Bakewell Choral Society

29/09/2024

Our next concert in the beautiful church in Wirksworth! Tickets on sale now ...

24/08/2024

29/06/2024

We would warmly welcome any local singers to come along and join us (guests just for this concert welcome) singing HAYDN’S CREATION in our Autumn Term. Rehearsals are at Bakewell Methodist Church on Monday evenings, 7.15p.m. - 9.30p.m. and the first rehearsal is on Monday 2nd September.

The concert will be in St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 19th October 2024.

To download a leaflet with more information and contact details, please see the website www.bakewellchoral.co.uk

10/04/2024

Tickets now on sale!

22/01/2024

Tickets now on sale …

06/01/2024

Bakewell Choral Society Spring 2024
Bakewell Choral Society will be performing The Messiah in Bakewell Parish Church on Saturday 16th March.
Rehearsals for the new season start this Monday, January 8th, at Bakewell Methodist Church. New members are very welcome. BCS is also inviting guest singers to join them for this one concert (£35 for new guests and £50 for guests who have sung with BCS before).
If you are interested in joining the choir, or coming along as a guest for this concert, please contact [email protected], or just come along on Monday at 7pm to Bakewell Methodist Church.

06/09/2023

A concert for Armistice Day
Bakewell Choral Society will be performing The Armed Man – subtitled “A Mass for Peace” – written by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, in St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth, at 7.30pm on Saturday 11th November.
The piece was originally commissioned for the Millenium celebrations by the Royal Armouries Museum, marking their move from London to Leeds. It was first performed in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 25th April 2000.
The Armed Man was dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis and is essentially an anti-war piece. It is based on the Catholic Mass and includes movements based on these prayers: Kyrie Eleison, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Benedictus. However, it also includes several other movements drawn from other inspirations including a 15th Century folk song, “L’homme armé”, the Muslim call to prayer, words written by Rudyard Kipling, John Dryden and Jonathan Swift and a setting of words by the Japanese poet Toge Sankichi, reflecting on the effects of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.
Bakewell Choral Society’s concert will also include some shorter choral anthems and readings on the theme of ‘Remembrance’.
Tickets £15. Students and accompanied children free.
Tickets are available online at www.bakewellchoral.co.uk as well as on the door, from any choir member or from The Little Vagabond Bookshop, Unit 9, Orme Court, Granby Road, Bakewell DE45 1ES.

We have a growing membership sharing a passion for music from a variety of eras. We perform four concerts every year (click on the following link for details):

30/08/2023

Bakewell Choral Society Autumn 2023

Bakewell Choral Society will be performing The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins and Music for Remembrance in St Mary’s Church Wirksworth on Saturday 11th November (Armistice Day).

Rehearsals for the new season start on Monday September 4th at Bakewell Methodist Church. New members are very welcome.
BCS is also inviting guest singers to join them for this one concert (£35 for new guests and £50 for guests who have sung with BCS before).

If you are interested in joining the choir, or coming along as a guest for this concert, please contact [email protected].

31/01/2023

Our next concert … for further details check the website: www.bakewellchoral.co.uk

02/12/2022

Bakewell Choral Society is delighted to invite you to join them to rehearse and sing the Rutter Requiem. First rehearsal 9 January 2023, 7.15-9pm and subsequent Mondays at Bakewell Methodist church.
Performance : Saturday March 25, 2023 at St Mary’s Church, West End, Wirksworth DE4 4EG, time to be confirmed.

For further details and to download an application form go to the website:

We have a growing membership sharing a passion for music from a variety of eras. We perform four concerts every year (click on the following link for details):

25/10/2022

Make a note of the Christmas concert!

30/09/2022

Poster for November concert: