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If you can’t join us in Cornwall – or even if you can! – don’t miss the repeat performance of our Falmouth concert, back on home turf in Wells.

Saturday 8th November, St Thomas’ Church, Wells
Tickets will be available shortly.

We’re excited to announce that our next performances will be as part of our tour to Cornwall (but don’t worry – there’s also a repeat performance in Wells!)

On Thursday 30 October we’ll be singing evensong at Truro Cathedral, a service which will be particularly spectacular as we’ll be sharing the space with artist Luke Jerram’s latest astonishing installation – Mars.
Two days later on Saturday 1 November we’re in All Saints Church Falmouth with a programme entitled ‘Where Words End’ taking inspiration from suggestions from members of the choir for music which heals, consoles and inspires. The concert is raising funds for the renovations to the church’s kitchen and toilet facilities and includes music from the Renaissance to the present day (in classic Swans style!)

A Swans tour wouldn’t be a Swans tour without a final informal romp through some of our lighter repertoire and this time we’re breaking our homeward journey in the village of Blackawton in the glorious South Hams area of Devon.

‘Dixit Dominus’ and more – Saturday 5 July

Have you got your tickets yet? It’s less than two weeks until our summer concert. Rehearsals have flown by, and the choir is raring to go. Join us for Handel’s energising ‘Dixit Dominus’ with companion pieces by Buxtehude and Purcell. Doors will open at St Cuthbert’s Church in Wells for a 7.30 start, next Saturday 5th July.

Tickets are available on the door, or from our Trybooking page – Click here

In the Footsteps of Alexander – Saturday 3 May

Tickets are now on sale for our concert on 3 May at St Thomas’ church in Wells.  With music by composers from Stanford to Tavener, Holst to Esenvalds, this fascinating programme will explore the lands conquered by Alexander the Great.  Tickets are available from our Trybooking page, Click Here to book.

In the Footsteps of Alexander – Sat 3 May – St Thomas’ Church Wells, 7pm

Alexander the Great lived for only 33 years yet, from the age of 20 when he succeeded his father Philip II to the throne of the ancient kingdom of Macedon in 336BC, he expanded his empire further and further east until it stretched from the Mediterranean into India. As a pupil of Aristotle, Alexander was a cultured man as well as a warrior and our programme follows his campaigns from modern Greece, through Persia to India through settings of words by the earliest known female poet Sappho (a world premiere from Jonathan Lane entitled Sappho Fragments), the Greek Orthodox nun Mother Thekla, portions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore and the sacred Hindu text the Rig Veda.

Saturday 25 January 2025 at 7pm, St Thomas’ Church, Wells

Featuring music from our summer 2024 concert, join us for a choral pilgrimage from England, France, the Basque Country and Portugal to Santiago de Compostela including music by Victoria, Lobo, Philips, Vivanco and Debussy. Tickets are available via Eventbrite, click here.

The Musical Roads to Compostela is a benefit concert for Evolve Music. Evolve Music provides inclusive music services to communities across the South West, and professional development for musicians and educators nationally.

Saturday 16 November at 19:30, St Michael’s Without, Broad Street, Bath

We’re delighted to be joining our friends at Cappella Nova to showcase music by Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn) and Clara Schumann alongside their brother and husband and to bring their stories into the foreground.  Both extremely skilled composers and performers, their music deserves to be much better known.  Do come along and discover their music.