Concerts and Events
FUTURE EVENTS
Summer 2025
Saturday 19th July 2025
CHANTRY QUIRE in the Petworth Festival
The Passing of Time
12:00 noon, Saturday 19th July, Petworth Parish Church
with James Sherlock (Piano)
Saturday 13th September 2025
Saturday 22nd November 2025
CHANTRY QUIRE – Concert for St Cecilia’s Day
Saturday 22nd November 2025
Petworth Parish Church
PAST MUSICAL EVENTS (2016 – 2025)
Spring 2025
Saturday 1st February 2025
Saturday 29th March 2025
CHANTRY QUIRE 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
with WESTERN WYNDES, leader Jeremy West (Cornett)
BOXGROVE PRIORY
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610)
8th – 14th April 2025
ISHIRINI Tour to Turkey
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Autumn 2024
Saturday 26th October 2024
WORKSHOP, 10:00 – 17:00
MOZART REQUIEM
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, PULBOROUGH
Saturday 23rd November 2024
CHANTRY QUIRE CONCERT, 7.30pm
with Dr ANDREW LUMSDEN (Organ)
PETWORTH PARISH CHURCH
Sunday 24th November 2024
MOTET: CANTATE (Peter Allwood)
EUCHARIST, 11:00
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE CHAPEL, GREENWICH
Ralph Allwood (Director)
Monday 25th November 2024
MOTET: CANTATE (Peter Allwood)
CHORAL EVENSONG, 5.30pm
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE CHAPEL, GREENWICH
Saturday 30th November 2024
DOWNLAND ENSEMBLE CONCERT, 2.30pm
PULBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL
Haydn: Symphony 100
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr for Full Orchestra)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Allwood: Scottish Rhapsody
Mendelssohn: Dance of the Clowns
Saturday 14th December 2024
CHANTRY QUIRE CHRISTMAS CONCERT, 3.30pm
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, ARUNDEL
Thursday 19th December 2024
CHRISTMAS AT GOODWOOD
CHANTRY QUIRE, GOODWOOD HOUSE
https://www.goodwood.com
Summer 2024
Saturday 6th July 2024
CHANTRY QUIRE
SUMMER CONCERT at EASEBOURNE PARISH CHURCH
Wednesday 28th August 2024
CHORAL EVENSONG, 5.30pm
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
CHANTRY QUIRE XL
Peter Allwood (Director)
Paul Griffiths (Organist)
Sunday 1st September 2024
SONG RECITAL, 3pm
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, BILLINGSHURST
Charles Wood (tenor)
Peter Allwood (piano)
Spring 2024
Saturday – Sunday 24/25 February 2024
ISHIRINI rehearsal weekend, including Sunday Service
at St Paul’s Church, West Hackney
Saturday 9th March 2024
WORKSHOP on ELGAR’s THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
with West Sussex Philharmonic Choir
The Barn, The Causeway, Horsham, 1000 – 1700
Saturday 16th March 2024
DOWNLAND ENSEMBLE Open Rehearsal
The Village Hall, Pulborough
Schubert Unfinished Symphony
Joplin The Entertainer
Allwood Scottish Rhapsody
Saturday 16th March 2024
CHANTRY QUIRE CONCERT at BOXGROVE PRIORY
A PASSIONTIDE MEDITATION
29th March – 8th April 2024
Choir Tour
ISHIRINI in EGYPT – Alexandria and Cairo
Autumn 2023
Saturday 16th December 2023, 16:30
CHANTRY QUIRE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
at ST NICHOLAS PARISH CHURCH, ARUNDEL
Saturday 4th November 2023, 19:30
CHANTRY QUIRE CONCERT at HORSHAM PARISH CHURCH
with Philip Scriven (Organ)
Britten ~ Rejoice in the Lamb
Durufle ~ Chorale Variations on Veni Creator Spiritus
Britten ~ Festival Te Deum in E
Durufle ~ Requiem
Saturday 14th October 2023, 10:30-18:00
WORKSHOP on BRAHMS REQUIEM
with Chantry Quire and Mark Dancer (piano),
Sarah Russell (soprano), Rupert Pardoe (baritone)
Summer 2023
Saturday 1st July 2023
CHANTRY QUIRE CONCERT at CHAMPS HILL
with James Sherlock (piano)
Programme:
Brahms ~ Liebeslieder Waltzer
Charles Paterson ~ Love Itself (Six songs for SATB choir and piano)
Britten ~ The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
and works by Lindberg, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Morley, Schubert and Shearing
Spring 2023
4th – 11th April 2023
Choir Tour
ISHIRINI in PORTUGAL – Lisbon and Porto
Sunday 26th March 2023, 19:30
PASSIONTIDE MEDITATION at BOXGROVE PRIORY
including Lobo’s Lamentations, with Spanish and Portuguese Motets
Saturday 11th March 2023, all day
WORKSHOP on MOZART’s REQUIEM
at CHRIST’s HOSPITAL, HORSHAM
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Autumn 2022
Saturday 10th December 2022, 10:30 – 20:00
WORKSHOP and PERFORMANCE
Handel MESSIAH
St Mary’s Parish Church, Pulborough
Saturday 26th November 2022, 19:30
CONCERT
Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
Petworth Parish Church
Saturday 24th September 2022, 10:30
WORKSHOP and INFORMAL PERFORMANCE
Purcell DIDO & AENEAS
Christ’s Hospital Big School
Summer 2022
Saturday 18th June 2022
Vocal Trio: An Evening of Operatic Arias and Ensembles
Music School, Bognor
Friday 1st July 2022, 19:00
Vocal Ensemble: Songs for a Summer Evening
Steyning
in aid of Malawi Schools Project
Saturday 2nd July 2022
A Garden of Song
Chantry Quire
Champs Hill Recital Room
Spring 2022
Saturday 19th February 2022
Vocal Trio: An Evening of Operatic Arias and Ensembles
Christ Church Chichester
in aid of Amnesty International
Sunday 13th March 2022
14:00 – 16:30 Sullington Parish Hall
Saturday 2nd April 2022
Sunday 3rd April 2022
Fauré: Requiem
and works by Rutter, Goodall, Jenkins and Chilcott
Sandgate Singers, Storrington Priory
Sunday 10th – Thursday 14th April 2022
ISHIRINI Choir Tour, Conductor
Monday 11th April, 19:00, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Tuesday 12th April, 18:00, St Columba’s Cathedral, Oban
Wednesday 13th April, 13:00, St Conan’s Kirk, Loch Awe
Thursday 14th April, 14:30, The Abbey, Iona
Autumn 2021
Saturday 27th November 2021
Chantry Quire: Brahms Requiem
Sunday 21st November 2021
Sandgate Singers: Haydn Nelson Mass
Spring 2021
Tuesday 30th March 2021
Virtual Meditation for Passiontide, 6pm
Spring 2020
Sunday 4th April 2020
CANCELLED
Downland Ensemble
Open Rehearsal 1115
Venue: West Chiltington Village Hall
Tuesday 31st March 2020
CANCELLED
Chantry Quire
Passiontide Meditation: Hear My Prayer
Boxgrove Priory
Sunday 29th March 2020
CANCELLED
Chantry Quire
Passiontide Meditation: Hear My Prayer
Slindon Parish Church
Saturday 14th March 2020
CANCELLED
Sandgate Singers
Haydn: The Creation
Sussex Sinfonia
Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March 2020
Friends of Cathedral Music
National Gathering at Worcester Cathedral
Further information: www.fcm.org.uk
Autumn 2019
Wednesday 18th December 2019, 14:00
Christmas Concert
Gaude (Chamber Choir)
Bedford School Chapel
Sunday 15th December 2019, 17:30
Carol Concert
Ishirini
Corpus Christi College Chapel, Cambridge
Saturday 14th December 2019, 18:00
Concert of Advent Music
Chantry Quire
Fletching Parish Church
Sunday 8th December 2019, 19:00
Christmas Concert
Sandgate Singers
Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington
Saturday 7th December 2019
Christmas Concert
Downland Ensemble
Pulborough Village Hall
Sunday 17th November 2019, 15:00
Duo Recital
St John’s Church, Church Rd,
Broadbridge Heath, Horsham RH12 3LD
- Handel: Violin Sonata in A major
- JS Bach: Violin Sonata no. 5 in F minor
- JS Bach: French Suite no. 5 in G major
- JS Bach: Violin Sonata no. 6 in G major
Charlotte Bassett-Chan (violin) Peter Allwood (piano)
Sunday 10th November 2019
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 (The Resurrection)
Horsham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
The Hawth, Crawley
Steve Dummer (conductor) Peter Allwood (chorus master)
Saturday 9th November 2019, 19:30
Chantry Quire Concert
Petworth Parish Church
- Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (St Cecilia Ode)
- Vivaldi: Magnificat
- Handel: Dixit Dominus
Further information: http://www.chantryquire.org.uk
Sunday 20th October 2019, 14:00
Workshop on Haydn: Creation
Director: Peter Allwood
with Neil Jenkins (editor)
and Sandgate Singers
Further information: www.sandgatesingers.com
Saturday 12th October 2019, 19:30
Dorking Chamber Orchestra Concert
St Martin’s Church, Dorking
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
- Mozart: Violin Concerto in G
- Arriaga: Symphony in D
Friday 4th – Sunday 6th October 2019
Friends of Cathedral Music Gathering
St Mary’s Episcopal, St Mary’s RC and St Giles Cathedrals, Edinburgh
Further information: www.fcm.org.uk
Summer 2019
