We believe Halifax Choral Society is the oldest Choral Society in the world! Over the next few months we will be celebrating its bicentenary by promoting a really special series of concerts:
- On Sunday, 15th October 2017, at 7.30pm in the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, 350 of us will present:
- Philip Wilby’s oratorio THE HOLY FACE; the première of our new commission, which tells the dramatic biblical story of the life of Halifax’s patron saint, John the Baptist.
- Mendelssohn’s Psalm 114 (“When Israel out of Egypt came”); This work was dedicated by the composer to the Society in 1837.
- Bruckner’s Te Deum Laudamus.
- On Sunday, 26th November 2017, at 6.30pm in Halifax’s Victoria Theatre:
- The Society’s 199th annual Messiah (G F Handel), this year in the acclaimed arrangement by Dr Denis Wright for choir, brass (the world-famous Black Dyke Band) and organ.
- In Spring 2018:
- Haydn’s Creation — this was the very first work performed by the Society, in 1817. For this occasion, we plan to welcome back The Hanover Band, who will perform on their instruments of that period.