Concerts at All Saints
Regular Concerts
We run a weekly Wednesday lunch time series Soundbites (details below) and a monthly Saturday morning Coffee Concert series Heavenly Harmonies (details below) ourselves. Our church is also used regularly for concerts by other organisations such as Hertford Choral Society, Hertford Symphony Orchestra and Hertfordshire Festival of Music
News Updates
Bring and Sing Messiah 1st December 18:30
All Saints invite you to join us as we begin the Advent journey towards Christmas Day with a performance of Part One of Messiah by Handel.
Hazel Ford (ex-Choral Scholar, Robinson College, Cambridge) Soprano
Sophie Timms (St Martin's Voices) Mezzo-Soprano
Matt Bernstein (St Martin's Voices) Baritone
Christopher Benham Organ
Choir of All Saints and Friends
Martin Penny Conductor.
6.30 pm on Sunday 1st December - Free Admission - Retiring Collection - All Welcome
If you would like to sing in the chorus then please read more about it and book a place.
| Introduction | People look East | arr. Ferguson |
| O come. O come Emmanuel | Hymn 32 (Descant: Noyce) | |
| Waiting | Adam lay y-bounden | Ord |
| I look from afar | Palestrina | |
| Winter Song | Snayder | |
| The Messenger | This is the truth sent from above | Vaughan Williams |
| Fuit homo missus a Deo | Palestrina | |
| This is the record of John | Gibbons | |
| Mary | The Angel Gabriel | att. Pettman |
| Virga Jesse | Bruckner | |
| A Maiden most gentle | arr. Carter | |
| Conclusion | Lo he comes | Hymn 31 (Descant: Robinson) |
| In the stillness of the night | Beamish |
Each of the following concerts has an appropriate seasonal theme:
| 2020 | January 11th: | The Wise Men |
| February 15th: | Love and Mariage | |
| March 7th: | Lent and Passiontide | |
| May 9th: | VE 75 day | |
| June 13th: | Pentecost and Trinity | |
| July 11th: | Benedict | |
| August TBA | Guest Choir | |
| Sept 12th | No Concert: Coffee Morning with stalls, Tower open and Herts & Beds Bike 'n Hike | |
| Oct 10th | Creation | |
| Nov 14th | Talents | |
| Dec 5th | Messengers |
Please tell your friends and do come along yourselves. If you have a favourite seasonal piece please tell us and we will try to include it.
Wednesday Lunchtime Concerts
Soundbites, as its name suggests, combines a selection of soups, rolls, sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks available from 12:00 with a short (35-45 mins), unticketed, admission free concert at 1:00 pm. These concerts are run to contribute to the Music Development Fund, which supports our musical work with young people in the town. Concert series dates normally match school term-times.
Our 2019 Autumn Season runs from 11th September to 4th December.
Autumn Season 2019
| Sept 11th | The Ellis Ensemble
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| Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano | ||||
| Sept 18th | Daniel Garvin
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| Violin | ||||
| Daniel is a young musician currently studying at the Purcell School. He will include music by Bach & Grieg in his programme | ||||
| Sept 25th | Kate Allsop | Róza Bene
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| Recorder | Harpsichord | |||
| Kate and Róza perform their 'London 1700' programme focussing on the music of French, Italian and English composers working in London during the 18th century when the recorder was enjoying huge popularity | ||||
| Dieupart, Barsanti, Babell, Croft | ||||
| Oct 2nd | Duo Fiammant
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Antonio and Fiammetta De Innocentis
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| Guitar & Voice Duo | ||||
| Antonio will perform a selection of solo guitar pieces and songs with his daughter Fiammetta. | ||||
| Oct 9th | Julian Jacobsen & Mariko Brown
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| Piano Duo | ||||
| Gershwin 2nd Rhapsody Ravel Suite "Mother Goose" & Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, | ||||
| Oct 16th | Courtyard Quartet
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| Vocal Ensemble | ||||
| Introducing new soprano Gabriella Buckland, the Courtyard Quartet returns to Soundbites with 'Songs Down the Centuries', a programme of songs from every century since the 13th celebrating Hertford Museum's acquisition of a 13th century silver gilt coin brooch recently discovered near Hertford. Composers include Dowland, Handel, Walmisly and Vaughan Williams. | ||||
| Oct 23rd | David Kirby | Lawrence Durkin | Christopher Benham
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| Clarinet | Cello | Piano | ||
| Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114 | ||||
| Oct 30th | Jane Rose | Catherine Wild | Barbara Manning
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| Flute | Oboe | Piano | ||
| Nov 6th | Catherine Ennis
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| Organ | ||||
| Nov 13th | Pegari Ensemble
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| Haydn Trio No.45 Schumann | ||||
| Nov 20th | David Zucchi | Inigo Mikeleiz Berrade
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| Saxophone | Accordion | |||
| David and Inigo are recent graduates of the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music. Their new collaboration of accordion and saxophone looks to expand the traditional associations of their instruments, and to explore and re-interpret works of standard repertoire, as well as explore new and uncharted territory. Individually, they have performed extensively in Europe and the U.K., and as a duo they made their international debut at the Vale de Cambra Music Festival in Portugal in April. | ||||
| Nov 27th | Adrian Oldland
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| Piano | ||||
| Dec 4th | Canon Brass | |||
| Festive Finale | ||||
We look forward to welcoming you to one or more of these concerts
How to find us
Information for Hirers
Our Hall is heavily used, but may have just the slot you need.
Find out more about the hall and look at the hall diary before making a provisional booking.
Can't find something?
Please email us office@allsaintshertford.org (office hours are 10-12 Tues and Sat) or contact Jo the Vicar on 01992 584899 or vicar@allsaintshertford.org.
