This coming Thursday (3rd September) the Callington Singers begin a new term of rehearsals. Amongst other works, we will begin rehearsing for Christmas. This year, along with all the traditional carols, we will be rehearsing excerpts from The Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach. This is a work which we have sung before but not for…
The Callington Singers are pleased to have been asked to return to Truro Cathedral to provide the music for the Eucharist and Evensong services on Sunday 30th August. The main pieces of music for the morning service will be the Organ Mass by Mozart and Hymn to the Virgin by Benjamin Britten. In…
This year the Callington Singers will be performing their Summer Concert in St. Paul’s Church at Yelverton. This is a venue which the choir has not visited before, so we are very excited about singing there. It looks as though (thanks to El Niño) this is going to be a lovely hot summer, so we…
The Callington Singers would like to invite you to join us for our annual Easter concert. This year it will take place at Menheniot church on 11th April. It will be wonderful for the choir to sing in this lovely setting again, as this is where we celebrated our 30th Anniversary. The programme is still being…
The Callington Singers have just returned from a weekend in Brittany where they had the honour of singing in two concerts along with Chorale Chanterelle from Guipavas, Callington’s twin town in Brittany, and Kantorei Barsbuttel, their German counterparts, to celebrate the French Choir’s 25th anniversary. They were hosted by friends and members of the Breton…
We have a lot of events coming up during this Christmas season. Our first Carol singing session of 2014 happens tomorrow at Crocadon Producers Fair. We will be singing all the traditional carols that you know and love, and a few you may not be familiar with. We are hoping that the weather…
We are pleased to report that the concert ‘For the Fallen’ at Lamerton Church last Friday was a great success. The event was very well attended in spite of some rather blustery weather. The concert was introduced by Robin Chambers of Devon SSAFA, who gave an outline of the good work and history of the…
The programme for this concert has now been finalised and is detailed here. The concert is at Lamerton Church at 7:30pm on the 7th November and is free of charge. There will be a collection in aid of SSAFA. Both the Royal British Legion and SSAFA will be participating and Devon Heritage Service are providing…
The Callington Singers will perform at Lamerton church on 7th November at 7:30pm, a special concert to remember the fallen of the Great War. The concert is being supported by the Devon Remembers initiative and the Last Post Project The Devon Heritage service will be providing an exhibition of First World War Recruitment posters and…
On the 3rd August 2014, the Callington Singers were honoured to perform in a special service to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War. The service was held at Truro Cathedral and was well attended. Contributors included the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Colonel Edward Thomas Bolitho OBE. The choir sang ‘No Greater Love’ by Ireland,…
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