Events in 2012
Saturday, 28th April 2012 in Lanercost Priory
Adrian Self - 'Christus Victor'
Renaissance church music
From our guest book:
"Dear All, I have had the privilege of hearing you practice this afternoon at
Lanercost Priory. Your singing was so, so beautiful. It has really moved me.
Thank you very much for letting me just sit and listen to you. With kind regards"
Elizabeth
Tuesday, 1st May 2012 at St. George's Church, Kendal
Christus Victor concert repeated
"Adrian Self's Christus Victor is a beautifully structured, modern depiction
of the Passion story, albeit expressed in almost mediaeval terms. Its basic
homophonic idiom was suited to the church's acoustics (St. George's). All voices
blended beautifully; the three soloists delivered their lines professionally;
rhythmic crispness and dynamism were aborad; diction was clean-cut; controlled
sostenuto passages abounded; intonation and tonal control were admirable and the
dynamic range.....was perfect - what more moving musical experience could there
be than that provided by the final, telling bars of The Epilogue?"
BP
Adrian Self - 'Christus Victor'
Renaissance church music
From our guest book:
"Dear All, I have had the privilege of hearing you practice this afternoon at
Lanercost Priory. Your singing was so, so beautiful. It has really moved me.
Thank you very much for letting me just sit and listen to you. With kind regards"
Elizabeth
Tuesday, 1st May 2012 at St. George's Church, Kendal
Christus Victor concert repeated
"Adrian Self's Christus Victor is a beautifully structured, modern depiction
of the Passion story, albeit expressed in almost mediaeval terms. Its basic
homophonic idiom was suited to the church's acoustics (St. George's). All voices
blended beautifully; the three soloists delivered their lines professionally;
rhythmic crispness and dynamism were aborad; diction was clean-cut; controlled
sostenuto passages abounded; intonation and tonal control were admirable and the
dynamic range.....was perfect - what more moving musical experience could there
be than that provided by the final, telling bars of The Epilogue?"
BP
Sunday, 17th June 2012 at Field Broughton Church
Informal recital with tea and cake
One of our 'Music in Quiet Places' events
Informal recital with tea and cake
One of our 'Music in Quiet Places' events
Midsummer Miscellany
Saturday, 7th July 2012
St. Thomas's Church, Kendal
'Midsummer Miscellany' concert.
For programme, see 3rd July above
" This was a beautiful concert of mainly choral music both sacred and secular. We were given a wide selection of styles and a variety of languages. The choir was on good form and definitely happiest when singing in English, especially the beautiful Shakespearean texts. I particularly enjoyed the Finzi pieces and atmospheric settings by the present day composers Matthew Harris and Bob Chilcott. This is a large choir with a good well-balanced quality. There were some delightful moments of sensitive, musical singing....it was great to listen to and watch a choir which seemed to really enjoy the music.
" We were also treated to the inspired performance of a very talented and musical young Flugel Horn player, Tom Gray, who gave us two pieces which he played with great panache and musicianship ..... a truly memorable selection of music with some polished performances."
Margaret Pattinson
St. Thomas's Church, Kendal
'Midsummer Miscellany' concert.
For programme, see 3rd July above
" This was a beautiful concert of mainly choral music both sacred and secular. We were given a wide selection of styles and a variety of languages. The choir was on good form and definitely happiest when singing in English, especially the beautiful Shakespearean texts. I particularly enjoyed the Finzi pieces and atmospheric settings by the present day composers Matthew Harris and Bob Chilcott. This is a large choir with a good well-balanced quality. There were some delightful moments of sensitive, musical singing....it was great to listen to and watch a choir which seemed to really enjoy the music.
" We were also treated to the inspired performance of a very talented and musical young Flugel Horn player, Tom Gray, who gave us two pieces which he played with great panache and musicianship ..... a truly memorable selection of music with some polished performances."
Margaret Pattinson
Saturday, 20th October 2012 at Cartmel Priory
Pre-tour concert preceded by a 'Come & Sing' rehearsal of Vivaldi's Gloria and
sections from Poulenc's Gloria in Cartmel primary school hall
Evening concert programme:
Vivaldi - Gloria, with soloists Anna Cooper & Emily Robinson
Tallis - 'Salvator Mundi'
Stanford - three Motets
Finzi - 'God is gone up'
Harris - 'Faire is the heaven'
Philips - 'Christus Resurgens'
Poulenc - Gloria
25th-28th October 2012: Tour to Dorset
Concerts in Lichfield Cathedral, Sherborne Abbey, Shapwick Church and
Wimborne Minster. Click here for more details.
Pre-tour concert preceded by a 'Come & Sing' rehearsal of Vivaldi's Gloria and
sections from Poulenc's Gloria in Cartmel primary school hall
Evening concert programme:
Vivaldi - Gloria, with soloists Anna Cooper & Emily Robinson
Tallis - 'Salvator Mundi'
Stanford - three Motets
Finzi - 'God is gone up'
Harris - 'Faire is the heaven'
Philips - 'Christus Resurgens'
Poulenc - Gloria
25th-28th October 2012: Tour to Dorset
Concerts in Lichfield Cathedral, Sherborne Abbey, Shapwick Church and
Wimborne Minster. Click here for more details.
Tuesday, 18th December 2012 at Holy Trinity Church, Bolton-le-sands
Christmas concert:
Britten - Ceremony of Carols, 1-3
'See amid the winter snow' (All)
Whitacre - 'Lux Aurumque'
'All this Time' (seasonal reading)
Ceremony of Carols, 4 - 6
'Come thou Redeemer' (All)
West Gallery Sequence
'Good King Wenceslas' (All)
Victoria - 'O Magnum Mysterium'
'In Dulci Jubilo'
Darke - 'In the Bleak Midwinter'
'Infant Holy' (All)
Ceremony of Carols, 8-11
Christmas concert:
Britten - Ceremony of Carols, 1-3
'See amid the winter snow' (All)
Whitacre - 'Lux Aurumque'
'All this Time' (seasonal reading)
Ceremony of Carols, 4 - 6
'Come thou Redeemer' (All)
West Gallery Sequence
'Good King Wenceslas' (All)
Victoria - 'O Magnum Mysterium'
'In Dulci Jubilo'
Darke - 'In the Bleak Midwinter'
'Infant Holy' (All)
Ceremony of Carols, 8-11
Saturday, 22nd December 2012
Carol Singing in Kendal town centre
This year our singing was in support of the South Lakes Alzheimer's
Association and Sandgate School, in association with the Rotary Club.
The Choir sang in the Library and on the lower floor of the Westmorland
Shopping Centre from 10am until 12.30. The total collected was £249.26,
which was added to the Rotary Club's other collections on the same day.
Carol Singing in Kendal town centre
This year our singing was in support of the South Lakes Alzheimer's
Association and Sandgate School, in association with the Rotary Club.
The Choir sang in the Library and on the lower floor of the Westmorland
Shopping Centre from 10am until 12.30. The total collected was £249.26,
which was added to the Rotary Club's other collections on the same day.
'Midsummer Miscellany' poster by Becky Hutchinson