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WELCOME TO WANTAGE CHORAL SOCIETY
We are a thriving mixed voice choir with over 50 members. Each year we perform three concerts – two normally in Wantage Parish Church with the summer concert taking place in Letcombe Regis Village Hall. We have a long tradition of combining the classics with contemporary music including selections from operas, stage shows and films
In March 2025 we performed Haydn's Nelson Mass and his motet, Insanae et Vanae Curae together with Evening Hymn by Henry Balfour Gardiner. Our four soloists also performed solo items by composers including Richard Strauss and Roger Quilter.
Our summer concert featured music from McDowall, Rutter and Vaughan Williams. It was thoroughly enjoyed by the capacity audience in Letcombe Regis Village Hall who also savoured the drinks and nibbles provided in the glorious sunshine.
Our last concert of 2025 was on Saturday 29 November in Wantage Parish Church. It featured three very contrasting pieces: Finzi - In Terra Pax, Pergolesi - Magnificat and Saint-Saens - Christmas Oratorio. The concert was a sell-out and one audience member remarked “the choir rose magnificently to the occasion under the very capable direction of the conductor, Hannah Zaki, and the soloists - all rising stars - brought energy and conviction to the performances”.
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Also in 2025, we also bade farewell to Sebastian Thomson, our accompanist. Seb had been with us for many years and was an outstanding piano and organ player. In September we welcomed Gabriele Damiani as Seb's successor.
Our next concert is on Saturday 21 March 2026 at 7.30pm in Wantage Parish Church. We will be performing Mozart - Solemn Vespers K339,
Haydn - Te Deum in C and Vivaldi - Gloria.
Rehearsals will start on Tuesday January 6 - do come and join us.
ACCOMPANIST
Gabriele Damiani
Previously Chapel Organist and Music Teacher at St Edward’s, Oxford, Gabriele Damiani has served as Director of Music at Our Lady’s, Abingdon (OLA), where he led a team of fifteen Visiting Music Teachers and oversaw the school’s full academic and practical music programme.
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