Chorate Chamber Choir

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Chorate is a Reading-based mixed voice chamber choir, formed in 2009 by a group of experienced singers wanting to sing, have fun and raise funds for good causes, with over £22,500 raised to date. Our repertoire includes sacred and secular music from the 13th century to the present day, by composers from Palestrina and Bach through to The Turtles and The Beatles.



         Spring Concert | Saturday 2nd April @ 6pm | St John & St Stephen's, Orts Road, Reading
See below for the concert programme, a YouTube link to view it, and how you can donate to our selected charity, Christian Aid. 
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Spring Concert April 2nd 2022
St John & St Stephen's Church, Reading

Our Spring Concert included the Ukrainian National Anthem, Cantate Domino and Remember not, Lord our offences by Purcell, Lamentations of Jeremiah by Tallis, Timor et Tremor by Poulenc, Byrd's Tu es pastor ovium, Now the green blade riseth arr. SJ Shaw, The Sprig of Thyme by Rutter, Anfonaf Angel by R Arwyn/H Gwynfryn and finally, in honour of those who have lost their lives in Ukraine, the Kontakion for the dead - the ancient Kyiv chant. 
You can view the whole concert by clicking here or on the image below. 
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Christian Aid is a charity which seeks to eradicate poverty by tackling its root causes. Its current appeals include helping refugees fleeing deadly violence in Ukraine, helping people at high risk of starvation in Afghanistan, and helping people who lost their homes in the Earthquake in Haiti. Please feel free to make a donation by going to our Just Giving page. Thank you!
Sopranos
Jenny Blakeley
Lesley Coggan
Vicki Jones
​Lis Yates
Altos
​Mary Chambers
​Enya Dodson
Angela Wellman
Tenors
Steven Murphy
​Simon Shaw
Basses
Richard Croft
Paul Iddenten
Nigel Wills
Accompanists: Fran Birch and Stephen Dilley

Chorate in lockdown

Like many other choirs we have been experimenting with online meeting and virtual music making. This is our recording of Rossini's O Salutaris Hostia. We had prepare this for its first outing at our last concert that was inevitably cancelled so decided this was the best way to share this. Huge thanks to Simon for mixing the track.