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
Spring concert at Norbury Parish Church.
Marple Choral Society with Stockport Symphony Orchestra.
Benjamen Britten (1913 – 1976): Rejoice in the Lamb (1943) 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
It is hard to imagine a more challenging programme for a light-hearted summer concert than this one! Continue reading
This concert was a real test for the choir as our esteemed new Musical Director was already promised elsewhere – how fickle! – so the choir had the pleasure of being prepped by the esteemed Simon Mercer and conducted for the concert by dazzling Jonathan Lo. Continue reading
