The Lea Singers have developed a varied repertoire, and aim to promote a large scale orchestral concert every other year. Large scale works have included Bach’s St John Passion and B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah,the Monteverdi Vespers with professional period instrumentalists and singers and Britten’s St Nicholas Cantata with the St Nicholas boys’ choir.
We have a fairly extensive music library, which you can review by clicking on this link. To discuss music hire, contact Frances Brown on 01582 793 845 or francesbrown25@yahoo.com.
Here are the Top 5 works performed most often by the Lea Singers in our first 50 years.
| No. |
Composition |
Composer |
Times sung |
| 1 |
Ave Verum Corpus |
William Byrd |
37 |
| 2 |
Adam lay ybounden |
Boris Ord |
28 |
| 3 |
All creatures now are merry minded |
John Bennet |
27 |
| 4 |
The silver swan |
Orlando Gibbons |
26 |
| 5= |
Beati quorum via |
Charles Villiers Stanford |
24 |
| 5= |
My spirit sang all day |
Gerald Finzi |
24 |
| 5= |
Now is the month of Maying |
Thomas Morley |
24 |
| 5= |
The blue bird |
Charles Villiers Stanford |
24 |
Forthcoming concerts
Saturday March 24 7.30pm
Spring Harmony – a concert for choir and organ
21 and 22 April
Weekend of services in Durham Cathedral
More information
“I am thoroughly enjoying the challenge of learning a lot of music, fast, singing with talented amateur musicians.”
Miriam McKay (Alto)