España! – The Hythe Singers Summer Concert

Saturday 13th July, 7pm, The Hythe Centre, Egham

Our informal summer concert, full of music and entertainment from Spain and Latin America. More details of the programme nearer the time.

Tickets on sale now from Eventbrite


Previous Concerts


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.


Hythe Singers Summer Concert - Shakespeare

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.


Spring Concert - Pink Angel

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 2019 - Durufle Poulenc Finzi

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.


Durufle Requiem Come and Sing

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.


The Hythe Singers at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Choir in Residence
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

Saturday 3rd August, and Sunday 4th August 2019


A Night at the Movies

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