Richard Cooke conducting in Snape Maltings

Concerts

Saturday 31st October 2026
Canterbury Cathedral

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Canterbury Choral Society

Saturday 1st August 2026
Lund's Domkyrka, Sweden

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Music Weeks in Sweden

Richard Pearce, organ

Wednesday 15th July 2026
St. Giles' Church, Cripplegate 7pm

A Celebration of the year for the Royal Choral Society

Royal Choral Society
Richard Pearce, organ

Saturday 20th June 2026
Canterbury Cathedral

Verdi:  Requiem

 

Canterbury Choral Society
CCS Youth Choir

London Mozart Players

Sunday 7th June 2026
Alexandra Palace, London

'Puccini at the Palace'

A selection of opera and choral favourites including Puccini Messa di Gloria, Nessun Dorma, Chorus of Hebrew Slaves, Grand March from 'Aida'

Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Sunday 26th April 2026
Colyer-Fergusson Hall, Canterbury 5.30pm

Orff:  Carmina Burana

Canterbury Choral Society

CCS Youth Choir

Friday 3rd April 2026
Royal Albert Hall 2.30pm

Handel: Messiah

150 anniversary Royal Choral Society 'Messiah' in the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 18th March 2026
Southwark Cathedral 7pm

Mozart:  Mass in C minor

Brahms:  Schicksalslied

Mozart:  Symphony No.39 in E flat

Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Saturday 24th January 2026
Canterbury Cathedral

Britten: St. Nicolas

Holst: Psalm 86

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Elgar:  Serenade for Strings

Canterbury Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Robert Murray, tenor

Saturday 3rd January 2026
Dala Järna Church, Sweden

Fauré: Requiem

Music Weeks in Sweden

Richard Pearce, organ

Sunday 21st December 2025
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

11.00, 15.00, 19.30

Royal Choral Society and National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 20th December 2025
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

11.00, 15.00 19.30

Royal Choral Society and National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 15th December 2025
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

2.30pm, 7.30 pm

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday 14th December 2025
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

3pm, 7.30 pm

Royal Choral Society and National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 25th October 2025
Canterbury Cathedral

Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae, Nelson Mass
Handel: Zadok the Priest, My heart is Inditing

Bach: Suite No.3 in D

 

Canterbury Choral Society
The Hanover Band

Saturday 18th October 2025
St Alban's Cathedral

Verdi:  Requiem

Royal Choral Society

Saturday 26th July 2025
Lunds Domkyrka

Vaughan Williams

Mass in G minor

Music Weeks in Sweden

Saturday 28th June 2025
The Anvil Basingstoke

Brahms:  Ein deutsches Requiem

Royal Choral Society
Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Saturday 21st June 2025
Canterbury Cathedral

Elgar:  The Kingdom

London Mozart Players

Canterbury Choral Society

Friday 18th April 2025
Royal Albert Hall

Handel:  Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 29th March 2025
Southwark Cathedral

Dvořák:  Stabat Mater

Royal Choral Society
London Mozart players

Saturday 22nd March 2025
Canterbury Cathedral

Dvořák:  Stabat Mater

Canterbury Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Friday 3rd January 2025
Dala Järna Church, Sweden

Music Weeks in Sweden

Choral Concert

Saturday 14th December 2024
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

December 14 x 2

15 x 3

21 x 3

22 x 3

23 x 3

24 x 2

Royal Choral Society

National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 9th December 2024
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

Two performances  14.30 & 19.30

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 2nd November 2024
Canterbury Cathedral

Monteverdi: Vespers 1610

Canterbury Choral Society

Saturday 27th July 2024
Lund Cathedral, Sweden

Music Weeks in Sweden 

Choral concert

Wednesday 17th July 2024
St. Giles Church, Cripplegate

Mozart: Coronation Mass

Mussorgsky: 4 Operatic choruses

Duruflé:  Ubi caritas and Tota pulchra es Maria

Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

Stanford: And I saw another angel

Mozart: Laudate Dominum

Royal Choral Society
Richard Pearce, organ and piano

Saturday 22nd June 2024
Canterbury Cathedral

Holst:  The Hymn of Jesus

Copland:  Appalachian Spring

Britten: Spring Symphony

Canterbury Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Friday 10th May 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Fauré:  Cantique de Jean Racine

Copland:  Appalachian Spring

Vaughan Williams:  An Oxford Elegy

Fauré:  Requiem

Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Friday 29th March 2024
Royal Albert Hall

Handel:  Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 16th March 2024
Canterbury Cathedral

Durante:  Magnificat

Mozart: Symphony No. 39

Mozart: Requiem

Canterbury Choral Society

The Hanover Band

Saturday 10th February 2024
The Anvil, Basingstoke

Mozart:  Requiem

Royal Choral Society
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Saturday 20th January 2024
Colyer Ferguson Hall, Canterbury

Choral Workshop

Canterbury Choral Society

Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Dala Järna Kyrka, Sweden

Music Weeks in Sweden Concert

 

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Saturday 16th December 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

December 16 x 2

17 x 3

21 x 3

22 x 3

23 x 3

24 x 2

Royal Choral Society

National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 11th December 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 4th November 2023
Canterbury Cathedral

Haydn:  The Creation

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 28th October 2023
Chelmsford Cathedral

Haydn: Nelson Mass

Mozart: Symphony Mo. 29 in E flat

Handel: Zadok the Priest, My Heart is Inditing

Royal Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Monday 25th September 2023
Stationers Hall, London

Schubert:  Symphony No. 9. 'Great C major'

The Hanover band

Saturday 26th August 2023
Arundel

Schubert Symphony No 9 'Great C major'

The Hanover Band

Saturday 29th July 2023
Lund Cathedral, Sweden

Duruflé Requiem
Miscellaneous choral works

Music Weeks in Sweden

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Saturday 17th June 2023
Canterbury Cathedral

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer

Brahms German Requiem

Canterbury Choral Society
London Mozart Players

Monday 22nd May 2023
Goldsmiths Hall, London

Schubert Symphony No.10
Weber Oberon Overture

The Hanover Band

Sunday 7th May 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Royal Choral Society 150th Anniversary Gala

Programme includes:

Holst The Hymn of Jesus

Extracts  from Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Dvorak Stabat Mater, Parry I was Glad etc.

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 7th April 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 18th March 2023
Canterbury Cathedral

J.S. Bach St. John Passion

Canterbury Choral Society
The Hanover Band

Monday 30th January 2023
City of London Guildhall

Schubert Symphony No.9 'The Great'

The Hanover Band

Saturday 21st January 2023
Canterbury Cathedral

Handel Messiah

Canterbury Choral Society
The Hanover Band

Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Dala Järna Kyrka Sweden

Music Weeks in Sweden

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Monday 12th December 2022
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 29th October 2022
Canterbury Cathedral

J.S. Bach Mass in B minor

Canterbury Choral Society
London Handel Orchestra

Monday 17th October 2022
Clothworkers Hall, City of London

Weber Overture 'Der Freischütz
Schubert Polonaise for Violin and Orchestra

Schubert Symphony No. 4 'Tragic'

The Hanover Band

Sunday 9th October 2022
Fairfield Halls Croydon

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Samuel Coleridge Taylor Violin Concerto

Elgar The Spirit of the Lord

Samuel Coleridge Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

Royal Choral Society
Croydon Philharmonic Choir

London Mozart Players

Saturday 30th July 2022
Lund Cathedral, Sweden

Concert with Music Weeks in Sweden

Programme to be announced

Music Weeks in Sweden

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Saturday 18th June 2022
Canterbury Cathedral

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society Youth Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Judith Howarth, soprano
Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Tristan Hambleton, bass

Wednesday 1st June 2022
Royal Festival Hall

Verdi Requiem

Royal Choral Society 150th anniversary concert
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Anush Hovhannisyan, soprano
Julia Riley, mezzo-soprano
Alexander James Edwards, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass

Saturday 30th April 2022
Canterbury Cathedral

Schubert Mass in G
Mendelssohn Hear my Prayer
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Fauré Requiem

Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Katy Hill, soprano
Greg Tassell, tenor
Richard Bannan, bass

Friday 15th April 2022
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah (Annual Good Friday performance)

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Keri Fuge, soprano
Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano
Jamie MacDougall, tenor,
James Platt, bass

Saturday 5th March 2022
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St

J.S. Bach St. John Passion (sung in German)

Royal Choral Society
Hanover Band

Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Jimmy Holliday, Christus
Rebecca Lea, soprano
Alexander Chance, counter-tenor
Joseph Doody, tenor
Tristan Hambleton, bass

Sunday 6th February 2022
Colyer-Fergusson Hall, University of Kent

Borodin Polovstian dances
Mussorgsky Four operatic choruses
Schubert Des Tages Weihe
Brahms O Schöne Nacht
Brahms Nänie

 

Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society Youth Choir
Richard Pearce and Jonathan Beatty, pianos

Monday 3rd January 2022
Dala Järna Church, Sweden

Brahms Schicksalslied
Rachmaninoff Blazhen muzh
Gibbons See the word is incarnate
Stenhammar Vårnatt

Music Weeks in Sweden
mwis.se

 

Saturday 18th December 2021
Royal Albert Hall
Carols at the Hall (15 concerts)

December 18,19,20, 22,23,24
 
A high energy concert with all the Chritmas hits
 

Royal Choral Society

National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Monday 13th December 2021
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

Quality Carols including Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Stille Nacht in Richard Cooke's new arrangement

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 10th December 2021
Canterbury Cathedral

Family Carols

Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society Youth Choir

David Newsholme, organ

Festival Brass Ensemble

Saturday 30th October 2021
Canterbury Cathedral


Haydn Insanae et vanae curae
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Mozart  Mass in C minor

Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society Youth CHoir
English Chamber Orchestra

Anthony Pike, clarinet

Rebecca Lea, soprano
Miriam Allan, soprano
Greg Tassell, tenor
Richard Bannan, bass

Saturday 23rd October 2021
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St.

Duruflé Requiem

Schubert Gebet

Stenhammar Vårnatt

Brahms Wie lieblich sind dein Wohnungen and Liebeslieder Waltzes

Rachmaninoff Suite for 2 Pianos (Romance and Tarantella)

 

Royal Choral Society
Richard Pearce, organ and piano
Jonathan Beatty, piano
Rebecca Lea, soprano
Hannah Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Doody, tenor
Philip Tebb, bass

 

Sunday 30th May 2021
Royal Albert Hall

Handel  Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Richard Pearce, organ

Mary Bevan, soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Edward Grint, bass

Friday 18th December 2020
Royal Albert Hall (11 concerts cancelled)

Carols at The Hall

11 upbeat concerts from 18th to 23rd December presented by the Royal Albert Hall, all cancelled due to Corona Virus

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday 9th December 2020
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Carols including 1st performance of Stille Nacht arr. Richard Cooke (see homepage)

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 2nd May 2020
Snape Maltings (Cancelled)

Bach Mass in B minor

University of Essex Choir
London Handel Orchestra

Friday 10th April 2020
Royal Albert Hall (cancelled)

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 28th March 2020
Holy Trinity Sloane Square (cancelled)

Bach St. John Passion

Royal Choral Society
Hanover Band

Saturday 21st March 2020
Canterbury Cathedral (cancelled)

Fauré Requiem
Schubert Mass in G
Mendelssohn Hear my prayer

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 15th February 2020
Chelmsford Cathedral

Fauré Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Elgar The Snow

University of Essex Choir
London Mozart Players

Saturday 25th January 2020
Canterbury Cathedral

Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil

Canterbury Choral Society

Sunday 22nd December 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

9 concerts between 21st - 24th December 2019

Tuesday 10th December 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas with the Royal Choral Society

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday 27th October 2019
Colyer-Ferguson Hall, Canterbury

Ramirez Misa Criolla, Navidad Nuestraork

Canterbury Choral Society

Saturday 19th October 2019
Holy Trinity Sloane Square

Ramirez Misa Criolla, Navidad Nuestra

Royal Choral Society

Saturday 3rd August 2019
Lund Cathedral

Various

Music Weeks in Sweden

Monday 8th July 2019
Coburg

Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

Royal Choral Society
Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 6th July 2019
Winchester Cathedral

Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Elgar Enigma Variations
Parry I was Glad

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 22nd June 2019
Canterbury Cathedral

Elgar The Apostles

Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 25th May 2019
Cadogan Hall

Albert and Victoria: The Coburg Connection

Mendelssohn Lobgesang

Royal Choral Society
Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday 5th May 2019
Snape Maltings

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

University of Essex Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday 19th April 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 23rd March 2019
Canterbury Cathedral

Mozart Requiem
Mozart Symphony 39

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 19th January 2019
Canterbury Cathedral

Handel Messiah

London Handel Orchestra

Monday 24th December 2018
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas at the Albert Hall - 5 concerts

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday 11th November 2018
Cadogan Hall

Armistice Centenary

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Elgar Enigma Variations
Ireland Greater Love hath No Man
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 3rd November 2018
Canterbury Cathedral

Mendelssohn Lobgesang

London Mozart Players
Canterbury Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society Youth Choir
Richard Cooke conductor
Rebecca Lea soprano
Madeleine Shaw mezzo soprano
Peter Auty tenor

