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Summer Concert 2022
Summer Concert 2022 18th June 2022 in St Mary’s Church, Wigton We are currently rehearsing towards our next concert, to be held on 18th June 2022. The programme will be: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace Karl Jenkins Requiem Maurice Duruflé The programme, consisting of pieces of reflection on the horror, waste and futility of war, wa... Read More
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Christmas Concert 2021
Christmas Concert 2021 The 2021 Christmas Concert took place at 7.30pm on Saturday, 18th December in St. Mary’s Church, Wigton. The programme consisted of: Bob Chilcott’s And Peace on Earth together with a selection of Christmas Carols for Choir and Audience. Ian Wright: Conductor David T. Shingler: Organ Amanda Wright: Piano Read More
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November Concert 2021
Towards Hope - a concert undertaken jointly with Cockermouth Harmonic Society This evening of Baroque Choral Music, which had been postponed from the planned date in early Summer, took place at 7.30pm on Saturday, 6th November at Christ Church, Cockermouth. Programme Pergolesi Stabat Mater Gibbons Drop, Drop Slow Tears Purcell Dido a... Read More
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To Daffodils
To Daffodils Music by E.J.Moeran Text by Robert Herrick Performed by members of Cockermouth Harmonic Society and Wigton Choral Society Directed by Ian Wright This “virtual performance” was created during the Covid-19 period of lockdown in March 2021, when it was not possible to meet together as a choir. Following a number of practice s... Read More
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Summer Concert 2020
Summer Concert 2020 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we had to cancel our Summer Concert on Sat 20th June 7.30pm in St Mary’s, Wigton. The concert, titled “The Cumbrian Minstrel”, was planned to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Wigton poet and fiddler John Stagg (1770 - 1823), featuring new work based on Stagg’s poems and the music and poetry of... Read More