Winter Concert
Saturday 30th November, 7pm, St Mary’s, Thorpe, TW20 8TQ
With music on an historical theme from Tomkins, Howells, Handel’s Coronation Anthems (including Zadok the Priest), and Henry VIII, amongst others!
Tickets on sale via Eventbrite.
Previous Concerts
España! – The Hythe Singers Summer Concert
Saturday 13th July, 7pm, The Hythe Centre, Egham, TW18 3HD
Our informal summer concert, full of music and entertainment from Spain and Latin America. Bring a bottle and a picnic – castanets optional!
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Saturday 16th March, Royal Holloway University Chapel
A memorable performance of Bach’s master work, with full concert orchestra and professional soloists, in the magical setting of the chapel of Royal Holloway University. Full details in our programme.
Come and Sing: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Saturday 6th January, 10am, St Mary’s, Thorpe
A fabulous day spent learning to sing highlights from Bach’s magnificent St. Matthew Passion (sung in the original German) with the Hythe Singers and Richard Harker
Christmas Concert
Saturday 9th December, 7.30pm, St Mary’s, Thorpe
Join in for some festive music at our Christmas Concert! Mince pies and mulled wine during the interval. For full details of what we sang, have a read through our programme.
Summer Concert – “Shakespeare”
Saturday 8th July, 7.30pm, Strode’s College, Egham
Our summer concert, on the theme of “Shakespeare”, with music from Verdi, Vaughan Williams, the Lion King, Mäntyjärvi, and more! Interval raffle and refreshments.
Read our Concert Programme for more details!
Britten at 110
Saturday 25th March, 7:30pm
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Our programme included his Jubilate Deo, Festival Te Deum, Flower Songs, the Missa Brevis, Rejoice in the Lamb, and the Hymn to St. Cecilia.
Read our Concert Programme for more details!
A Choral Recital
Sunday 19th February, 3pm
United Church of Egham
We are delighted to be performing for the Egham & District Music Club in February. A diverse and entertaining programme including Bach, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Mäntyjärvi, and McDowall.
Read the concert programme for more details!
A Baroque Christmas!
Saturday 26th November, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Choruses from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, followed by the Motets “Komm Jesu Komm“, and “Lobet den Herrn“, and completed with Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, the Missa Brevis St. Joanna de Deo, all accompanied by a Period Orchestra under Katie Holmes.
Read the concert programme for more details!
Come and Sing – Bark some Bach!
Saturday 10th September, 10am – 4pm
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Come join us for a day of blissful Bach motets and other works. To include Komm, Jesu, Komm (BWV 229), Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV 230), and Jauchzet frohlokket from the Christmas Oratorio. Music provided.
Summer Family Concert – ‘Songs of Travel’
Sunday 10th July, 5:00pm, Strodes College, Egham
Our summer concert will take us on a musical journey around the world, and across musical ages and genres. We will be singing Vaughan Williams and Elgar, Toto and Tippett, channeling the spirit of Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, and globe trotting with Toch’s remarkable Geographical Fugue.
Dixit Dominus, Jephte, and Pergolesi’s Magnificat
Saturday 2nd April, 7:30pm, St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Carissimi’s Jephte, and Pergolesi’s Magnificat. Join us for a wonderful musical evening at St Mary’s Church in Thorpe.
Carols at the Red Lion
Monday 13th December 2021, 8:30 for 9pm, The Red Lion Pub, Thorpe
Join us from 8:30pm to sing some traditional (and some not so traditional!) carols in the friendly and welcoming atmosphere of the Red Lion pub in Thorpe. No charge!
Handel’s Messiah
Saturday 4th December 2021, 7:30pm, St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Our Christmas concert – featuring a live concert orchestra and professional soloists.
Come and Sing: Brahms’ Requiem
Saturday 4th September, 10am – 4pm, St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Join members of the Hythe Singers as we learn, and then perform Brahms’ wonderfully expressive Requiem, under the direction of Richard Harker, accompanied by Louisa Lam.
Summer Concert: Thank you for the Music!
Saturday 10th July 2021 at 7pm, St Ann’s Heath School
Bring a picnic and join us in the grounds of St Ann’s Heath Junior School, Virginia Water for our first concert after lockdown! Songs for all tastes, from Leonard Cohen to Aleotti, and Stanford to the Shanty Man. Doors open at 6.15pm. Please bring your own chairs and rugs / blankets.
Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Jephte by Carissimi, and the Pergolesi Magnificat
Our Spring Concert has been cancelled as a result of COVID-19 advice to minimise public gatherings. We hope to be able to get back to public performances in 2021.
Carols at The Compasses
Wednesday 11th December, 2019 at 9pm, The Compasses, Egham
Join us and sing along to some of your favourite Christmas carols, old and new – from Away in a Manger, to Frosty the Snowman!
Hosted at The Compasses in Egham, and starting round about 9pm. No charge – come along, have a drink, and get your Christmas started in style!
Winter Concert: Duruflé, Finzi, and Poulenc
Saturday 30th November, 2019 at 7:30pm
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
A varied evening of music including Duruflé’s Requiem, Lo the Full Final Sacrifice by Finzi, and Poulenc’s Christmas Motets.
Tickets £12 / £10 (concessions) and free for children, available from Eventbrite.
Come and Sing: Duruflé Requiem
Saturday 5th October 2019 from 10am – 5pm
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
Spend a musical day learning to sing Durufle’s magical Requiem with the Hythe Singers under the direction of Richard Harker.
Choir in Residence
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Saturday 3rd August, and Sunday 4th August 2019
A Night at the Movies
Saturday July 6th, 2019 at 7:30PM
The Jurgens Centre, Englefield Green
Bring your own picnic, drinks and glasses to an evening filled with music from movies old and new!
Rachmaninoff – Vespers
Saturday March 30th, 2019, 7:30PM
St. Mary’s Church, Thorpe
A performance of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, or All Night Vigil, in the beautiful and intimate surroundings of St. Mary’s Church, Thorpe.
The Last Sunbeam
Saturday 1st December 2018
7:30PM
St Mary’s Church, Thorpe
A WWI and WWII inspired repertoire commemorating the centenary of the Armistice of the Great War
Alexander L’Estrange – Prayers for Peace
Cecilia McDowall – O Oriens
Matthew Martin – Iustorum Animae
James MacMillan – A Child’s Prayer
Hubert Parry – There is an Old Belief
Charles Villiers Stanford – Justorum Animae
Ralph Vaughan-Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem