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Programme of Events
Our last concert was in February when we sang a programme of Classical Favourites in Millhouses Methodist Church.
The centrepiece of the concert was Komm, Jesu, Komm by J S Bach, an uplifting motet for double choir. The choir was accompanied by a string quartet for the ever-popular Gloria by Vivaldi and Schubert's Mass in G. Haydn's Te Deum and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir completed a programme which was clearly enjoyed by the audience.
Earlier in our 2011/2012 season we had two concerts collaborating with the excellent Harlequin Brass: our Christmas concert included music traditional Christmas Carols, a medley of popular Christmas songs such as Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and I’m dreaming of a White Christmas, and a couple of songs from the “Muppet’s Christmas Carol” all arranged for brass and choir.
In March we celebrated the Jubilee (again with Harlequin Brass joined by organist Jonathan Gooing) with a thrilling evening of music for brass, organ and choir Happy and Glorious.
The main work was John Rutter's Gloria, and alongside this was the well-received Yorkshire premiere of a setting for the same forces of the Benedicite by Ian Crew. This work was commissioned by conductor Robert Webb when he worked with Henley Choral Society for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, and it was fitting that it was performed again for the Diamond Jubilee. The programme was completed with the fourth movement from Saint Saens’ Organ Symphony and some favourite from the Queen’s Coronation: Parry’s I was glad, Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Gibbons’ O clap your hands and Vaughan Williams’ O taste and see.
In July we celebrated in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, great American choral music and song joined by local baritone, Peter Taylor. The songs covered a wide range of styles and periods from William Billings' Euroclydon (c 1780) to the Mesa Songs by the contemporary composer Judith Cloud, who gave us special permission to perform them in England for the first time.
The last concert of 2012, in November, was a programme of Music Celebrating Music, inspired by the famous Hymn to St Cecilia by Benjamin Britten. We also sang Alan Woods' Ode on St Cecilia's Day, commissioned by the Sterndale Singers in 1998. Added to these was a selection of part songs, anthems and madrigals all with music and singing as their theme. Well known titles included Byrd Sing joyfully, Vaughan Williams Silence and Music, Parry Music when soft voices die, and Gershwin I got rhythm.
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Forthcoming Concert Dates
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Saturday, 06 Jul. 2013
8.00 pm
| Summer Cocktails - A selection of light music for a summer evening
Programme to include:
Come and sip cocktails while listening to folk songs by Holst, Warlock, Vaughan Williams, Seiber together with favourites like Blue Moon, Over the Rainbow and many more. Tap your foot to yet more melodies sung by our guest artists Tone Apart.
Venue: Channing Hall, Norfolk St
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £9.00 Concessions £9.00 Students £4.00 Children under 14 free.
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Past Events
| Saturday, 04 May. 2013
7.30 pm | -
Programme to include:
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm
Bruckner: Three Motets
Venue: St Marie's Cathedral, Norfolk Row
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £12.00 Concessions £9.00 Students £6.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 02 Feb. 2013
7.30 pm | Classical Favourites -
Programme to include:
Vivaldi: Gloria, Bach: Komm Jesu Komm, Haydn: Te Deum in C, Schubert: Mass in G, Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Accompanied by professional string quartet and other instrumentalists
Venue: Millhouses Methodist Church, Millhouses Lane
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £12.00 Concessions £9.00 Students £6.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 17 Nov. 2012
7.30 pm | St. Cecilia's Day Concert - A selection of unaccompanied choral pieces celebrating music
Programme to include:
The Programme will include:
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Finzi: My spirit sang all day
Vaughan Williams: Silence and Music
Weelkes: When David Heard
Byrd: Sing joyfully
Woods: Ode on St Cecilia's Day
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Grove Rd., Millhouses
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £9.00 Concessions £7.00 Students £4.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 07 Jul. 2012
7.30 pm | Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness - Celebrating great American choral music and song
Programme to include:
The Programme will include:
William Billings (1746-1800): Euroclydon;
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Ching-a-ring chaw & The gift to be simple;
Morten Lauridsen (b 1943): O Magnum mysterium;
Judith Cloud (b 1954): Mesa Songs;
Tobias Tenenbaum (b 1956): Where everything is music; Let the beauty we love; Music Master;
Arr Erb: Shenandoah;
Cole Porter: Anything Goes;
Rodgers/Hart: Blue Moon;
Gershwin: I got rhythm
+ Some American Art Songs sung by Mr Peter Taylor.
