Penrith Music Club

18/12/2025

This Friday, 19 December, is the last Friday in Advent, and therefore our last opportunity to hear specially selected organ music at our lunchtime Eucharist Service.

Please join us in the Cathedral from 12.15pm, before the service begins at 12.30pm.

The planned programme includes:

Prelude
🎶 West ‘Winchester New’
🎶 E C Bairstow Prelude on Veni Emmanuel

Gradual
🎶 M. Dupre Ave Maris Stella 1 (Vepres de commun)

Offertory
🎶 Karg Elert Freu dich sehr, o meine seele

Communion
🎶 A Rowley Meditation on Conditor alme siderum

Postlude
🎶 K. Leighton Fantasy on Helmsley

Thank you to Edward Taylor for playing at these services during Advent.

15/12/2025

This will be fantastic! We love Gould Piano Trio, too!! 🥰

15/12/2025

12/12/2025

Wonderful London Handel Players who impressed many of our audience in January and will return to Penrith in March will be playing at Wigmore Hall on Thursday 15th January!! 🥰🎉

12/12/2025

Attention, Cumbrian singers!!! 😃

SING WITH THE CUMBRIA OPERA GROUP

Cumbria Opera Group 10th Anniversary: Carmen

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, the Cumbria Opera are organising a semi-staged production of Carmen with acclaimed Cumbrian-born mezzo Jess Dandy. Lauded for her 'stunning, sumptuous tone and beautiful legato' (The Times), Dandy has appeared at the BBC Proms, Covent Garden, Bayreuth, and with all the major UK Orchestras. For two performances, she leads an all-Cumbrian Cast to perform Bizet's seminal masterpiece.

We are currently recruiting a Chorus of 40-50 people for this project, who will be on-copy for the production and be singing in French. The Chorus are the heartbeat of this production, so it's essential we get a team of brilliant Cumbrian singers who are able to make all the rehearsals! We're delighted that the brilliant Ian Jones, our Chorus Master for St John Passion in 2023, has agreed to return for this project. Edition specifications will be confirmed in due course, but we will be providing vocal scores and will circulate digital copies to the Chorus.

Chorus-only Rehearsals taken by Ian Jones (Chorus Master)

Wednesday 26th August, 7.00-9.30pm (Kendal)
Thursday 27th August, 7.00-9.30pm (Kendal)

Chorus and Orchestra Rehearsals taken by Joe Davies

Friday 28th August, 6.00-9.00pm (Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands)
Saturday 29th August, 2.00-5.00pm (Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands)

Performances

Saturday 29th August, 7.00pm (Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands)
Sunday 30th August, 3.00pm (Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands)

To register your interest in singing in the Chorus, please fill in this form and we'll be in touch to confirm your participation: https://forms.gle/4Hj5rQzBcuLXRjSNA

12/12/2025

Thinking of auditioning for a Principal role in our 2026 Production of Massenet's beautiful opera Manon? There are so many fabulous roles available in this opera.
And to make your life easier all the audition extracts are available on our website.
https://www.prestonopera.org.uk/manon-auditions.html
Email us at [email protected] to sign up for an audition on Tuesday December 16th and Wednesday December 17th in Preston.

12/12/2025

Lovely news!! 🥰🎉🎉

Huge news! Today, we're thrilled to launch the CUMBRIA OPERA SCHOLARSHIP - generously supported by The David Snowdon Trust - which will support young Cumbrian singers for their training at a Conservatoire or University. The first three recipients and their respective Conservatoires are:

Hannah Weakley, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Andrew Woodmass-Calvert, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Sam Weakley, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

All three singers were part of our inaugural Young Artists' Scheme this year, covering roles in 'Turn of the Screw' and 'The Marriage of Figaro' and performing in a brilliant Young Artists' Showcase. They all have brilliantly exciting futures ahead of them!

09/12/2025

Leon McCawley will be playing in Lancashire tomorrow!

Clitheroe Concerts Society offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of chamber music

09/12/2025

Come and have a big dollop of Christmas cheer with South Lakes Acappella. Teaming up with the children of St Cuthbert’s Primary School Windermere for fun and festive singing. It’s free but donations can be made to school funds. Join us after for tea and cake. Yum yum! THIS THURSDAY. Carver Church Windermere. 1.30pm

09/12/2025

Today! 9th December ❤️

Tim Horton takes part in a star-studded concert to honour the late pianist Alfred Brendel - follow the link to learn more.