The Maidenhead Choral Society was born out of the many local choirs of Maidenhead and founded in 1963 to celebrate the opening of the new Maidenhead Town Hall.

Our conductor, George Badacsonyi, has been with us for many years. He has a thorough knowledge of working with voices as well as instrumentalists and he selects congenial choral works with great care for our concert performances. George is very interested in the lesser-known works of the 'Great Composers’.His knowledge in this field is of great value, lest they be forgotten and lost forever. George inspires us to explore these pieces and with his guidance and the help of our most valued piano accompanist, Gillian Salmon, we rise to thechallenge of these enjoyable and rewarding works. Our future goal is to succeed in climbing the major peaks of choral literature and most of all, to enjoy the journey.

The human voice is indeed an amazing instrument and in song, has the ability to make us feel happy and exhilarated. Happiness releases the ‘feel-good’ endorphins into our bodies, helping to de-stress and giving us a better chance of good health and wellbeing.

Some of our past performancesJubilee Concert

Rossini, Stabat Mater

Haydn, Maria Theresa Mass

Brahms, Ein Deutches Requiem

Handel, Alexander's Feast

Mendelssohn, Elijah

Mozart, Coronation Mass Handel, Brockes Passion Bach, Christmas Oratorio Faure, Requiem Haydn, The Creation Verdi, Stabat Mater Charpentier, Messe de Minuit Haydn, Little Organ Mass Dvorak, Mass in DRossini, Petite Messe Solennelle Faure, Cantique de Jean Racine Rutter Requiem

The Baylis Trust

NEW MEMBERS WANTED

We welcome all voices of any experience

Auditions are not required. If you love singing and want to learn some

of the works of the ‘Great Composers’ then come along and join us.

The choir practises every

Monday evening, 7:45 - 9:45pm at Wesley Hall,

Methodist Church, High Street, Maidenhead

Berkshire SL6 1EF

www.maidenheadchoralsociety.moonfruit.com www.maidenheadchoralsociety.orgJenny Robinson - 01628 822886

Trisha Ray - 01628 416980

Maidenhead: Junction 8/9 of the M4 Motorway and A4 between Reading and Slough. The Methodist Church, Wesley Hall is positioned at the junction of High Street and King's Street and adjacent to the A4 roundabout at the foot of Castle Hill. The nearest car park is in West Street at the back of Marks & Spencer.

Maidenhead Choral Society Patron: The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP

George Badacsonyi - Conductor Gillian Salmon - Piano Accompanist

Programme: 2016

Registered Charity No. 289414

www.maidenheadchoralsociety.org

www.maidenheadchoralsociety.moonfruit.comSupported by:

The Prince Philip Trust, The Kidwell’s Trust (RBWM)

The Bayliss Trust

7:30pm Saturday, 14th May 2016

St Luke’s Church, Norfolk Rd Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7AX

Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions Tel: 01628 822886

Spring Concert

Beethoven Mass in C

(Op.86)

Pergolesi Magnificat

Handel Ode for the Birthday

of Queen Anne

Rebecca van den Bergh - Soprano Roderick Morris - Counter Tenor

William Wallace - Tenor Dingle Yandell - Bass

Barry Yardley - Trumpet Robert Jones - Organist

George Badacsonyi - Conductor

7:45pm Monday 19th December 2016

Wesley Hall, Methodist Church, High Street Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1EF

Tel: 01628 822886

We are hosting

‘A Sing Along’ Christmas Carol

Party with finger food, mince pies and

soft drinks

Supporters, friends and former members -

please join us in celebrating this very special time

Gillian Salmon - Piano accompanist

George Badacsonyi - Conductor

7:30pm Saturday, 26th November 2016

St Luke’s Church, Norfolk Rd Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7AX

Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions Tel: 01628 822886

Autumn Concert

Programme to be arranged

Gillian Salmon - Piano accompanist George Badacsonyi - Conductor