BBCS begins its 2018-19 season with a celebration of choral joy, from Vivaldi's masterpiece to Bob Chilcott's Dances of Time, commissioned for the Leith Hill Musical Festival. 

Programme to include: 

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria

Bob Chilcott Dances of Time

Join BBCS to celebrate the festive season with songs, carols and readings for Advent and Christmas. 

Wed 12 December 2018

7.30pm

St Michael's, Betchworth

On Saturday 30 June 2018 we will be joining up with the Festival Chorus, Orchestra and soloists to sing Haydn's majestic Nelson Mass, and Alexander L'Estrange Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose, at the finale event of the 2018 Voices of London Festival, which celebrates the extraordinary range of vocal diversity on offer in the Capital and beyond. 

BBCS is delighted to be returning to Voices of London following our participation in the 2017 event. 

Harriet Burns soprano

Joanna Harries mezzo-soprano

Nick Allen tenor

Brian McAlea bass

Voices of London Festival Chorus & Orchestra

Helen Smee conductor

Buckland and Betchworth Choral Society present a programme of music specially chosen to reflect on this memorable day in world history.

The centrepiece of the concert will be Gabriel Fauré’s awe-inspiring Mass of the Dead, his Requiem.  Since its first performance in 1888, this work has become a firm favourite with audiences and choirs alike and regularly features in ‘Hall of Fame’ rankings.

In the same vein of remembrance and contemplation, the concert will also feature:

‘Agnus Dei’ from Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man, 

‘Lift Thine Eyes’ from Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Howard

Goodall’s The Lord is My Shepherd (better known as the theme to BBC’s The Vicar of Dibley) and Bob Chilcott's Be Thou My Vision.

The Choir is lucky to be joined by soloists Harriet Burns (soprano) and Kieran Rayner (baritone), as well as our brilliant accompanist, Anna Tetsuya, playing Beethoven’s Sonata Pathétique.

On Saturday 1st July 2017 we will be joining up with a variety of other choirs and singing at the Voices of London Festival, which celebrates the extraordinary range of vocal diversity on offer in the Capital and beyond. As part of the Festival Chorus, BBCS will be joining forces with choirs from across the south of England to perform Rutter's Feel the Spirit. 

Sat 1 July 2017

7.30pm

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate

London, EC1

Join members of BBCS and their Musical Director, Helen Smee to explore two works with a strong jazz/gospel influence: Rutter's Feel the Spirit and Will Todd's Mass in Blue.

Sat 6 May 2017

9.45am

St Mark's Church Hall

Reigate

RH2 0DA

Tickets £15 (including music hire)

To take part, please download and return the registration form on the right.

A regular feature of the BBCS Calendar, the Choir's Ensemble perform for Broome Park's annual fête. 

Sat 10 June

4pm

Broome Park Nursing Home

Station Road

Betchworth,

Surrey RH3 7DF