In December a small group of us are taking part in the biennial fund-raising concert for Amnesty International in Lewes. It’s at St Anne’s Church on Sunday 15th December at 7pm. There’ll be many other performers – it’s always a great event and packed out. Tickets are £12 and on sale here. Come along and…
Category: Concerts
Christmas concert 2018
The hire music is on its way, the posters and flyers have arrived and the ads have been booked… really looking forward to our Christmas concert which will be on Sunday 23rd December at 6pm at St Michael’s in Lewes – we should all be in the Christmas mood by then! We’re thrilled to be…
Concerts in Eastbourne and Ringmer in February 2018
We’re giving two concerts in February 2018 and hope to see you there! Where and when: All Saints Church, Grange Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4HE on Saturday 24th February 2018 at 6pm. St Mary’s Church, Ringmer on Sunday 25th February 2018 at 3.30pm. Programme: A chance to hear three choral masterpieces of the twentieth century: Benjamin…
Christmas concert at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton
We’re delighted to have been invited to sing in the Music Room of the Royal Pavilion, together with the Brighton Consort, in their annual Christmas charity event on December 7th. The Royal Pavilion is a magical place at Christmas, and the Music Room will be a fantastic place to sing. Our programme will include Kenneth…
Chichester Cathedral next month & 2018 plans
We’re back at Chichester Cathedral to sing the services on September 2nd and 3rd. Two anthems by Clive Osgood, Arvo Part’s Nunc Dimittis and William Byrd’s Four Part Mass are some of the pieces we’ll be singing. We’ve had the first of our two rehearsal days and are looking forward to the weekend. Plans for…
September concert – ‘Faire is the Heaven’
We’ve a concert coming up in Lewes, at St Michael’s Church, on Saturday 26th September at 6pm. We’re calling it ‘Faire is the Heaven’ after the anthem of that name by English composer William Harris. It’s one of two Harris anthems on the programme, which also includes two of J S Bach’s mighty motets, Komm, Jesu, Komm…
New recording up on site
Many thanks to Ed Hughes who made a sneaky recording of our Christmas concert! Good thing too, as we never seem to have much luck doing it ourselves. So we’ve finally got around to editing and choosing some of the best bits to put on the site. ‘Stille Nacht’ is now up on the ‘Listen’ page….
No room at the Inn (well, the church anyway)
Hurrah! Our concert on Sunday was a sellout – we lined up extra chairs and tried to get everyone in, but I did actually have to turn about 5 or 6 people away, which was such a shame, although they took it really well. What a buzz. It was so exciting to see St Michael’s…
Lewes Christmas Concert – programme latest
As well as the Vivaldi Gloria, there’s going to a be lovely mix of seasonal stuff at our Christmas concert. Although there’ll be several unaccompanied numbers such as John Tavener’s The Lamb and Victoria O Magnum Mysterium, some plainchant and possibly even some 20th century schmaltz (!) we’re taking advantage of having Nick’s chamber organ and a string quartet. They’ll…
Two weeks till our first rehearsal
Putting on a concert requires a bit of planning and with ours just a month away this is the point when I try not to start worrying! My only worry is always the same one – that we won’t get a decent-sized audience! But by the time it gets to the day there’s nothing more you can…