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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.
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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.
Saturday 30 March 7.30 pm
St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
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Saturday 30 March 7.30 pm
Music for Passiontide
St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Conductor: Paul Spicer
Birmingham Bach Choir
Tenor: Robin Morton
Organist: Martyn Rawles
Programme:
Plainchant:
Stabat materJS Bach:
Ruht Wohl (St John Passion)Bruckner:
Ave Maria
Christus factus estHowells:
RequiemLassus:
Tristis est anima meaLeighton:
Crucifixus pro nobisLotti:
CrucifixusTallis:
In ieiunio et fletuThis concert for Passiontide in our centenary year 2019 continues our wonderful voyage through areas of the choral repertoire not so often explored by such choirs.
Some beautiful early music including Lotti’s timeless Crucifixus opens the programme.
After the interval two of Bruckner’s magisterial motets will raise the roof in the wonderful acoustics of the cathedral
But the heart of the programme lies in two twentieth century small-scale masterpieces. Kenneth Leighton’s powerfully dramatic cantata Crucifixus pro nobis – a mini Passion for choir, organ and tenor soloist (sung by Robin Morton) was written for the choir of New College, Oxford in 1962 and Paul Spicer, the Bach Choir’s conductor, was a boy chorister in its first performance. The almost electrical charge of the music is heightened by the final movement, a setting of Phineas Fletcher’s beautiful words ‘Drop, drop slow tears’, being left completely unaccompanied. It is a stroke of genius.
The other great work in the programme is Herbert Howells’ extraordinary Requiem which became the core of his large-scale choral and orchestral work Hymnus Paradisi written as a memorial for his nine year old son Michael, who died of polio soon in 1935 soon after the Requiem was written (in 1932). It is an emotionally charged work which was kept as a personal document until 1980 when it was published. Paul Spicer has a personal connection with Howells in being his composition student at the RCM and having written his biography.
This will be a memorable concert for choir and audience alike and besides the music mentioned will also include seasonal music for organ played by Martyn Rawles.
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Central Nave (unreserved seating) £18
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Central Nave (unreserved seating) Concession £16
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Side Aisles (downstairs) or Gallery (upstairs) £13
(unreserved seating, you choose where you prefer to sit on arrival)
Please note: many of the seats in these two areas have some restricted view due to the structure of the cathedral (pillars etc!)
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The venue: St Philip’s Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2QB
The venue: St Phiip’s Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2QB
Built in 1715 as the new parish church “on the hill”, St Philip’s is a rare and fine example of elegant English Baroque architecture. It is Grade 1 listed and one of the oldest buildings in the city still used for its original purpose. Fascinating both inside and out, the cathedral is home to some remarkable treasures (not least the inspiring stained-glass windows designed by Edward Burne-Jones) and amazing stories, all set amongst the daily rhythm of people criss-crossing this unique part of the city.
Detail from one of the many windows by Edward Burne-Jones
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
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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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