Events

Future concerts

Saturday November 23rd 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury

Opus 2 will entertain an audience to a concert of Advent music on Saturday 23rd November 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury. The choir will be joined by Paul Hutchinson, considered to be one of the most accomplished and versatile accordionists in the country.

Entry will either be by payment at the door (cash or card) or purchase tickets in advance via TicketSource from 1st November. Tickets are priced at £12 per person, children (under 15) free. The concert will start at 6:30pm with the doors opening at 6:00pm. Refreshments will be available and a raffle will be held.

Previous concerts

Saturday July 6th 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury

Opus 2 entertained an audience to a concert of light choral music on Saturday 6th July in their Summer Concert.

The concert was well attended and included material from a number of composers, including Howard Goodall, Eric Whitacre and Billy Joel.

Saturday March 23rd 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury

Combining the chamber choir of Opus2 with invited singers and professional soloists delivered an outstanding performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday March 23rd 2024 at a packed St Mary’s Church, Kintbury. Unusually, for Opus 2, the event was open to any choral singer familiar with the piece, with rehearsals during the day and a performance in the evening. The performance featured professional soloists Jacqueline Pischorn (Soprano), Serenna Wagner (Contralto), Gordon Fry (Tenor) and Peter Lidbetter (Bass) who were accompanied by Susan Norman (piano) and Ben Giddens (organ). Musical Director for the performance was Chris Lambert.

Saturday December 2nd 2023 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury

The choir performed a concert of Advent music on Saturday 2nd December at St Mary’s Church Kintbury, featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Chilcott, Goodall, Arnesen and more. The event included music that the audience were invited to join in singing.

Saturday July 8th 2023 at St John’s Church, Newbury

Opus 2 held a concert for a Summer’s Evening at St John’s Church, St John’s Road, Newbury featuring music by a variety of composers – both classic and more contemporary.

Saturday March 25th 2023 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury and Saturday 1st April at St Lawrence’s Church, Hungerford

Opus 2 performed two back to back concerts on Saturday March 25th at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury and Saturday 1st April at St Lawrence’s Church, Hungerford. The concerts featured John Stainer’s ‘The Crucifixion’ and additional material. Both concerts were very well received and reviewed in the Newbury Weekly News newspaper.

Tuesday 22nd November 2022, The Retreat at Elcot Park Hotel, Hungerford

Opus 2 perfomed at The Retreat at Elcot Park Hotel during the evening of Tuesday 22nd November, singing Christmas carols as part of a Christmas event being held at the hotel.

Opus 2 also supported the Christmas Carols Service at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury on Sunday 18th December.

Sunday 3rd July 2022, Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Opus 2 held a very well received Summer Choral Concert on Sunday 3rd July 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Hungerford as part of the Hungerford Summer Festival. The concert featured music both classic and contemporary with special guest Paul Sartin, a former member of the award- and nomination-winning ensembles – Belshazzar’s Feast, Faustus and Bellowhead. Paul unfortunately passed away in Autumn, and Opus2 offers condolences to Paul’s family.

Saturday 26th February 2022, Kintbury Church

Saturday 9 November 2019, Kintbury Church

Sunday 7 July 2019, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Hungerford