This spring, Kingfisher Chorale invites you to a richly woven evening of choral music, featuring two radiant works from Central Europe: Leoš Janáček’s Mass in E-flat and Zoltán Kodály’s Missa Brevis. Though composed only a decade apart, these pieces offer two distinct windows into a musical world where sacred tradition meets the colours and rhythms of everyday life. Both Janáček and Kodály were profoundly shaped by the sounds around them – the speech patterns, folk songs, and modal nuances of...

The first of Kingfisher Chorale’s three Christmas concerts took place in Leicester's mediaeval Guildhall. Outside, the city moved at its usual 21st century pace; inside we were creating a different world. No frantic Christmas shopping here! A couple of hours before the doors opened, the fire was roaring in the grate, the wine was mulling, and we were carefully rehearsing another superb programme of delightful Christmas music, old and new.

One thing is certain, the Baroque music of Latin America is quite remarkable, and utterly gorgeous.