Our next concert:
Every Song a Story: French and English verse set by Debussy, Finzi, Poulenc and McDowall

Saturday 13th June 2026, 7:30pm
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Witney, OX28 4AW

The North Cotswold Chamber Choir welcomes back Guest Conductor Edward Caswell and Organist Colin Millington, both of whom last performed with us at our Christmas Concert in 2023.

We will take you through a songbook of stories from Robert Bridges, Charles D’Orleans and traditional French verse, set to music by Finzi, Debussy and Poulenc. Plus! The additional delight of Cecilia McDowall’s setting of the Shipping Forecast.

Programme

To include:
Claude Debussy Trois Chansons de Charles D’Orleans
Gerald Finzi from Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Cecilia McDowall The Shipping Forecast
Francis Poulenc Huit chansons francaises
John Willbye Draw on, sweet Night

For information on access to the venue, please contact hello@nc3.org.

Details of our programmes for recent concerts can be found here.

Repertoire

Examples of the wide-ranging repertoire the choir sings can be found here.