Concerts
Cadenza performs regularly throughout Scotland and beyond, with a wide-ranging repertoire which includes folk, jazz and popular songs as well as Renaissance church music, major choral works and contemporary classics.
There are two annual fixtures in the Cadenza calendar: the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Concert and the Christmas Concert. The Fringe Concert takes place every August in central Edinburgh. This is Cadenza’s largest concert each year, and includes a major choral work by composers as diverse as Bach, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Duruflé and Maxwell Davies. The choir is usually joined by professional soloists and a full orchestra.
The Christmas concert is a more lighthearted affair, with a repertoire which includes ancient and modern carols as well as the old favourites – some of which are performed in fun arrangements, as you’ve never heard them before! There is also an opportunity for the audience to sing with the choir in some traditional carols.
In addition to these concerts, Cadenza frequently performs for and on behalf of charities. These concerts usually take place in the spring or early summer and have raised thousands of pounds over the years for a wide range of charities in the UK and overseas. Please contact us if you would like the choir to help raise funds for your charity.
Concert in aid of the St Andrew's Children's Society
Saturday, 26 May 2012 at 19:30
St Peter's Church, Lutton Place, Edinburgh EH8 9PE
Another opportunity to hear some of Cadenza's lighter repertoire.
All the proceeds from this concert will go to the St Andrew's Childrens' Society a voluntary adoption and foster care agency based in Edinburgh and operating within a 60 mile radius of Scotland's capital city.
Programme includes classical, contemporary, folk & jazz arrangements for choir of music by Brahms, Rutter, Whitacre, George Harrison, Chilcott, Gershwin, and more...
We are also delighted to announce that we will be joined by The Edinburgh Guitar Orchestra.
Formed in Spring 2011, the ensemble provides professional classical guitar players and teachers the opportunity to play in a large ensemble at a standard comparable to the finest ensembles for other instrument groups. The Orchestra performs original music written for this medium as well as transcriptions of orchestral and piano music. Members are predominantly drawn from across Scotland’s central belt and also as far afield as Inverness and Birmingham.
Something for everyone to enjoy!
Tickets: This is a FREE event, with a retiring collection for the St Andrew's Children's Society.
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Cadenza at the 2012 Fringe
Saturday, 25 August 2012 at 20:00
Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ
Cadenza returns to one of Edinburgh's most atmospheric and historic Festival venues for the annual Fringe concert.
Programme:
Mozart - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K339)
including the sublime soprano aria Laudate Dominum - always an audience favourite!
Haydn - Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (or "Little Organ Mass")
Hasse - Miserere in C
Musical Director: Jenny Sumerling
with
Wilma MacDougall (soprano)
Beth Mackay (mezzo soprano)
Andrew Nunn (tenor)
Brian McBride (bass)
and
Morley Whitehead (organ)
Ticket : £15, £13 (concessions), £4 (children)
from the Cadenza Concert Manager (tel: 0131 337 5914), choir members, at the door, or
from the Fringe Box Office, tel: +44 (0)131 226 0000
Our Fringe concerts have attracted capacity audiences for some years. Book your tickets early to avoid disappointment!
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