The Prescot Festival Chorus will gather on Saturday 22 June to sing Gabriel Fauré’s enduringly popular Requiem. Ian Wells (Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Parish Church) returns to conduct, with Peter Kwater (St Bartholomew’s Rainhill)...
Read morePress release: 100 Singers to Mark 100 Years since End of World War One
More than 100 singers are expected to join the Prescot Festival Chorus to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One this June. The ‘Come & Sing’ choir gathers on Saturday 16 June to perform Gabriel Fauré’s stirring Requiem under...
Read moreCome & Sing Fauré’s Requiem, June 2018
The Prescot Festival Chorus will sing Gabriel Fauré’s celebrated Requiem this June, to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One. The performance takes place at 7pm on Saturday 16 June in Prescot Parish Church, as part of the...
Read moreDay 3: Daniel Bishop in Recital
Last night saw the biggest ever Prescot Festival Chorus. Since 2007, we’ve been gathering singers from across the region to join the choir every year, and yesterday a record 100 sopranos, altos, tenors and basses from all over the North...
Read moreDay 2: Fauré & Gospel
Birkenhead Operatic Society never disappoint their fans, so we probably don’t need to tell you the Prescot Festival audience was buzzing after last night’s opening concert. Aside from the usual brilliant sound and array of...
Read moreOne Day to Go, Prescot Festival Chorus Sounding Pitch-Perfect
Prescot Festival Chorus met to rehearse Requiem last night – and they sounded every bit as heavenly as we’d expect in a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s classic choral work. The choir have met every year since 2007 to perform...
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