WHO is Stroud Choral Society?

We are one of the oldest amateur choirs in the country performing in front of audiences in Stroud and beyond since 1834. Stroud Choral Society comprises an adult choir of around 120 members and children's and youth choirs of around 50 members. We present at least four concerts a year in the Stroud district, including Cirencester, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton and other venues.

We are now rehearsing for our autumn concert, on 16th November 2024, 7pm, in the magnificent setting of Tewkesbury Abbey.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony will be the major work in the second part of the concert, a  powerful setting of Walt Whitman's collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, scored for soprano and baritone soloist, full choir and large orchestra.

One strong musical influence on Ralph Vaughan Williams was studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music, under Professor Charles Villiers Stanford. So it is fitting to feature one of Stanford's own choral works in the first part of the concert. Songs of the Fleet is scored for baritone soloist, chorus and orchestra.

Both Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony and  Stanford's Songs of the Fleet share maritime themes and both works also received their first perfomance in 1910, as part of the Leeds Music Festival. So, more than a hundred years later, we are pleased once again to pair them in Stroud Choral Society's autumn concert.

The concert will begin with Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, also inspired by vivid images of the sea, and composed in 1830 following the composer's visit to the Scottish Island of Staffa, notably Fingal's Cave.

We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a great evening.

WHEN WE REHEARSE

UPCOMING CONCERTS