The Wolds Choir

The Wolds Choir is a group of singers from Wymeswold and the surrounding villages including Burton on the Wolds, Hoton, Prestwold, Widmerpool, Wysall, Willoughby and beyond. The choir is around 30 strong, and performs two or three concerts per year.

The choir has built up a good reputation in the local area for the quality of its singing. There is no pre-requisite knowledge of music required, apart from a basic understanding of notation and the ability to sing in tune and blend with the Choir. All pieces are taught to the choir at practice nights, which are on Wednesdays from 7:30pm to 9pm at the Methodist Church in Wymeswold. Some pre-learning of rehearsal pieces is expected and music files are provided. New members are welcome if they can commit to regular attendance. Fees are £20 per term.

Next concerts 

Faure Requiem at St Mary's Church, Wymeswold, Sunday 26th April 2026 7:30pm

Archive

For reference, this is a list of pieces that we have sung over the past years.

Christmas Concert 2025: Wed 10th Dec Wymeswold Methodist Church and Wed 17th Dec Willoughby Church

Musicals Concert: April 2025 at Wymeswold Methodist Church

• A selection of songs from the musicals

Christmas Concert 2024:  Wed 4th December Widmerpool and Wed 11th Dec Wymeswold Methodist Church

• Sans Day Carol – Rutter
• Myn Lyking – Terry
• Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind – Rutter
• Sleep Holy Babe – Dykes
• Sure on that Shining Night – Lauridsen
• Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Poston
• Christmas Night – Rutter
• Personent Hodie – Holst
• Huron Carol – Hunter
• Candlelight Carol – Rutter
• Curly hark – trad

Easter “Gloria”  Concert 2024 (with the Carillon Quartet and friends) :

• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
• Rejoice in the Lord Alway (The Bell Anthem) – Purcell
• Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach
• Gloria – Vivaldi

This concert raised over £1000 towards the Church Roof Repair Fund

Christmas Concert 2023:

• Come All You Worthy Gentlemen – Willcocks
• Little One Sweet – J.S. Bach
• When Christ was Born – Jacques
• Infant Holy – Willcocks
• I Sing of a Maiden – Berkeley
• I Saw a Maiden – Pettman
• Angels from the Realms of Glory – Thomas
• A Tender Shoot – Goldschmidt
• Shcho to za Predivo – Trad. Ukranian
• Hail, Chime On – Trad.
• Curly Hark – Trad.

Easter “Armed Man” Concert 2023 (with the Carillon Quartet and friends):

• The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins

This concert raised over £1000 towards the Church Roof Repair Fund

Christmas Concert 2022:  Folk Carol theme

• Torches – Joubert
• Sleep, Holy Babe – Dykes
• All Hail To The Days – Trad.
• Diadem – Trad.
• Myn Lyking – Terry
• Jacob’s Well – Trad.
• I Saw Three Ships – Willcocks
• Bethlehem Down – Warlock
• Hail, Chime On – Trad.
• Cradle Song – Rutter
• Curly Hark – Trad.

Easter Concert 2022:  Folk songs alongside the Carillon Quartet

Christmas Concert 2021:

• All My Heart This Night Rejoices – Ebeling
• Adam lay Ybounden – Ord
• Coventry Carol – Trad. arr. Shaw
• King Jesus Hath A Garden – Wood
• Once As I Remember – Wood
• I Wonder as I Wander – Rutter
• Gabriel’s Message – Willcocks
• Quem Pastores Laudavere – Rutter
• Ring Christmas Bells – Lentovich
• The Infant King – Willcocks
• Quelle Est Cette odeur Agreable – Willcocks
• The Shepherds Farewell – Berlioz

Spring Concert 2020 (Deferred to 2022/3):  Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man.  Sat 2nd May (provis.), St. Mary’s Church, Wymeswold

• A Mass for Peace
• Other accompanying works

Christmas Concert 2019:  1st December (Widmerpool) and 4th December (Wymeswold)

• Make We Joy Now – Walton
• Still, Still, Still – Ledger
• People Look East – Ferguson
• There is No Rose – Skempton
• A Virgin Most Pure – Wood
• Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance – Wells
• The Holly and The Ivy – Thomas
• Come To Bethlehem – Warlock
• Lo, How a Rose e-er Blooming – Praetorius
• U, Good Christen Folk – Woodward

Spring Concert 2019: Gilbert & Sullivan.  Wed 1st May, Methodist Chapel, Wymeswold

• Gilbert & Sullivan Selection of four part songs from 7 different Operettas
• Some solo, duet and trio numbers
• A Partsong by Arthur Sullivan
• Other songs in the genre

Also performed on Sat 27th April in Willoughby Church

Christmas Concert 2018 with Charnwood Concert Band :  8th December, United Reformed Church, Loughborough

• Past 3 O’Clock – Wood
• O Magnum Mysterium – Victoria
• Shepherd’s Pipe Carol – Rutter
• Lute Book Lullaby – Ballet
• Northern Lights – Gjeilo
• The Saviour’s Work – Thomas
• Nativity Carol – Rutter
• Out of your Sleep – Rodney Bennett
• Myn Lyking – Terry
• Sure on the Shining Night – Lauridsen

Spring Concert 2018 – Choral Favourites :  13th May (East Leake) and 16th May (Widmerpool)

• Gloria (from Gloria) – Vivaldi
• He That Shall Endure (from Elijah) – Mendelssohn
• Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure
• God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion) – Stainer
• And the Glory of the Lord (from The Messiah) – Handel
• Locus Iste – Bruckner
• Kyrie (from The Armed Man) – Jenkins
• How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair (from A German Requiem) – Brahms
• Three Chorales plus Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
• In Paradisum (from Requiem) – Faure
• Zadok The Priest – Handel