Tuesday 14th December 2021, 8.00pm
(doors open at 7.45pm)
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
Sunday 23rd May, 3.00pm
A celebration of the life and poetry of John Clare (d. 20 May 1864)
| Steven Loveless | I am |
| (a dramatic monologue about John Clare's life, performed by Robin Hillman) | |
| Christopher Mabley | Pleasures of Fancy |
| (choral settings of John Clare's poems: first performance) | |
The Great Hall, St Andrew's
Hospital
Billing Rd
Northampton
NN1 5DG
Sunday 28th March, 3.00pm
| Anon. (arr. C.J.Mabley, first performance) |
National Anthem |
| G. F. Handel (ed./orch. E.Prout) |
Messiah |
The Derngate
Guildhall Road
Northampton
NN1 1DP
Tuesday 15th December, 8.00pm
A feast of seasonal carols, with audience participation and the usual festive descants
St Michael's Church
Perry
Street
Northampton
NN1 4HL
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