Tuesday 24th July 2018
Southwark Cathedral

Handel Israel in Egypt

Royal Choral Society
London Handel Orchestra

Saturday 23rd June 2018
Canterbury Cathedral

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Staples

Saturday 5th May 2018
Snape Maltings

Mozart Mass in C minor
Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy

University of Essex Choir
London Mozart Players

Saturday 21st April 2018
Cadogan Hall

Fauré Requiem
Composer Work

 

Friday 30th March 2018
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 17th March 2018
Canterbury Cathedral

Bach St Matthew Passion

Canterbury Choral Society
London Handel Orchestra

Saturday 3rd February 2018
Chelmsford Cathedral

Duruflé Requiem

 

Saturday 20th January 2018
Canterbury Collyer-Fergusson Hall

Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes
Holst Rig Veda book 3
Schubert Gebet

 

Saturday 16th December 2017
Canterbury Cathedral

Family Carols

Canterbury Choral Society

Wednesday 13th December 2017
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas Classics

Royal Choral Society

Saturday 4th November 2017
Canterbury Cathedral

Stanford Song to the Soul
Stanford Variations for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 21st October 2017
Holy Trinity Sloane Square

Haydn Die Schöpfung

English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 24th June 2017
Canterbury Cathedral

Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Composer Work

Canterbury Choral Society

Saturday 20th May 2017
Winchester Cathedral

Rachmaninov The Bells

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 6th May 2017
Snape Maltings

Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

University of Essex Choir

Saturday 29th April 2017
Canterbury Cathedral

Bach Magnificat

Canterbury Choral Society
London Handel Orchestra

Friday 14th April 2017
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 5th November 2016
Royal Albert Hall

Haydn Die Schöpfung

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 18th June 2016
Canterbury Cathedral

Verdi Requiem

Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 12th May 2016
Westminster Central Hall

Concert for the Duke of Kent

Royal Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 30th April 2016
Snape Maltings

Haydn Nelson Mass

University of Essex Choir
London Mozart Players

Saturday 23rd January 2016
Canterbury Cathedral

Haydn Nelson Mass

Canterbury Choral Society
English Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 14th November 2015
Southwark Cathedral

Monteverdi Vespers 1610

 

Saturday 6th June 2015
Canterbury Cathedral

Bruckner Mass in E minor
Bruckner Motets

 

Saturday 30th May 2015
Winchester Cathedral

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

 

Saturday 2nd May 2015
Snape Maltings

Elgar The Kingdom

 

Friday 3rd April 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

 

Saturday 21st March 2015
Canterbury Cathedral

Mozart Mass in C minor
Mozart Prague Symphony

 

Friday 30th January 2015
Chelmsford Cathedral

Monteverdi 1610 Vespers

 

Friday 23rd January 2015
Canterbury Cathedral

Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ

 

Tuesday 16th December 2014
Royal Albert Hall

Christmas Concert

 

Sunday 9th November 2014
Royal Albert Hall

Britten War Requiem

 

Saturday 1st November 2014
Canterbury Festival

Mendelssohn Elijah

Sir Willard White

Saturday 21st June 2014
Canterbury Cathedral

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 3rd May 2014
Snape Maltings

Britten War Requiem

 

Saturday 22nd March 2014
Canterbury Cathedral

Bach Johannes-Passion

London Handel Orchestra

Monday 1st July 2013
Barbican, London

Mendelssohn Elijah

Royal Choral Society
Philharmonia Orchestra

Saturday 26th January 2013
Canterbury Cathedral

Monteverdi 1610 Vespers

Canterbury Choral Society
London Handel Orchestra

Monday 25th June 2012
Royal Albert Hall

Verdi Requiem

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 21st June 2008
Canterbury Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall

Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts

Royal Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 21st June 2008
Canterbury Cathedral

Bach Mass in B minor

London Handel Orchestra

Saturday 22nd January 2005
Canterbury Cathedral

Elgar The Apostles CD recording

Philharmonia Orchestra

Saturday 22nd November 1997
Canterbury Cathedral Royal Albert Hall, Lille

Mahler Symphony of a Thousand

Royal Choral Society
Canterbury Choral Society

Friday 12th April 1996
Royal Albert Hall

Handel Messiah

Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

annual performance since 1995

Thursday 1st January 1970
Canterbury Cathedral

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Canterbury Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday 1st January 1970
Royal Albert Hall

Carols at the Hall

15 Concerts 

17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 December

Royal Choral Society

National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra