nantwich singers
Astbury
Welcome to The Nantwich Singers The Nantwich Singers is regarded as one of the
finest chamber choirs in the northwest of England. Since its inception as The
Tudor Consort in the early 1970s it has broadened its repertoire from the
unaccompanied music of the 16th Century and now performs music from all eras and
in all styles. The great masterpieces of the Renaissance are not forgotten but
the choir is now equally at home in the classical era of Mozart and Schubert,
the romantic world of Brahms and Rachmaninov, the rhythmic complexity of Walton
and the jazz of Will Todd. Most performances are given in the medieval gem of St
Mary’s Church in the centre of Nantwich, often referred to as the Cathedral of
South Cheshire. But the choir also ventures further afield and has established a
reputation deputising for church choirs around the country; including Bath and
Tewkesbury Abbeys, and the cathedrals of Edinburgh, Manchester, Derby,
Lichfield, Chester and Coventry among others. The choir comprises a flexible
grouping of about 18 singers, some of whom are soloists in their own right. They
perform regularly with orchestras and instrumental groups, as well as with organ
or piano accompaniment, but at the heart of the choir is the enduring excitement
of unaccompanied music, both sacred and secular.
