Future concerts
Saturday March 29th 2025 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury
Opus 2 will will be joined by invited singers and soloists to perform John Stainer’s ‘The Crucifixion’ at the lead into Easter. This will be a ‘come and sing’ event with singers with previous experience in singing this piece joining Opus2 for the event.
Entry will either be by payment at the door (cash or card) or purchase tickets in advance via TicketSource from 1st March. Tickets prices have not yet been set. The concert is likely to start at 6:30pm with the doors opening at 6:00pm – but this is to be confirmed nearer the time. Refreshments will be available and a raffle will be held. Further information available on request from info@opus2.org.uk .
Previous concerts
Saturday November 23rd 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury
Opus 2 were joined by Paul Hutchinson, considered to be one of the most accomplished and versatile accordionists in the country, to entertain an audience to a concert of Advent and folk accordion music on Saturday 23rd November. The variety of music performed was well appreciated by the audience.

Some members of Opus 2 also supported the Christmas Carols Service at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury on Sunday 15th December.
Saturday July 6th 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury
Opus 2 entertained an audience to a concert of light choral music on Saturday 6th July in their Summer Concert.
The concert was well attended and included material from a number of composers, including Howard Goodall, Eric Whitacre and Billy Joel.

Saturday March 23rd 2024 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury
Combining the chamber choir of Opus2 with invited singers and professional soloists delivered an outstanding performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday March 23rd 2024 at a packed St Mary’s Church, Kintbury. Unusually, for Opus 2, the event was open to any choral singer familiar with the piece, with rehearsals during the day and a performance in the evening. The performance featured professional soloists Jacqueline Pischorn (Soprano), Serenna Wagner (Contralto), Gordon Fry (Tenor) and Peter Lidbetter (Bass) who were accompanied by Susan Norman (piano) and Ben Giddens (organ). Musical Director for the performance was Chris Lambert.

Saturday December 2nd 2023 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury
The choir performed a concert of Advent music on Saturday 2nd December at St Mary’s Church Kintbury, featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Chilcott, Goodall, Arnesen and more. The event included music that the audience were invited to join in singing.

Saturday July 8th 2023 at St John’s Church, Newbury
Opus 2 held a concert for a Summer’s Evening at St John’s Church, St John’s Road, Newbury featuring music by a variety of composers – both classic and more contemporary.

Saturday March 25th 2023 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury and Saturday 1st April at St Lawrence’s Church, Hungerford
Opus 2 performed two back to back concerts on Saturday March 25th at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury and Saturday 1st April at St Lawrence’s Church, Hungerford. The concerts featured John Stainer’s ‘The Crucifixion’ and additional material. Both concerts were very well received and reviewed in the Newbury Weekly News newspaper.

Tuesday 22nd November 2022, The Retreat at Elcot Park Hotel, Hungerford
Opus 2 perfomed at The Retreat at Elcot Park Hotel during the evening of Tuesday 22nd November, singing Christmas carols as part of a Christmas event being held at the hotel.
Opus 2 also supported the Christmas Carols Service at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury on Sunday 18th December.
Sunday 3rd July 2022, Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Opus 2 held a very well received Summer Choral Concert on Sunday 3rd July 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Hungerford as part of the Hungerford Summer Festival. The concert featured music both classic and contemporary with special guest Paul Sartin, a former member of the award- and nomination-winning ensembles – Belshazzar’s Feast, Faustus and Bellowhead. Paul unfortunately passed away in Autumn, and Opus2 offers condolences to Paul’s family.

Saturday 26th February 2022, Kintbury Church

Saturday 9 November 2019, Kintbury Church

Sunday 7 July 2019, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Hungerford

An evening of music ranging from traditional sacred choir pieces to contemporary popular compositions. The programme included pieces by Mozart, Handel. Rachmaninoff, Rutter, Parry, Coleman and an English folk song. See the full programme.
Part of Hungerford Summer Festival (HADCAF), with thanks to the organisers for permission to use the photographs.
