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Download Here!Founded in 1836, HCS has developed an international reputation as one of the UK's leading choral societies.
HCS’ busy schedule is centred on its own concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, including its annual performances of Messiah. The choir also performs in other major concert venues in the UK and abroad, it regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.
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If you're thinking of joining HCS, why not come along to our Open Rehearsal on 22 September. We'll be rehearsing Mendelssohn's masterpiece oratorio, Elijah. More details below
View Event InfoPurchasing a season ticket gives you the best chance of getting tickets for all HCS concerts and being able to choose the seats you prefer. Season tickets include the annual Messiah as well as the spring and autumn concerts and represent a great saving on individual tickets.
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Join HCS as it manifests its motto – ‘to uphold and renew a proud tradition …’ Few works better speak to that tradition than Mendelssohn’s great oratorio Elijah, a work that each generation of singers presents anew. Through choruses, sometimes rousing, sometimes full of pathos, and exquisite solos, Elijah tells a theatrical, operatic and dramatic story. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this masterpiece live.Booking opens at 9 am Tuesday, 15 September 2026
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What better start to the Christmas season than rousing singing and a brass band? This year, HCS welcomes back on stage its own Youth Choirs for a concert full of festive treats. For those who’ve never experienced The Choral, this is the perfect introduction to HCS. There’ll be powerful singing, exquisite hushed moments, foot-tapping band numbers – and of course the opportunity to raise the town hall roof yourselves.Booking opens 9 am on Tuesday, 15 September 2026
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Recognised as HCS’s signature piece, Messiah, is probably the most celebrated choral work – and for many, the start of Christmas proper. This year we welcome Charlotte Corderoy, a young conductor with a stellar future, to put her own stamp on the work. Charlotte is already building an international reputation and was Critics’ Circle Conductor of the Year in 2025. You won’t want to miss it.
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For our spring concert we return to Duruflé's Requiem, an atmospheric and deeply reflective work, performed only twice by the Society, latterly in 2012. Also in the programme is Imogen Holst’s Three Psalms. HCS performed the first of these, Psalm 80, 'Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel', in November 2024 to audience delight, so we welcome the opportunity to revisit this with her settings of Psalm 56, 'Be merciful unto me, O God' and Psalm 91, 'He that dwelleth in the secret place'.
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Friday Night Is Music Night is the world's longest-running live orchestral music radio programme – having been first broadcast in 1953. Its lynchpin is the BBC Concert Orchestra and the programmes feature many types of music, including classical, light, film, theatre, songs from the musicals, and opera and operetta. One of its biggest appeals is its unpredictable playlist, which is left unrevealed until broadcast. For that reason, we can’t tell you what the programme will be. You’ll just have to come along and find out!
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Prospective new members are asked to sing a prepared piece of their own choice; sing from a vocal score to assess their learning ability; and carry out a couple of straightforward aural tests. It takes no longer than 15 minutes!
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An integral part of this is the development of individual talent. HCS promotes a range of creative workshops and encourages the musical development of its Junior and Youth Choirs while bringing our audiences the very best orchestras, conductors and soloists.
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