All Saints' Festival Choir, Orpington

08/09/2026

Come and sing with us..! Rehearsals kick off tonight at 8pm (8th September) but you can join at any point.

02/09/2026

Lovely concert coming up this Saturday featuring young musicians. Come along and support next generation talent!

We are thrilled that our Organ Scholar, Hewei, has gathered talented young musicians from The Royal College of Music and Westminster School for a concert on 5 September. Tickets are £10, available through our Ticketsource online shop, (www.ticketsource.com/all-saints-church-orpington) or by emailing us at [email protected] Tickets will also be available on the door. All Saints Church is a fully accessible venue and has a large car park.

Their programme has something for everyone:
Hewei Chen, Bass; accompanied by Reuben Moisey, Piano
• Go, Lovely Rose, Op. 24 No. 3 - Roger Quilter
• The Infinite Shining Heavens (No. 6 from Songs of Travel) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
• None But the Lonely Heart, Op. 6 No. 6 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Mae Amin, Violin
• Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
• Preludio and Loure - Johann Sebastian Bach

Michael Tao, Piano
• Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 - Frédéric Chopin

Gabriel Demeester, Violin; accompanied by Raphaël Demeester, Piano
• Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: II. Andante - Felix Mendelssohn

INTERVAL & RAFFLE

Manni Geng, Flute; accompanied by Hewei Chen, piano
• Court Dances: III. Tambourin - Amanda Harberg

Gabriel Demeester, Violin & Raphaël Demeester, Cello
• Passacaglia (after Handel) - Johan Halvorsen, arr. for violin and cello

Reuben Moisey, Piano
• Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116 No. 1 - Johannes Brahms
• Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28 - Alexander Scriabin
• Pas de deux (from The Nutcracker, Op. 71) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Mikhail Pletnev

Barbershop Quartet (Mae Amin, Seth Olsen, Alec Apostu, Hewei Chen)
• Danny Boy/Sonny Boy - arr. Greg Volk (Excalibur)

We look forward to seeing you there!

17/06/2026

We had a fantastic turn out and lots of fun at our fundraiser quiz last night!

Thanks to all who came and helped us raise some money to support our next performance. 🎶

09/06/2026

We agree! 😊

We already knew this, but here’s yet ANOTHER doctor telling the world that singing is brilliant for your health and wellbeing. Any activity that connects us with others is great, but it’s even better when it’s stimulating your brain and body at the same time!

09/06/2026

Orpington Choirs singing together at Rochester Cathedral.

Members of the All Saints' Festival Choir were thrilled to join the All Saints Orpington Church Choir, as well as members of the Orpington Chorale to sing Evensong at Rochester Cathedral on Sunday 7th June.

Some lovely music was performed, including Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Stanford's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in B Flat.

We also enjoyed a delicious Italian lunch together before the rehearsal and service.

It's fantastic to see choral musicians from different choirs join together to represent Orpington's musical life at our Diocese Cathedral.

If this sounds like something you would like to do, please consider joining the choir - just send us a message.

05/05/2026

Handel wrote Saul (1738) during a time when Italian opera in London was collapsing financially. So he pivoted to English oratorio—basically a strategic career reinvention.

He still had to compete with rival opera companies and fickle London audiences. As a result Saul is one of Handel’s most theatrical oratorios—it’s basically an opera in disguise (minus costumes).

The All Saints Festival Choir will not be in costume on June 11th… well, probably not. 😜

Come and see!

05/05/2026

Great local concert in a different genre. :-)

Friday 8th May at OMC

05/05/2026

The South London Singers in Beckenham are looking for an accompanist, should anyone know anyone. :-)

28/04/2026

Did you know Handel conducted from the keyboard and was known for improvising wildly?

** This is definitely NOT how MD Jack Stone takes our rehearsals... Ever. Honest. **

But why not come along and check. 😜

ASFC are looking for new singers of all voice parts to join for Handel's Saul oratorio. Rehearsals on Tuesday evenings 8-10pm, performance 11th July.

22/04/2026

What happens when a powerful king has a fragile ego that just can’t cope? Fighting, scandal, paranoia and questionable leadership choices... Sound familiar? 😜

Handel's Saul has it all!

We're welcoming new singers to join us on this journey into ancient history (...or is it?) for our summer concert.

There's even a Hallelujah Chorus. (But not THAT one, sorry.)

Get in touch if you're interested.