2023 - 2024 Season

Christmas with the Choral

Join us as we celebrate the festive season with a performance of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, accompanied by harpist Sharron Griffiths. There will be carols for all to sing.

• Michael Bawtree conductor
  
• Morley Whitehead organ

Saturday 16 December, 6:30pm
Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh, EH10 6BQ
Mince pies and refreshments will be served after the concert.
Tickets:

• adults £14
• children/students £5

Available from Ticketsource.

Sharron Griffiths

Sharron started playing the harp at the age of 10 in her native Wales. She works regularly with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
She is a busy soloist and chamber musician performing in concert halls and festivals across the country. She recently appeared as concerto soloist with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and is a member of many chamber ensembles including the innovative Bardic Trio.
www.sharrongriffiths.co.uk

Messiah 2024

Tuesday 2 January, 12 noon
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor: Michael Bawtree

Come and join us at the Usher Hall and bring in the new year in Handelian style, with a wonderful line-up of soloists. We look forward to welcoming Emma Morwood (Soprano), Alexander Chance (Countertenor), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Tenor) and Thomas Chenhall (Baritone) back to Edinburgh for this festive occasion.
Tickets available from the Usher Hall. 

Emma Morwood (soprano)

Born in Belfast, Emma Morwood studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Northern College of Music, where she was a major prize winner. Now studying with Karen Cargill, Emma has sung with many of Europe’s finest orchestras and conductors.
Recent concert highlights include Haydn Creation with the Ulster Orchestra, Strauss Vier letzte Lieder at Glasgow City Halls, Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, and a tour of Handel's Messiah with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra.
In May 2023, she performed the role of Despina in the Irish National Opera's production of Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte.

Alexander Chance (Countertenor)

Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

Alexander Chance was a Choral Scholar and read Classics at New College,
Oxford. Recent concert appearances include a tour of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Bach’s St John Passion with John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, Bach’s B Minor Mass with Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan, Handel’s Messiah with various orchestras and regular solo recitals throughout Europe with lutenist Toby Carr.
In 2022, he became the first countertenor to win the International Handel Singing Competition, also winning the Audience Prize. Highlights this season include a debut for Welsh National Opera, a debut solo recital at the Wigmore Hall and a solo recital at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Tenor)

Photo by Tom Gradwell

Elgan Llŷr Thomas studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a former English National Opera Harewood Artist and a former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist. 
He made his debut at the Royal Opera House, as First Noble of Brabant in Lohengrin. His  engagements have included Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore and Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi for Scottish Opera and Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress at the Aldeburgh, Klara and Ojai Festivals.
Current engagements include Gérald in Lakmé for Chelsea Opera Group, Prunier in La Rondine for Opera North, A Child of Our Time in King’s College, Cambridge, and a recital at Ludlow English Song Festival.

Thomas Chenhall (Baritone)

Thomas Chenhall is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. He made his international debut as Laquais in Don Quichotte at Wexford International Opera Festival and recently made his Royal Opera House debut as part of its lunchtime recital series. Previous engagements include Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème (Hurn Court Opera), Ben in Opera on the Move’s The Telephone and Sid in Clonter Opera Festival's Albert Herring.
In 2021 he was a finalist in the 4th Eva Marton International Singing Competition in Budapest.
He has performed solos for Handel’s Messiah with Cupar Choral Society and Stainer’s Crucifixion with the St Andrews Trinity Singers, as well as performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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Season Overview

Usher Hall Concert

Sat 23 September, 7:30pm
The Music of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Beyond

A Festive Fanfare

Saturday 4 November, 7:30pm, Greyfriars Kirk.

Christmas with the Choral

Saturday 16 December,
6:30 pm
Morningside Parish Church.
​Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, with harpist Sharron Griffiths.

2024

Messiah

Tuesday 2 January
12 noon
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor: Michael Bawtree

More to follow!

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Past Concerts

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