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Handel's "Messiah"
ST JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH,
ST AUSTELL
at 7.30 pm
| Handel | Messiah | Click on composer name to learn more about composer | |||||||||
| To be performed with orchestra at St. John's Methodist Church in St. Austell. This concert will also be part of the 180th anniversary celebrations at St. John’s, where the society has been performing regularly for many years |
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| Soloists: | Cheryl Brendish and Kay Deeming (Soprano) |
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| Shirley Tyack (Contralto) | |||||||||||
| Ben Hoadley (Tenor) | |||||||||||
| Tom Stockwell (Bass) | |||||||||||
| With chamber orchestra, led by Philip Montgomery-Smith |
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Saturday 13th December 2008
An Evening of Christmas
Music
at
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lostwithiel,
to include part of Benjamin Britten’s
Ceremony of Carols.
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Saturday 25th April 2009
A programme of music by Brahms at St. Petroc’s Church,
Bodmin.
It is hoped to include Brahm’s Requiem in an arrangement for two pianos,
with Kay Deeming as Soprano soloist. Other soloists to be announced.
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Saturday 12th April 2008
A Spring Concert
ST PETROC'S CHURCH,
BODMIN
at 7.30 pm
| Haydn | Creation | Click on composer name to learn more about composer |
| Performed with orchestra |
| Conductor: | Paul Drayton |
| Soloists: | Tamsyn Rose-Steel (Soprano) |
| Edward Goater (Tenor) | |
| Gavin Davies (Bass) |
Tickets were £12 (including programme and refreshments)
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Saturday 15th December 2007
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
An evening of music and readings for Advent
To include music by Praetorius,Rachmaninoff, Stainer and Bruch
At
St. Bartholomew’s Church Lostwithiel
Saturday 15th December at 7.30 pm
Entry by programme at the door - £5.00
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Saturday 17th November 2007
ST JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH, ST
AUSTELL
at 7.30 pm
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Sacred works by |
Great is the Lord. (A setting of Psalm 48) |
Click on composer name to learn more about composer |
| Light of the world, we
know thy praise (from The Light of Life) |
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| Light out of Darkness (from The Light of Life) |
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| The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me (from The Apostles) |
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| Ave Verum Corpus | ||
| [ 2007 is designated the Year of Elgar ] | ||
| Faure | Requiem (Opus 48) |
| Soloists: | Tauniua Cook (Soprano) |
| Robin Burley (Baritone) | |
| Simon Dunbavand (Organ) | |
| Paul Drayton (Conductor) | |
Tickets are be £8 (to include programme and refreshments). The will be no concessions except that there will be no charge for under 16s.
Saturday 21st April 2007
ST PETROCS CHURCH, BODMIN
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | Click on composer name to learn more about composer |
With David Nettle and Richard Markham (Pianos)
Click Here or on the link above for more details of these
international pianists.
To quote the Daily Telegraph: "Corporate brilliance,
musical discretion
and imaginative precision ......Joie de vivre was very much in the air....
They brought remarkably taut co-ordination and response to the music,
and an irresistible sense of fun"
| Vocal Soloists: | Louise Merrifield (Soprano) |
| Shirley Tyack (Alto) | |
| Edward Goater (Tenor) | |
| John Hobbs (Bass) | |
Saturday December 16th 2006
MUSIC FOR ADVENT BY LANTERN LIGHT
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, CHARLESTOWN
This included:
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The O Antiphons sung
traditionally before and after the Magnificat during Vespers in Advent |
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| Thomas Tallis | O Nata Lux | Click on composer name to learn more about composer |
| Hildegard von Bingen | O Virtus Sapientiae | |
| - and advent carols | ||
| J. S. Bach | Jesus bleibet meine Freude | |
| Otto Goldschmidt | A Tender Shoot | |
| Jacob Handl | Resonet in Laudibus | |
| Jean Sibelius | En etsi valtaa, loistoa | |
| J. S. Bach | Gloria sei dir gesungen | |
| J. S. Bach | Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BVW 659 – (Organ) | |
AUTUMN CONCERT
Saturday November 18th 2006
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE
ST. JOHN’S METHODIST CHURCH, ST. AUSTELL
Music included:
| Bach | Cantata 147 - 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' | Click on composer name to learn more about composer - |
| Bach | Cantata 140 'Sleepers Wake' | |
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| Albinoni | Oboe Concerto No. 11 (Soloist - Jessica Robinson) | 'BACK' button to return here |
| Bach | Excerpts from: Cantata 208 'Sheep May Safely Graze' | |
| Soloists: | Tamsyn Rose-Steel (Soprano) |
| Philip Conway (Counter Tenor) | |
| Barry Farley (Tenor) | |
| Jeremy Davies (Bass) | |
| Jessica Robinson (Oboe) |
There was also a small chamber orchestra led by Philip Montgomery Smith with Paul Drayton on the harpsichord.
| Tickets: | At the door £8.00 to include refreshments. Under 16s free. |
| Tickets also available from Bodmin Tourist Information Centre (Tel: 01208 76616) |
6th May 2006 at St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin
A Spring Concert
Fowey Fanfare –
Paul Drayton
I was Glad – Parry
Motets (Afferentur regi; Ecce sacerdos magnus) – Bruckner
Exultate Jubilate – Mozart
Symphony No. 2 (Hymn of Praise) – Mendelssohn
Soloists: Tamsin Steel (Soprano), Philip Slane (Tenor)
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19th
November 2005
St. John’s Methodist Church, St. Austell
A concert to
commemorate the two hundredth anniversary
of the Battle of Trafalgar, including:
Soloists:
Tamsin Steel (Soprano), Shirley Tyack (Mezzo-soprano)
Barry Farley (Tenor) and John Hobbs (Baritone)
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16th April 2005 at St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin
A
concert commemorating the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War II
Dona Nobis
Pacem –
Vaughan
Williams
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Jenkins
Dona Nobis Pacem (from Mass in B minor) – J.S. Bach
Soloists: Kay Deeming (Soprano), John Hobbs (Baritone)
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