Choral music
List of News Articles
The SCO Chorus' favourite masses
30 March 2026
How to choose among the hundreds of masses that have been written over the centuries? Let the SCO Chorus be your guide ...
The SCO Chorus on music for Lent
29 March 2026
With Easter just around the corner, we delve into perhaps the richest (and often darkest) choral repertoire of all ...
The medieval carol
24 November 2025
For this year's Christmas article, we look back at some very early festive carols ...
When composers don't write a full Mass
15 September 2025
Some sections of the Mass are more popular than others ...
The story behind Silent Night and other carols
18 November 2024
The history of Christmas carols is long and surprisingly varied - we look at a few of them.
Why is there so little classical Christmas music?
28 October 2024
Where are all the Christmas classics from the great composers?
Heavenly realms
6 May 2024
We look at some of the many depictions of Heaven in the Christian choral tradition.
Mendelssohn and the Bach revival
15 April 2024
How Bach fell from favour and rose to glory again ...
The SCO Chorus' favourite Christmas music
27 November 2023
Read about (and listen to) a selection of the SCO Chorus' seasonal favourites - merry Christmas!
Gregory Batsleer: "Schubert's Mass in A-flat is a real hidden gem"
6 November 2023
We spoke to the SCO Chorus Director about a little-known part of Schubert's oeuvre.
Richard Egarr on Bach's "sacred monument for mankind"
4 September 2023
We interview the SCO favourite on a cornerstone of the choral repertoire, Bach's B minor Mass.
Handel (and others): music for coronations
27 February 2023
There's a lot more to the music at a British coronation than Zadok ...