Concerts


On this page you may view forthcoming concerts and past concerts.  You can purchase tickets through this web site.

Forthcoming Concerts:

 Saturday 22nd November 2008

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

Tickets are £12 (including
programme and refreshments)

 

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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Past Concerts:
 

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

Sacred works by
Edward Elgar

Great is the Lord.
(A setting of Psalm 48)
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Light of the world, we know thy praise
(from The Light of Life)
 
 
Light out of Darkness
(from The Light of Life)
 
 
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
(from The Apostles)
 
 
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:

The O Antiphons sung traditionally before and
after the Magnificat during Vespers in Advent
     
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'
    - then click on
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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