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Beckenham Chorale
We are an 80-strong SATB choir in our 55th season and, while we sing a varied repertoire, we are best known for our spirited performances of the great and exciting choral works.
In recent years, works which we have performed include Bach ‘Magnificat’, ... moreWe are an 80-strong SATB choir in our 55th season and, while we sing a varied repertoire, we are best known for our spirited performances of the great and exciting choral works.
In recent years, works which we have performed include Bach ‘Magnificat’, Vivaldi ‘Gloria’, Mozart ‘Requiem’, Orff ‘Carmina Burana’, Rossini ‘Stabat Mater’, Dvorak ‘Mass in D’, Tippett ‘A Child of our Time’, Handel 'Messiah' and Verdi ‘Requiem’.'
We engage professional soloists and orchestra, to perform with the choir. Since March 2015 our Musica Director is Adam Treadaway.
We perform three concerts a year at St George's Church Beckenham with weekly rehearsals from September to June at the St George's Church Hall. These venues are close to Beckenham Junction Rail and Tram Stations and on many bus routes. Car parking is also available at the St George's public car park. less
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Mvt. I Wealth Enough for Me (Michael John Trotta)
Brooklyn Choral Artists
Serendipity String Quartet
Clorinda Panebianco, oboe
Gerrit Scheepers, conductor
live recording of performance at Nazareth House Chapel, Pretoria on Sunday, September 9, 2018.
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Easeful Death (Requiem mvt IV excerpt by Nathaniel J.S. Barnes)
An excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer.
text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale)
Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with e... moreAn excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer.
text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale)
Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain
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Henry Purcell: 'Come Ye Sons of Art'
Come Ye Sons of Art - Mvt 1 from the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir
Kelly Galbraith, Director
Emperor String Quartet
Kate Carver, Piano
Matthew Coons, Organ
LIVE performance April 21, 2018
'Wrapped in Light'
www.cant... moreCome Ye Sons of Art - Mvt 1 from the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir
Kelly Galbraith, Director
Emperor String Quartet
Kate Carver, Piano
Matthew Coons, Organ
LIVE performance April 21, 2018
'Wrapped in Light'
www.cantorescelestes.com
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Henry Purcell: Sound the Trumpet
Sound The Trumpet Mvt 2 from 'Come Ye Sons ofArt' (The Birthday Ode for Queen Mary)
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir
Kelly Galbraith, Director
Kate Carver, Piano
Matthew Coons, Organ
LIVE performance April 21, 2018
'Wrapped in Light'
www.cantore... moreSound The Trumpet Mvt 2 from 'Come Ye Sons ofArt' (The Birthday Ode for Queen Mary)
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir
Kelly Galbraith, Director
Kate Carver, Piano
Matthew Coons, Organ
LIVE performance April 21, 2018
'Wrapped in Light'
www.cantorescelestes.com
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Sing a New Song to the Lord
This setting of the 98th Psalm (Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.)
comes originally from my cantata “The Manchester Magnificat”,
based on Audrey Vaughan’s poems about the religious and social history of the city.
The oratorio was... moreThis setting of the 98th Psalm (Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.)
comes originally from my cantata “The Manchester Magnificat”,
based on Audrey Vaughan’s poems about the religious and social history of the city.
The oratorio was first performed in Manchester Cathedral in 1994.
This psalm forms the climax of the whole cantata and provides an expression of optimism after the
tragedies of the previous sections.
In this “extracted” version, the tragic surroundings of the history remain
in the background and the purebubbling joy of the psalm itself shines forth.
Enjoy the complex rhythms and let your hair down!
This performance by Daniel Shaw's Composer's Choir (based in Connecticut)
is a brilliant rendition of the piece and will, I hope,
encourage other church choirs and concert choirs to consider including it in their repertoire.
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