Forthcoming choir events
Carol Singing for Charity
Thu 4th December 2008, from 4pm
Liverpool Street Station
Carol Singing in support of St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney
Programme:
Traditional Carols and other Christmas Music
A Christmas Pot Pourri
Fri 5th December 2008, 7.30pm
The Garden Museum, Lambeth
A Christmas Concert of music from medieval times through to Contemporary songs
with narrators:
John Dallimore and Sarah Crowdon
Programme:
A mixed programme of carols and songs, with a sprinkling of seasonal poems and stories
Rehearsals:
12th Oct, 9th Nov, 30th Nov
A Spring Concert
Sat 16th May 2009, 7.30pm
London
The Choir presents a concert of sacred music
Programme:
'Lux Aeterna' by Morten Lauredeson
'Requiem' by Robert Pearsall
For information about the Requiem, go to
pearsall2006.org
Rehearsals:
4th Jan (including meal), 1st Feb, 1st Mar, 5th Apr, 9th May
Tour to Ireland
Sat 3rd October 2009,
A visit to Sneem in County Kerry
Programme:
Folk and gospel music
Past events
Visit to Poitiers
Sat 4th October 2008,
St Hilaire
A weekend in France, singing in the beautiful church of St Hilaire on the Saturday evening and in their Sunday morning service
Programme:
English choral music including motets, madrigals, folk song and Morten Lauridsen's 'Lux Aeterna'
Rehearsals:
as for Castle Acre, plus
7 September, 28 September
Concert
Sat 23rd August 2008, 7.30
St James Church, Castle Acre
Return visit to Castle Acre, Norfolk
for a weekend of socialising and performing in the beautiful church of St James on the Saturday evening and Sunday morning
Programme:
A mix of sacred and secular
Rehearsals:
25 May, 22 June, 20 July
Rutter, Jenkins and Bernstein
Sat 26th April 2008, 19.30
St James' Church, Piccadilly, London
The Grove Singers
with the Camerata of London
Programme:
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
John Rutter: Requiem
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
Rehearsals:
6 Jan, 10 Feb, 2 Mar, 30 Mar, 20 Apr
Carol Singing for St Joseph's Hospice
Thu 13th December 2007, late afternoon
Liverpool Street Station
We have been invited to sing carols for St Joseph's Hospice. This has become an annual event and has helped raised many thousands of pounds for the charity
Programme:
Carols, many and varied!
Concert for World Aids Day
Sat 1st December 2007, 7.30pm
St Barnabas Church, Pimlico
A concert in aid of AVERT -
an international charity working to combat the problem of HIV and AIDS worldwide.
The Singers will be joined by some of the most outstanding music students around: including VENUS WINDS, a stunning London-based wind ensemble and the brilliant young 'cellist, ANDREW BENSON.
Programme:
including Tavener: Svyati, for choir and cello; and Rutter: Musica Dei Donum, for choir and flute; sacred and secular music
Rehearsals:
28 Oct, 25 Nov
Swalcliffe
Sat 29th September 2007, 7.30 pm
St Peter and St Paul, Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire
With David Oliver(flute) and Andrew Benson (cello)
Programme:
including Tavener: Svyati (choir and cello) and Rutter: Musica Dei Donum (choir and flute)
Concert Tour of South of France
Tue 29th May 2007,
Programme:
Concerts in Nice, Monte Carlo and Beulieu
Music to Inspire
Sat 10th March 2007, 7.30pm
St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas St, Pimlico, London
Programme:
Giovanni Pergolesi: Magnificat
Josef Haydn: Te Deum
John Tavener: Song for Athene
and music by Rachmaninov, Grieg, Byrd, Palestrina, Britten etc.
Brian Newman, conductor
James Lloyd Thomas, organ
Museum of Garden History
Fri 8th December 2006,
Museum of Garden History, Lambeth, London
Eastbourne - Supporting music in church
Sat 28th October 2006, 19:30
St Mary's Parish Church,
Mixed Choral works, with Victor Potter, organ
Programme:
Pergolesi: Magnificat
Haydn: Te Deum
and music by Bruckner, Gabrielli, Grieg, Rutter and Tavener
Cranborne Gardens
Sun 18th June 2006, 12:30
Cranborne Gardens
Singing in 3 places in the garden through the day, in aid of a local hospice
Programme:
A lighter programme for a summer's day.
Fordingbridge Concert
Sat 17th June 2006, 19:30
Fordingbridge Church, Nr Salisbury
A mixed programme of sacred and secular music.
Programme:
motets, spirituals, madrigals and folk songs from around the world.