Sunday 18th August 2019, 15:00
From Sadness to Joy
Ishirini Choir
with Fries Lachrimae Consort
Lutherse Kerk Leeuwarden
Saturday 13th July 2019, 7.30pm
Sandgate Singers
Summer Concert
Steyning Grammar, Rydon’s site
Saturday 22nd June 2019, 8pm
Chantry Quire
Summer Concert
St Paul’s Chichester
Sunday 19th May 2019
Performance of Peter Allwood’s setting of PSALM 150 at
Choral Evensong
Winchester Cathedral
The Cathedral Choir
SPRING 2019
Tuesday 9th April 2019
Chantry Quire
Passiontide Meditation
Boxgrove Priory
Sunday 7th April 2019
Chantry Quire
Passiontide Meditation
Easebourne Parish Church
Saturday 6th April 2019,
Sandgate Singers
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Steyning Grammar School, Steyning
AUTUMN 2018
Saturday 22nd December 2018
Chantry Quire and Friends
Christmas Concert in aid of the Organ Repair Fund
St Mary’s Parish Church, Pulborough
Saturday 15th December 2018
Downland Ensemble
Christmas Concert
Pulborough Village Hall
Monday 10th December 2018
Sandgate Singers
Christmas Carols
Sullington and Storrington Parish Hall
Sunday 25th November 2018
Sandgate Singers Concert
including Rutter, Magnificat
and works by Parry, Mendelssohn, Elgar
Peter Gould (organ)
Anna Gould (soprano)
Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington, RH20 4LN
Saturday 24th November 2018
Horsham Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Steve Dummer (conductor), Peter Allwood (chorus master)
Saturday 10th November 2018
Chantry Quire Concert
Petworth Parish Church
Friday 12th – Sunday 14th October 2018
Friends of Cathedral Music
National Gathering
Bangor Cathedral
Sunday 7th October 2018, 1500
Duo Recital
St John’s Church, Church Rd,
Broadbridge Heath, Horsham RH12 3LD
JS Bach: Violin Sonata in C minor
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor
Schumann: Drei Romances
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Charlotte Bassett-Chan (violin)
Peter Allwood (piano)
Saturday 15th September 2018, 1930
Gaude (choir), Jeremy Rouse (conductor)
Bedford School Concert Hall
SUMMER 2018
Sunday/Monday 26/27th August 2018
Ishirini Choral Concerts
Florence, Italy
Saturday 7th July 2018, 1930
Union Hill (Blues and Country Rock Band) inaugural gig
Pulborough Village Hall
Saturday 7th July 2018, 1100
Downland Ensemble Open Rehearsal
Pulborough Village Hall
Saturday 30th June 2018 at 3pm
Sandgate Singers Concert: Songs from the Shows
Steyning Grammar (Rydons Community College site)
with Alison Manton (Keyboard) Joe Pettitt (bass) James O’Carroll (drums)
Saturday 23rd June 2018
Chantry Quire Concert,
St Paul’s, Chichester
with Alan Davies (cello)
Tuesday 26th June 2018
Chantry Quire (repeat) Concert,
Sutton Parish Church, West Sussex
conducted by Nick Steinitz
with Graham Elliott (cello)
Friday 8th – Sunday 10th June 2018
Friends of Cathedral Music
National Gathering
Coventry Cathedral
SPRING 2018
Saturday 31st March 2018
Downland Ensemble Open Rehearsal
Tuesday 27th March 2018
Chantry Quire (repeat) Concert, Methodist Church, Worthing
Saturday 24th March 2018
Chantry Quire Concert, Boxgrove Priory
Saturday 3rd March 2018
Full details and tickets from EventBrite
Saturday 24th February 2018
Concert, Gaude, Bedford
Sunday 28th January 2018
Choral Evensong, Queens’ College Cambridge
2017
Saturday 16th December 2017
Saturday 8th December/ 9th December 2017
Saturday 11th November 2017
Brahms’ Requiem, Brecon Cathedral, Brecon Singers,
conducted by Robert Evans, soloists Emilia Morton, Nicholas Morton
Piano Four Hands (Peter Allwood and Alan Davies)
Downland Ensemble, Autumn 2017
Saturday 21st October 2017
Saturday 30th September 2017
Full event details: EVentBrite Sep 30
Saturday 22nd July 2017
Saturday 1st July 2017
Saturday 1st July 2017
Sunday 4th June 2017
Queens’ College Cambridge
Saturday 8th April 2017
Friday 7th April 2017
Sandgate Singers Concert
Sunday 12 March 2017
Armed Man Workshop with Sandgate Singers
Saturday 11 March 2017
Downland Ensemble Open Rehearsal
Wed-Sat, 1-4 March 2017,
Saturday 25th February 2017
2016
Sunday 11th December 2016
Saturday 26th November 2016
Saturday 19th November 2016
Chantry Quire Concert
Saturday 1st October 2016
Peter Allwood 