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Sunday 16 December 3.30 pm
St Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham B12 0YH
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Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Sunday 16 December 3.30 pm
St Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham B12 0YH
This year our annual service is again held in the beautiful church of St Albans, tucked away just beyond the city centre.
Interspersed with readings the choir will perform a wonderful selection of Christmas music by, amongst others, Herbert Howells, Leighton and Rütti
including also an arrangement of Sir Christemas composed by our own David Hughes (in the bass section) which was broadcast in the finalist selection of BBC3’s carol competition 2017.
Paul Carr will accompany many of the pieces on the magnificent St Alban’s organ.
There are no tickets. So do just come !
Below is our full programme:
Congregational carols
(All arrangements by Paul Spicer, except Of the father’s heart which is arranged by Willcocks):
O come all ye faithful
Come Thou Redeemer
Lo, he comes
It came upon the midnight clear
Of the Father’s heart
Once in royal David’s city
Hark the herald angels sing
Choir carols:
Gabriel’s message (arr Willcock’s)
Quem vidistis, pastores (Dering)
There is no rose (Duncan Fielden)
In the bleak midwinter (Darke)
Sir Christemas (David Hughes)
Lully, lulla (Leighton)
Here is the little door (Howells)
Ave Maria (Carl Rütti)
Magnificat (New College, Oxford) (Howells)
Nativity Carol (Rutter)
Saturday 2 February 2 - 6 pm
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Birmingham B29 6HT
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Our choice for our 2019 Come & Sing! is Elgar’s The Music Makers
Saturday 2 February 2 - 6 pm
Selly Oak Methodist Church, Birmingham B29 6HT
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams...
First performed here in Birmingham, in 1912, The Music Makers has a special place in the hearts of singers. Based on a poem by Arthur O’Shaunessey, Elgar’s music seems to knit so beautifully with the words, heartfelt and mellow. It is a joy to sing.
The format for the day: as usual, our music making will start at 2 pm with a full work shop led by Paul Spicer to introduce everyone to the score and rehearse the movements.
At the end of the workshop our now famous tea and home-made cakes are served, usually in a hubbub of chat as people take the opportunity to meet.
At 5 pm we do a ‘concert performance’ - a complete run through with soloists and all should be finished by 6 pm.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW.
Ticket price for singers with hire of music score £16, without music score (i.e.bring your own) £14.
Please note that each singer needs to be entered separately with their voice part please.
With music hire (£16)
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Without music hire (£14)
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Directions: For a map please visit the church website:
The venue is easy to access by train: a few minutes walk from Selly Oak train station (on the Cross-City Line between Redditch, Birmingham and Lichfield)
Selly Oak train station is also just one stop from University (Birmingham) station which is on both the Cross Country line between Cardiff-Nottingham, and also the West Midlands line between Birmingham-Droitwich-Worcester-Malvern
There is limited car parking at the church, or various road parking nearby.
Thursday 9 May 7.30 pm
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School
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Roderick Williams Recital - Thursday 9 May 7.30 pm
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School
Programme:
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte
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Schubert: Schwanengesang
Tickets: £22 (conc £19.50) Students £10
TO BUY TICKETS PLEASE GO TO BROMSGROVE SCHOOL BOX OFFICE WEBSITE HERE
www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/whats-on
It is a great privilege to welcome one of the finest English voices of his generation, Roderick Williams, to perform this centenary celebration recital
"Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words.” BBC Music Magazine
He will be accompanied by the exceptional pianist, Susie Allan.
As a much loved baritone and acclaimed soloist, Roderick is in great demand in the opera houses and concert platforms here and around the world.
Winner of the Singer of the Year Award (2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards) he was awarded the OBE for services to music in June 2017.
Beethoven’s six love songs “To the distant beloved “ beautifully capture the yearning, pain of separation, suffering, hope and enrapture of a lover.
Schubert’s ’Swan Songs’, his last works written just before his death, are a collection of romantic and emotional pieces, each a masterpiece with it’s own special colouring.
This concert is organised by Birmingham Bach Choir as part of our centenary celebrations, with the support of Bromsgrove School.
Photographer: Benjamin Ealovega.
Concessions are available for some concerts and apply to senior citizens, the registered unemployed, full-time students and children under 16.
Students and children under 16: special rate of £6 per ticket at the door on the day of the concert, subject to availability.
A group discount of 10% is available when purchasing 10 or more tickets.
Please note that seating is unreserved unless otherwise stated.
The Birmingham Bach Choir reserves the right to change programmes or artists without notice.
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