Past Concerts

We hope this page will give you a flavour of the wide variety of music we have performed in recent years, and of the artistes who have performed alongside us.

2025

In March we took part in the Mayor’s Spring Charity Concert at the Anvil, Basingstoke, as part of the Basingstoke Festival of Choirs.

In May we were the guests of Deane Sinfonia at their spring concert
Why We Sing (Greg Gilpin)
An Irish Blessing (Bob Chilcott)
As Long As I Have Music (Don Besig & Nancy Price)
Thank You For The Music (Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus)
When You Believe (from The Prince of Egypt)
You Raise Me Up (arranged by Roger Emerson)
For Good & Defying Gravity (from Wicked the musical)
Choral selection from Les Misérables the movie

In October we did a joint concert with Basingstoke Concert Band, and then another 2 weeks later with Basingstoke Male Voice Choir
Why We Sing (Greg Gilpin)
Steal Away (Michael Tippett)
Sing Gently (Eric Wittaker)
Lady of Autumn (Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman arr. C McLeish)
Anthem from Chess
Benedictus (from The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins)
Africa (as sung by Toto, arranged by Audrey Snyder)
Green Leaves of Summer (Dimitri Tiomkin & Paul Francis Webster)
Fields of Gold (Gordon Sumner, alias “Sting”, arranged by Roger Emerson)
Anything Goes (Cole Porter, arranged by Philip Kern)

Christmas music
St Mary’s Church Old Basing Christmas Tree Festival
The Viables Centre Christmas Event

2024

To be completed!

2023

To be completed!

2022

“From Stage & Screen” with Ooh Mama, Steventon Singers, voices from other local choirs and the Heritage Light Orchestra
West Side Story Selection
May It Be (from The Lord of the Rings)
The Lord is my Shepherd (Howard Goodall)
Hail Poetry (Pirates of Penzance)
Fiddler on the Roof choral medley
A Tribute to Queen (from We Will Rock You)
Les Misérables choral selection

A concert for the Friends of St Mary’s Church, with Basingstoke Male Voice Choir
As Long As I Have Music by Don Besig & Nancy Price
Let’s Begin Again by John Rutter
Pokarekare Ana
Wellerman
Londonderry Air
Fiddler on the Roof choral medley
May It Be (from Lord of the Rings)
Rodgers & Hammerstein on Broadway

Christmas music
The Viables Christmas Event
Carols at Milestones Museum
Carols at St Michael’s Hospice

2021

“Virtual Choir” with Ooh Mama Ladies Choir
Virtual Choir 4: You Raise Me Up by Brendan Graham & Rolf Lovland,
Arr. Roger Emerson

At last after 18 months of only meeting “virtually” we were able to sing Christmas carols at Milestones Museum, outdoors at St Michael’s Hospice, and put on a “real” concert:

December 2021
Secular and Sacred Christmas music at the Viables Community Association Christmas Celebration


2020

 March 2020
Mayor of Basingstoke & Deane’s Charity Concert in The Anvil,
part of the Basingstoke Festival of Choirs
with the Heritage Light Orchestra and Basingstoke Area Youth Orchestra

“Virtual Choir” with Ooh Mama Ladies Choir
Virtual Choir 1: “Gloria” from Vivaldi’s Gloria
Virtual Choir 2: As Long As I Have Music by Don Besig & Nancy Price
Virtual Choir 3: Adiemus by Karl Jenkins

December 2020
18 choir members took part in singing socially-distanced carols in the grounds of St Mary’s Church, Old Basing


2019

March 2019
With guests Hannington Silver Band
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
You’ve Got a Friend In Me (Toy Story)
Medley from Porgy & Bess (Gershwin)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Medley

July 2019
With Ooh Mama Ladies Choir and the Heritage Light Orchestra
Requiem by John Rutter
Adiemus by Karl Jenkins
Zadok the Priest by GF Handel
The Abolition of Slavery by Bob Chilcott

October 2019
Took part in the Basingstoke Variety Show:
You Raise Me Up
Irish Blessing

December 2019
Performed popular Christmas Carols
at the Lychpit Community Centre Christmas Lights “switch-on”

Secular and Sacred Christmas music at the Viables Community Association Christmas Celebration


2018

 March 2018
Joint concert with Ooh Mama
Messiah – Georg Frideric Handel

July 2018
Took part in the Basingstoke Festival of Choirs concert “Voices Together” in the Anvil, Basingstoke

November 2018
Provided the musical chorus for the Old Basing Pantomime

December 2018
Secular and Sacred Christmas music at the Viables Community Association Christmas Celebration