Venue: Millhouses Methodist Church, Millhouses Lane
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £4.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 16 Jun. 2012
7.30 pm | Mahler's 2nd Symphony - Concert with the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
Programme to include:
Mahler's 2nd Symphony
Venue: St. John's Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.50 Concessions £6.50 Students/Children £4.50
| Saturday, 28 Apr. 2012
7.30 pm | Concert with Harlequin Brass - Happy and Glorious
Programme to include:
Rutter: Gloria
Crew: Benedicite, omnia opera
Music from the coronation:
Handel: Zadok The Priest
Parry: I was Glad
Gibbons: O clap your hands
Vaughan Williams: O taste and see
Music from Harlequin Brass:
Saint Seans: Finale from the Organ Symphony
Venue: All Saints' Church, Ecclesall
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £9.00 Concessions £7.00 Students £4.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 10 Dec. 2011
4.00 pm | Family Christmas Concert - with Harlequin Brass
Programme to include:
Christmas carols and songs for all the family, including:
Leroy Anderson - Christmas Festival Overture
Songs from "A Muppet's Christmas Carol"
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
. . .and much more.
In support of HARC: Homeless and Rootless at Christmas
Venue: St. Mark's Church, Broomhill
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £3.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 19 Nov. 2011
7.30 pm | Ave Maris Stella - Marian Music from 15th and 16th Century Europe
Programme to include:
J. de Prez: Missa Ave Maris Stella
G. Dufray: Ave Maris Stella
J. Ockeghem: Intemerata Dei Mater
N. Gombert: Ave Regina Coelorum
O. de Lassus: Litanie a Beatae Mariae Virginis
C. de Morales: Magnificat Prima Toni
F. Guerrero: Ave Maria Sanctissima
T. Luis de Victoria:
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Millhouses
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 17 Sep. 2011
7.30 pm | Concert - Music from Summer Tour of France
Programme to include:
Vivaldi: Gloria
Schubert: Mass in G
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Buxttehude: Magnificat
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Morales: Magnificat Prima Toni Anima Mea
Venue: The Crossing, Newcastle St., Worksop
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 09 Jul. 2011
7.30 pm | Concert of Songs, Oratorio and Opera - with the Hallam Choral Society and winners of the David Clover Competition for Singers
Venue: Victoria Hall, Norfolk St.
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 07 May. 2011
7.30 pm | Beethoven Choral Symphony - with the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
Venue: St. John's, Ranmoor
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 12 Mar. 2011
8.00 pm | Concert for Lent -
Programme to include:
MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Faure: Requiem.
Venue: St. Marie's Cathedral, Norfolk Row
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 18 Dec. 2010
7.30 pm | Christmas Concert -
Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Psalter Lane
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Friday, 26 Nov. 2010
7.30 pm | Music from the 19th/20th Century English - (Repeat performance for Sheffield Music Club)
Programme to include:
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Songs of Farewell
Stanford: Three Motets
Elgar: Te Deum
Holst: Nunc Dimitis
Finzi: Lo The Full Final Sacrific
Derek Glover: Organ
Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Psalter Lane
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 20 Nov. 2010
7.30 pm | Music from the 19th/20th Century English -
Programme to include:
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Songs of Farewell
Stanford: Three Motets
Elgar: Te Deum
Holst: Nunc Dimitis
Finzi: Lo The Full Final Sacrific
Derek Glover: Organ
Venue: St. John's Church, Ranmoor
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 10 Jul. 2010
7.30 pm | Summer Concert - 'A Summer Cocktail'
Venue: Sheffield High School Hall, Rutland Park
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
| Saturday, 13 Mar. 2010
7.30 pm | Spring Concert -
Programme to include:
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Venue: St. Marie's Cathedral, Norfolk Row
How to find it . . .
Admission: Adults £8.00 Concessions £6.00 Students £2.00 Children under 14 free.
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