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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Apparently singing is the UK’s second most popular activity after sport. Photo by Shaunette Babb According to The Guardian from December 2006: “there are more than 25,... read more
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Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we stayed in the gorgeous Castello doi Gabbiano and sang in the Batiste... read more
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After conducting a triumphant and passionate St John Passion on 31st March, Patrick McCarthy will conduct Olivet to Calvary by J H Maunder. The performance is at St Nicholas Church, Harwich from 7pm. Tickets on the door £5 (full-time education £3) Patrick will also be singing the ... read more
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five-star review in the Telegraph for the Howells Requiem from Trinity College Choir and Stephen Layton. “A fluid lyrical gift, an imaginative harmonic spectrum and a sense of occasion … the Trinity College Choir brings clarity of words and superb singing.” Buy CDA 67914 @ £14.25* How ab... read more
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A five-star review in the Telegraph for the Howells Requiem from Trinity College Choir and Stephen Layton. “A fluid lyrical gift, an imaginative harmonic spectrum and a sense of occasion … the Trinity College Choir brings clarity of words and superb singing.” Buy CDA 67914 @ £14.25* How about ... read more
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Bridgnorth Choral Society presented an emotional and moving performance of J H Maunder's Olivet to Calvary at their Concert of Easter Music on Saturday night. The piece depicted the last few days of Christ's life on earth, from his entry into Jerusalem and the Feast of Passover with Christ's commandment to his di... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition. On their website they held The Great Choir Debate, a series of questions about choirs ... read more
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More than 400 performers will come together to perform two great French choral masterpieces - Berlioz Te Deum and Fauré Requiem - at the Colston Hall, Bristol on Saturday 31 March at 7.30pm. Bristol Choral Society joins forces with Gloucester Choral Society and the choristers of Bristol and Gl... read more
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Northern Lights, a beautiful Choral CD, musically describing the visually awesome natural event in Norway. The music by young contemporary Norwegian composer, Ola Gjeilo, has been recorded by Chandos and the Phoenix Choir. It has already been critically acclaimed, been John Brunning’s Classi... read more
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Choral Society's Tribute to Norma HenfreyWitham Choral Society has chosen a work by J S Bach, his deeply moving St John Passion, for its concert in memory of Norma Henfrey on Saturday 31March at 7.00 p.m. at St Peter ad Vincula Church in Coggeshall. "Norma was a loyal supporter of the Choral Society for many years,"exp... read more
