Pleasures of Fancy
Christopher Mabley| Pleasures of Fancy
The first performance of this new music for choir and solo violin setting six poems by the Northamptonshire poet John Clare
plus choral music by Felix Mendelssohn and Benjamin Britten and violin solos
St Mary's Church 9 Pytchley Road Orlingbury Kettering NN14 1JQ
A Christmas Celebration
Music by Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel Plus Christmas carols for choir and audience
Ending with best loved excerpts from Handel's Messiah
In Every Corner Sing
Composer | |
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Gabriel Fauré | Requiem |
Cantique de Jean Racine | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs |
César Franck | Panis Angelicus |
St Gregory's Church Park Avenue North Northampton NN3 2HS
Welcome, Our Messias!
We celebrate both our return to singing together and also the Christmas season with an hour's smørgåsbord of choral music, including selections from Edward Elgar's oratorio Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf of 1896 and from Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, plus short works by Camille Saint-Saëns (d. 16 December 1921) and Gerald Finzi, and some Christmas carols including the first performance of Welcome, our Messias! for choir and harp by our Musical Director, Christopher Mabley
St Michael's Church Perry Street Northampton NN1 4HL
Sea Fever!
A sea themed programme to include: Eric Thiman ‘Songs of Sailors and of the Sea’ , C.V.Stanford ‘Songs of the Fleet’ plus sea-themed solo-songs by John Ireland
Dvořák Mass in D
Antonín Dvořák - Mass in D. In 1887 Dvořák wrote about this piece: "I am pleased to announce that I have finished the work and that I am supremely pleased with the result. I think it will be a work that will fully suit its purpose". The concert will also include short organ works by Dvořák’s friend, Johannes Brahms
A Christmas Tradition
Join us for a traditional concert of music and carols for choir and audience. Please note the earlier start time and family ticket option.
Come and Sing Choral Classics
An opportunity to sing some beautiful and rousing music with the choir. The day will conclude with a free concert at 6pm with a retiring collection.