Cantamus Reigate News

Welcome to Cantamus Reigate’s website!  Here you can find out all about this friendly, mixed-voice (SATB) choir, how it operates, its forthcoming events and how you can take part.

Our “Party-Singy-Thingy” on Friday 21st June was a great success! Around 30 guests chatted, drank and ate – oh, and sang! – in a relaxed and sociable atmosphere. Many thanks to The Buckland Reading Room as a lovely venue, to the many guests who brought along the eats, to Charles Thompson for accompanying and to my wife and No 2 son for all their practical help. I think it will become an annual event!

Next Event

Great news! Our Mozart Requiem will definitely be happening on 30th November in a changed venue: St Matthew’s Church, Redhill. The programme will also include Stanford’s double choir anthem: Coelos Ascendit Hodie. 2024 is the centenary of Stanford’s death, so it will be good to nod in appreciation in his direction. We’ll be performing the anthem with organ, timps and brass and it should make for a rousing opener for our concert. As is our tradition, we will be sharing our platform with some young, talented musicians to delight and entertain us, and members of the Ashford Baroque Ensemble will be joining us for the Mozart. Soloists will include Mel Mehta (soprano), Anne Mitchell (contralto), Dominic Morris (tenor) and Richard Cox (bass), all directed by Nick Landauer.

We will be holding a ring-fenced retiring collection for a charity yet to be chosen, to which any proceeds of the concert itself will be added.

Tickets will be available in due course at £15 (Under 18s and students free).

Rehearsals for Next Event

  • Mon 18th November 19.45 – 21.15 in St Matthew’s Church
  • Thu 21st November 19.45 – 21.15 in St Mark’s Church
  • Sun 24th November 14.00 – 16.30 in St Matthew’s Church
  • Wed 27th November 19.45 – 21.15 in St Matthew’s Church
  • Fri 29th November 19.45 – 21.15 in St Matthew’s Church
  • Sat 30th November 15.00 – 17.00; Concert 19.00 – c.21.15

Please note that parking at St Matthew’s is limited. The best alternative is the public car park by KwikFit, about 5-10 minutes’ walk from the church.