Wigton Choral Society

Towards Hope - a concert undertaken jointly with Cockermouth Harmonic Society This evening of Baroque Choral Music, which had been postponed from the planned date in early Summer, took place at 7.30pm on Saturday, 6th November at Christ Church, Cockermouth. Programme Pergolesi Stabat Mater Gibbons Drop, Drop Slow Tears Purcell Dido a... Read More

To Daffodils Music by E.J.Moeran Text by Robert Herrick Performed by members of Cockermouth Harmonic Society and Wigton Choral Society Directed by Ian Wright This “virtual performance” was created during the Covid-19 period of lockdown in March 2021, when it was not possible to meet together as a choir. Following a number of practice s... Read More

Summer Concert 2020 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we had to cancel our Summer Concert on Sat 20th June 7.30pm in St Mary’s, Wigton. The concert, titled “The Cumbrian Minstrel”, was planned to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Wigton poet and fiddler John Stagg (1770 - 1823), featuring new work based on Stagg’s poems and the music and poetry of... Read More

March 2020 Concert - CANCELLED due to the COVID-19 pandemic The Cumbria Rural Choirs Concert at 7.30 pm on Saturday March 21st 2020 in Carlisle Cathedral, accompanied by the British Sinfonietta and conducted by our Musical Director, Ian Wright, was cancelled. Some of the specially-commissioned pieces from the concert are to be performed by C... Read More

Christmas 2019 Concert The 2019 Christmas Concert, consisting of a performance of Handel’s Messiah, was held on Saturday, 14th December at 7.30pm, in St Mary’s Church in Wigton and conducted by our Musical Director, Ian Wright. It’s hard to believe that Handel’s Messiah only received a luke-warm reception at its world première in Dublin on... Read More