Ripon Choral Society is to conclude its 2025-26 season with feast of Baroque music in the atmospheric setting of Ripon Cathedral.

Taking place on Saturday, June 13 with a feast of Baroque music, the programme will include JS Bach’s Magnificat and Cantata 51 plus Handel’s Dixit Dominus.

The Magnificat is based on a text from the Gospel of S.Luke: a message of hope, written as a showpiece to illustrate Bach’s talents - My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.

Cantata 51, Sing God’s praise in every land is one of Bach’s most sustained virtuoso pieces.

The final concert of this season by Ripon Choral Society will take place on Saturday, June 13 with a feast of Baroque music. (Picture contributed)

placeholder image — The final concert of this season by Ripon Choral Society will take place on Saturday, June 13 with a feast of Baroque music. (Picture contributed)

Written when he was only 22 and regarded as one of his finest works, Handel’s Dixit Dominus, The Lord said…, demonstrates his mastery of powerful dramatic gesture.

John Dunford will conducts the choir and the Orchestra D’Amici and the soloists include Jane Burnell, Milly Lennox -sopranos, Adam Piplica - countertenor, James Micklethwaite – tenor and Phil Wilcox - bass.

Looking further ahead, the Society’s 2026-27 season will start with an opportunity to Come and Sing John Rutter’s Requiem at Holy Trinity Church in Ripon on 3rd October 3.

The RCS’s forthcoming concerts in Ripon Cathedral will include: Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and Fauré’s Requiem on November 14, :Handel’s Messiah on December 12: Dvǒrák’s Stabat Mater on March 20 and Haydn’s Creation on June 12.

As for the season finale coming up in June, the concert will start at 7.30pm.

For tickets, book online at: https://riponchoralsociety.org.uk/tickets

Alternatively, email: [email protected] or pay on the door.