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It is always exciting to plan a new season, and the 2026-2027 Paris Choral Society season is no exception. The members look forward to preparing three programs of varied and beautiful music that will delight our audiences.
The season begins with a program of French baroque grands motets by MONDONVILLE and RAMEAU. In March, the program features DVOŘÁK’s most popular sacred work, Mass in D major, and HAYDN’s jubilant Te Deum in C major.
PCS joins with Parisian choir Stella Maris for its final concert of a capella works by TALLIS, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, BARBER and ELGAR.
We invite you to join us for our 33rd season and share our passion for choral masterpieces, whether old or new, world-renowned or obscure, accompanied or a cappella... all will lift the spirit and fill the heart.
At the Court of Versailles
At the Court of Versailles
Thursday 3 December at 8.00 pm
Saturday 5 December at 6.00 pm
The American Cathedral in Paris
Thursday 3 December at 8.00 pm
Saturday 5 December at 6.00 pm
The American Cathedral in Paris
Eighteenth century writer Pierre-Louis D’Aquin de Château Lyon claimed, "If I couldn’t be RAMEAU, there’s no one I would rather be than MONDONVILLE."
In December, accompanied by orchestra and soloists, the PCS celebrates the music of both of these baroque masters in a programme of colourful French grands motets. The concert will end with the audience joining in traditional Christmas carol singing.
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville’s IN EXITU ISRAËL is full of dramatic contrast, while Jean-Philippe Rameau’s more contemplative grand motet QUAM DILECTA TABERNACULA celebrates the beauty of God’s temple and the joy of those who dwell in it. In DOMINUS REGNAVIT, Mondonville embraces the pomp of the French court in a regal motet inspired by the psalmist’s praise of God’s majesty and power.
The Paris Choral Society’s MESSIAH sing-along is returning for the 32nd time in 2026, giving you a chance to sing Part 1 of GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL’s celebrated work. We invite you to join the choir for the afternoon, singing six choruses before concluding with the famous “Hallelujah” chorus.
What is a "Sing-Along"?
What is a "Sing-Along"?
A sing-along is where YOU get to sing with members of the Paris Choral Society sitting amongst you. We will be guided through the afternoon by Lewis Hammond, Music Director of the PCS, with organ accompaniment. Four professional soloists will entertain us with the arias between each of the choruses.
No experience is needed for this delightful afternoon. So, whether you will be singing with us for the first or thirty-second time, or simply want to listen to this masterpiece, we invite you to start the Christmas season with joyous music-making.
Faith, Hope and Love
Faith, Hope and Love
Friday 12 March at 8.00 pm
Saturday 13 March at 6.00 pm
The American Cathedral in Paris
Friday 12 March at 8.00 pm
Saturday 13 March at 6.00 pm
The American Cathedral in Paris
To welcome spring, we will perform ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK’s MASS IN D MAJOR, which was composed for the opening of the chapel in Lužany where a friend of Dvořák’s, the architect and patron Josef Hlávka, had his summer residence.
The work is intentionally devoid of complexity, and the composer achieves expressiveness with simple means, such as folksong-like tunes in rich harmonies. Dvořák wrote to his friend that his Mass could be subtitled Faith, Hope and Love, and be understood as giving thanks to God.
JOSEPH HAYDN’s TE DEUM IN C MAJOR with its structural contrasts, harmonic surprises, and rapidly developing themes full of exciting freshness, adds to the celebratory mood of the programme.
A small instrumental ensemble and the cathedral’s newly-refurbished organ will accompany the performance.
The final programme will be performed a cappella at Saint Roch Church, in collaboration with the Parisian choir Stella Maris.
The opening motet by THOMAS TALLIS will be followed by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS’ MASS IN G MINOR, SAMUEL BARBER’s AGNUS DEI and part-songs by EDWARD ELGAR.
Considered by some to be the greatest piece of early English music, Tallis’ SPEM IN ALIUM is a 40-part motet composed in 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. Vaughan Williams’ MASS IN G MINOR is composed for three choirs. For both pieces, the 120-voice combined choirs will be situated throughout the church, thus enveloping the audience in glorious sound, in a space acoustically perfect for this musical feast.
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