This Season

2024-2025 << 2025-2026

Season Overview

We have six concerts planned for the 2025-2026 season, our 46th.

In September, we perform Verdi's Requiem, and in the same programme host the Kanneh-Masons playing Beethoven's Triple Concerto, in The Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.

We will be commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II with a performance of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man, in the Dorking Halls. Also in the programme is Fauré's ever-popular Requiem.

There are two celebrations of Christmas, one in St Mary's Church, Reigate, and one in St Nicholas' Church, Worth, with seasonal music and readings.

And in March we are presenting Brahms' majestic Ein deutsches Requiem, in Reigate, in Brahms' own four-hand arrangement for piano.

Our summer concert, on July 4th, will feature works by American composers.

For singers we have a programme of workshops - works by female composers, including McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem, on 25 October, and Brahms Requiem on 10 January 2026.

All singers are of course welcome at our open rehearsals - please register here to let us know you are coming.

Scheduled Events

Date	Event	Venue
Sep 21st	Verdi & Beethoven	Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Sep 29th	Open Rehearsal	Wray Common Primary School
Oct 25th	Open Workshop - Female Composers	St Mary's Church, Reigate
Nov 15th	The Armed Man	Dorking Halls
Dec 6th	Once As I Remember	St Mary's Church, Reigate
Dec 13th	Once As I Remember	St Nicholas' Church, Worth
Jan 10th	Open Workshop - Brahms Requiem	St Mary's Church, Reigate
Jan 12th	Open Rehearsal	Wray Common Primary School
Mar 14th	Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem	St Mark's Church, Reigate	*Buy Tickets Now ►*
Apr 20th	Open Rehearsal	Wray Common Primary School
May 9th	Open Workshop	St Mary's Church, Reigate
Jul 4th	Independence Day Concert	St Mary's Church, Reigate

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Sunday September 21st, 2025 5pm

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

Elgar Land of Hope and Glory

Beethoven Triple Concerto

with Royal Wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, sister Isata and brother Braimah

Verdi Requiem

Seohyun Go soprano (finalist in the 2025 Eastbourne International Singing Competition)
Emma Jüngling mezzo (finalist in the 2025 Eastbourne International Singing Competition)
Adrian Dwyer tenor
Grant Doyle baritone

Leslie Olive conductor

English Arts Orchestra

St Mary's Church, Reigate RH2 7RN
Saturday October 25th, 2025 11am - 4pm

Workshop on Female Composers
including McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem

Leslie Olive director
Siobhain O'Higgins accompanist

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Dorking Halls, Reigate Rd, Dorking RH4 1SG
Saturday November 15th, 2025 7.30pm

Jenkins The Armed Man
Fauré Requiem

Karl Jenkins’ 1998 The Armed Man, his engaging “Mass for Peace”, portrays the brutality of conflict through its music. In contrast, Fauré’s celebrated Requiem, when exquisitely performed, distils conflict into perhaps the most profound sense of peace to be found in all Classical music.

Katherine Gregory soprano
Mark Saberton baritone

Ian le Grice continuo

Leslie Olive conductor
English Arts Orchestra