We start with ‘All things bright and beautiful’, John Rutter’s version of the children’s favourite hymn. ‘Calme des nuits’ and ‘Les fleurs et les arbres’ by Camille Saint-Saens provides a short interlude before we visit the 16th and 17th centuries for three madrigals by John Bennett (c. 1575 – ~1614), …
Spring Concert Saturday, March 25th 2023 at 7:30pm Lansdowne Methodist Church, Malvern. All things bright and beautiful – Rutter Deux Choeurs – Camille Saint-Saens Calme des NuitsLes fleurs et les arbres Three MadrigalsAll creatures now – John Bennet The Silver Swan – Orlando GibbonsCapricciata e contrapunto bestiale alla mente – Adriano Banchieri Three Part Songs …
St. Martin’s Church,London Road,WORCESTER. WR5 2ED5th November 2022 at 7.30pm Buy tickets by clicking on this link Programme – TBC Te Deum Op.34 No.1 – Elgar (Organ) Three Motets – Bruckner Locus iste Ave Maria Christus factus est (Unaccompanied) Geistliches Lied – Brahms (Organ) Elgar – arr. D Hunt Salut d’amour Pleading Schicksalslied – …
The Elgar Chorale of Worcester, invites you to Come & Sing Mendelssohn’s oratorio ‘Elijah’ Saturday 15th October 2022, 9:30am at Alice Ottley Hall, RGS Worcester, Upper Tything, Worcester. WR1 1HP Following the trials and tribulations of the last two and a half years, The Elgar Chorale of Worcester returns to the …
at Old St Martin’s Church in the Cornmarket Sunday Oct 31st at 1.30pm in St Martin’s in the Cornmarket Conductor Piers Maxim On a typical autumnal day at the end of October, the Chorale sang a set of songs (see below) as a part of the 2021 (greatly delayed from …
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Dr Donald Hunt, OBE. He was the founder of The Elgar Chorale of Worcester, as The Donald Hunt Singers, and first Director of Music. Donald was from Gloucester and had been a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral. From the …
Review: “Psalmfest” – The Elgar Chorale, Great Malvern Priory – 10.03.18 Regular aficionados of The Elgar Chorale will, by now, be familiar with a high standard of performance and musical direction, annealed to a challenging and well-designed programme of music. This concert, which was based on the Psalms, did not …
Psalmfest – Saturday, 10th March, 2018 in Great Malvern Priory at 7.30pm A concert including John Rutter’s Psalmfest and the world premiere of A Festival Anthem – De Profundis, by our Musical Director Piers Maxim in Great Malvern Priory. Tickets are available on-line by clicking here, by contacting the administrator on 01684 594570, Great Malvern Priory …
Stars & Stripes – Concert of American music, Saturday, 30th June 2018, at 7.30pm in St John in Bedwardine, Church, St John’s From the original European settlers and their use of music for entertainment and worship, the indigenous Indian music, the slave songs with their ancestry in African rhythms and tunes, American …
What links a Christmas pudding and a performance of Handel’s Messiah? Well, they both need careful planning and attention to detail – they need the best quality ingredients, mixed together with panache, a dash of spirit and all perfectly complementing each other. Above all, however, they need a skillful person …