Month: February 2018

Love and Loss: sacred and profane

Our concert on 14 April 2018 takes the theme of love and loss in both the sacred and the secular spheres. We shall be singing a variety of pieces, some of which are firm favourites in the field of choral music, such as Fauré’s lovely ‘Cantique de Jean Racine’; others are less well-known. Perhaps the most unusual of these is the arrangement of Japanese songs by Bob Chilcott. This is absolutely delightful music, which is sure to please our audience, and we are greatly enjoying rehearsing the songs. As we have a Japanese member of the choir, we might even attempt to sing one of them in Japanese!

Here is the full programme of pieces:

Antiphon ‘Let all the world’  by Ralph Vaughan Williams

‘Rise up my Love’ by Healey Willan

‘Geistliches Lied’  by Johannes Brahms

‘Cantique de Jean Racine’ by Gabriel Fauré

‘Stabat Mater’ by Schubert

‘Christus factus’ est by Bruckner

Furusato (5 Arrangements of Japanese Songs) by Bob Chilcott

6 moravských dvojzpěvů by Antonin Dvorák

Hungarian Folksongs by Matyas Seiber 

The concert will be conducted by our Director of Music, Marc Murray and the choir will be accompanied by Robert Woods, our valued rehearsal accompanist.

The concert is at Holy Trinity Church, Southport PT9 0PR, starting at 7.30 pm.

Tickets £10 in advance from 01704 540097, or 01704 535208, or available at the door.