DUCC Haydn ‘Nelson’ & Britten St Nicolas

Durham University Choral Society make a big impact in Clare Lawrence-Wills’s first concert as conductor, bounding joyfully through Haydn’s Nelson Mass and giving an absolutely gripping performance of Britten’s cantata ‘St Nicolas’.

Job vacancy: DUCS Musical Director

Durham University Choral Society is looking for an experienced choral conductor to lead the choir from October 2015. More details here:

DUCS: Fauré & Duruflé Requiem

Durham University Choral Society conducted by Mike Summers bring out the differences between the Requiem settings by Fauré and Duruflé, with ravishing solos from James Quitmann and Sophie Kidwell.

Ben Rowarth’s Christus

Durham University Choral Society will give the first performance of “Christus: A Passiontide sequence”, a major new work written for them by Ben Rowarth, at a concert in Durham Cathedral on 15 March. I spoke to Ben, and to Mike Summers, Musical Director of DUCS, to find out more about it.