Do you hear the people sing?

A Concert with a difference

This is a concert with a difference. Two years ago, the Elgar Chorale tried to make choral music with audience participation. The first half of the concert was music by sung as usual by the Chorale. Then in the second half, we invited the audience to sing with us some numbers from the musical Oklahoma, including Oh what a beautiful morning, although the title of the concert was “Oh what a beautiful evening“! The choir and the audience were both in fine voice, with refreshments in the interval, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

This year we hope to build on this success and invite you to join us in singing some of the numbers from Les Miserables and other songs. Peter Shepherd is returning as our organist and pianist and we will be singing items such as Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Parry’s I was glad and fun pieces such as Geographical Fugue by Ernst Toch and John Rutter’s Banquet Fugue.

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The programme will include

Zadok the Priest – Handel

Audience:
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Bach

The heavens are telling – Haydn from The Creation
STB soli from choir

Organ solo:
TBA

Two anthems – Piers Maxim
How can I keep from singing? 
How joyful ’tis to sing

Let their celestial concerts – Handel from Samson

I was glad – Parry

Audience:
Jerusalem – Parry

INTERVAL

The Lost Chord – Sullivan arr.Gritton

Audience:
Londonderry Air – arr.Chilcott

Geographical Fugue – Ernst Toch

Piano solo:
TBA

Audience:
Do-re-mi (from “Sound of Music”) – arr.PM

Banquet Fugue – John Rutter

Italian Salad – Genée
Bar solo

Audience:
Les Miserables – Sing-A-Long