Finzi.
St John Passion
With the BBC Philharmonic
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Conductor Nicholas Kraemer
Chorus Master Marcus Farnsworth
Performance of Bach's St John Passion on Good Friday, 300 years, almost to the day, since the Vespers service in 1724 for which it was written.
Stargazing
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Suzzie Vango
Music by Kristina Arakelyan, James MacMillan, Jussi Chydenius, and Errollyn Wallen.
Carol singing live on BBC Radio 4
Manchester Mid-Day Concert series
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
A celebration of festive music.
Radiant Dawn
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Music for Advent-tide, featuring Ian Stephen's The Snow.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Christ Church, West Didsbury & St Michael's and All Angels, Macclesfield
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Rachmaninoff's choral masterpiece.
2022 - 2023 Season
MCC@20
St Paul's, Withington
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Our 20th anniversary concert, featuring works by Britten, Byrd, Lauridsen, Parry and Whitacre.
THOU ART PETER
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Multi-choral music from Baroque Rome, with guest conductor Robert Hollingworth.
Echo the Joyful Sound
St Ann's Church, Manchester
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
A celebration of festive music, from Spain, Cuba, France and Ukraine.
Manchester Mid-Day Concert series
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
A celebration of festive music, from Spain, Cuba, France and Ukraine.
Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor
St Michael & All Angels, Macclesfield and Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Music by Lauridsen, Ravel, Rutter, Ireland, Vaughan Williams and a UK premiere of Rimkus 'O My Luve'.
2021 - 2022 Season
Loves, Myths and Legends
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Music by Monteverdi, Schütz, Whitacre, Cornet, MacMillan, Runestad, Lauridsen, Gjeilo. Featuring a new commission by MCC bass, Ian Stephens ("A Song of Hope").
Duruflé Requiem
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
A Spotless Rose
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría
Music by McDowell, Victoria, Joubert, Lauridsen, Weir, Britten, Howells.
Songs of Comfort
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Vicente Chavarría (first concert)
Music by Howells, Rheinberger, Guillaume, Weelkes, Whitacre.
2019 - 2020 Season
A European Advent
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Ellie Slorach
Music by Britten, Palestrina, Bruckner, Gorecki, Mendelssohn.
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
Conductor Jonathan Lo
2018 - 2019 Season
Song of Songs: Choral Music of Passion and Love
Christ Church West Didsbury
Conductor Philip Rushforth
Music by Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Leighton & MacMillan
Make a Joyful Noise
with Chetham's School of Music Chamber Orchestra
Stoller Hall, Manchester
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Handel and Purcell
Filming
for Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge
Manchester Midday Concert
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Frances-Hoad, Matthias, Ord, Tavener, Chilcott & Willcocks
A Christmas Carol
with Timothy West and Chester Philharmonic Orchestra
Stoller Hall, Manchester
Conductor Stephen Threlfall
Music by Neil Brand
Carols for Macmillan
Manchester Cathedral
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Frances-Hoad, Matthias, Ord, Tavener, Chilcott & Willcocks
Holst's The Planets
with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3
From Darkness to Light
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Suzzie Vango
Music by Holst, Tallis, Macmillan & Pärt
2017 - 18 Season
Lord of the Rings & Game of Thrones Live in Concert
with Manchester Camerata
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Evan Jolly
Rachmaninov Vespers
Salford Cathedral
Conductor Paul Spicer
Manchester Midday Concert
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Britten, Parry & Bridge
Panambi
with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Juanjo Mena
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Bernstein at 100
Manchester Cathedral
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, music by Copland, Finzi & Walton
Manchester Chamber Choir in Concert
Xi'an Concert Hall, China
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Britten, Vaughan Williams & Rutter
Beethoven Symphony No.9
with Xi'an Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Xi'an Concert Hall, China
Conductor Dane Lam
Broadcast on Chinese State Television
Christmas Concert
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Britten, Gregson (world premiere), Frances-Hoad, Macdowell, Howells & Rutter
Requiems
St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow
Conductor Stephen Williams
Music by Victoria & Jackson
2016 - 17 Season
Over Hill, Over Dale
St Thomas' Church, Mellor
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music by Britten, Bryd, Bennet, Gibbons, Morley, Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Stephens
The music of Hans Zimmer
Liverpool Echo Arena
Conductor Hans Zimmer
Opening Concert of the Stoller Hall
with Chetham's Chamber Orchestra
Stoller Hall
Conductor Stephen Threlfall
Music by Brahms & Walton
St Matthew Passion
with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Bridgewater Hall
Conductor Nicholas Kraemer
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
St Matthew Passion
St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Brahms' Alto Rhapsody
with Chetham's Chamber Orchestra
Lancaster University Great Hall
Conductor Stephen Threlfall
Christmas Concert
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Ewa Strusinska
Music by Rachmaninov, Poulenc, Łukaszewski, Nowowiejski & Sandström
Music from the Chapel Royal
Christ Church, West Didsbury
Conductor Jonathan Lo
Music including Tallis' Spem in Alium