The idea of a Singing Day is for any interested party to join in, spend the day rehearsing one or more works and perform a full sing-through at the end. A hugely enjoyable day spent understanding and practicing a musical work. This time Ian will be taking us through two works by Bob Chilcott: the Jazz Mass and Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda.
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Our spring concert will be on Saturday April 6th, 2019, 7:30 pm at Norbury Parish Church (London Road, Hazel Grove SK7 4RF). Planned works are Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna and something crunchy that our musical director hasn’t vouchsafed to us as yet. Continue reading
Mozart’s Requiem is famed as being his last work and was, in fact, completed (by his tutees) after his death but thankfully, Tarik O’Regan is still very much alive Continue reading
This programme included old favourites, Zadok and the Vivaldi Gloria and one unknown – this being the Dettingen Te Deum. The work has eighteen short solos and choruses mostly of a brilliant, martial character, Continue reading
For our first concert with our newly-appointed conductor, Ian Crawford, we thought we would break him in gently and started off with “Messiah”. Continue reading
This was to be the farewell concert for Michael Segaud and his playing of the Summer movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons showed what a splendid musician Michael is and how much he will be missed. Continue reading
