Choral Music in England's Smallest City

The Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society (WCOS), founded in 1896, performs major works from the choral repertory with some of the country’s leading soloists and orchestral ensembles.

With around 160 voices the society gives three concerts a year under the direction of Matthew Owens, Organist and Master of the Choristers at the Cathedral. Concerts are normally in early November, December (an annual performance of Handel’s MESSIAH) and late March - see Future Concerts.

The society also hosts a Come and Sing day each year, normally in May, to which any singers are welcome to study and perform a work from scratch.

With a repertoire ranging from the masterpieces of the Baroque through the Classical and Romantic periods to the present day the society works with a number of specialist orchestras including: Music for Awhile, Chameleon Arts and La Folia.

Chorus rehearsals are on Monday evenings in the Cathedral from September to March and generally follow Wells Cathedral School's term times. Our current accompanist and Assistant Conductor is Owain Park the Senior Organ Scholar at the Cathedral.

New singers are always welcome to apply to join the choir. Why not join us?

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4th May 2013

Come and Sing day

Stainer: Crucifixion

St Cuthbert's Church, Wells

 

 

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9th November 2013

Fauré:  Requiem

Vaughan Williams:  Five Mystical Songs

Poulenc:  Organ Concerto

  • La Folia Orchestra
  • Robert Davies (baritone)
  • Jonathan Vaughn (organist)

7th December 2013

Handel:  Messiah

  • Music for Awhile orchestra
  • Soloists: Eloise Routledge (soprano); Rupert Enticknap (countertenor); Daniel Norman (tenor); Henry Waddington (bass).

29th March 2014

Bach:  St John Passion (in original German)

•   Rogers Covey-Crump (Evangelist)

•   Music For Awhile orchestra

Other soloists to be announced