“A landmark achievement – we performed to a full house at the prestigious St John’s Smiths Square.”
Pieces performed
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“Possibly the best ever performance by the choir to an absolutely packed, full capacity audience.
“The choir’s excellent singing, only enhanced by the fabulous soloists.”
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Soprano: Lucy de Butts
Alto: Emma Watkinson
Tenor: Gareth Treseder
Bass: Geoff Williams
Pieces performed
Haydn – Nelson Mass
Fauré – Requiem
“Hilary elicited a broad palette of sounds from the choir in this varied and interesting set of Opera Choruses.”
Soprano: Joanna Weeks
Tenor: Graham Neal
Piano: Ben Lewis-Smith
Pieces performed
Chorus of Wedding Guests – Donizetti
Habanera – Bizet
Anvil Chorus – Verdi
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves – Verdi
Tenor – Di Rigori Armato – Strauss
Make our Garden Grow – Bernstein
Soprano – O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Humming Chorus – Puccini
Easter Hymn – Mascagni
Chorus of Enchanted Islanders – Handel
Dido’s Lament and Final Chorus – Purcell
Tenor – Che Gelida manina – Puccini
Soprano – Si,mi chiamano Mimi – Puccini
Duet – Osoavefanciulla – Puccini
Soldier’ Chorus – Gounod
The Long Day Closes – Sullivan
Brindisi – Verdi
“An excellent, challenging programme of English music from Ralph Vaughan Willams and Gerald Finzi.”
We were honoured to have accomplished actor John Telfer as our narrator. But that doesn’t do John justice he is also a musician, writer and director.
Baritone: Sean Webster
Pieces performed
Romance for String Orchestra – Finzi
An Oxford Elegy – Vaughan Williams
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice – Finzi
Five Mystical Songs – Vaughan Williams
Soprano: Lucy de Butts
Alto: Phillipa Thomas
Tenor: Rob Jenkins
Bass: David Jones
Organist: Ian Tindale
Pieces performed
Regina Coeli
Exsultate Jubilate
Ave Verum Corpus
Alma Dei Creatoris
Mass in C Major ‘Coronation’
