Cantamus Choir Bournemouth: Combined Concert at St Katharine's Church Southbourne on Saturday 17th July 2010 at 7.30pm

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Combined Concert at St Katharine's Church Southbourne on Saturday 17th July 2010 at 7.30pm

Concert at St Katharine's Church Southbourne on Saturday 17th July 2010.

On Saturday 17th July Cantamus Choir Bournemouth joined together with the choir of St Katharine's Church Southbourne to present a varied programme of choral and instrumental music.

Both choirs performed pieces as separate choirs and also joined together.

Cantamus and St Katharine's Choir in Rehearsal

Joint choirs in concert

Choral pieces included music by Christopher Tye, William Fox, Thomas Weelkes, Heinrich Schütz,Anton Bruckner, Fredrick Ouseley, Palestrina, C.V. Stanford, Thomas Tallis, Peter Hurford, Arthur Hutchings and Charles Wood.

Additionally a number of choir members played instrumental solos - on flute, trumpet, trombone and piano.

Please see below for further details regarding the programme:

Music for a Summer’s Evening
Saturday 17th. July, 2010 7.30 pm

Programme

St. Katharine’s Choir
O come ye servants of the Lord Christopher Tye 1505 – 1572
Teach me thy way William Fox Died 1579

St. Katharine’s Choir and Cantamus
Let Thy merciful ears Thomas Weelkes 1576 – 1623

Flute solo
The nightingale serenade Wilhelm Popp 1828 - 1902
Rebecca McLaughlin, Flute

Cantamus
Praise to thee, Lord Jesus Heinrich Schütz 1585 – 1672
Locus iste Anton Bruckner 1824 -1896
Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon C17th.

Piano solo
Claire de Lune Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918
Katy Wallis, piano

St. Katharine’s Choir and Cantamus
From the rising of the sun Frederick Ouseley 1825 – 1889

Trombone solo
Concerto for trombone Second Movement Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844 – 1908
Jake Convery, trombone

Cantamus
We adore thee, Lord Jesu Palestrina 1525 – 1594
Beati quorum via C.V. Stanford 1852 – 1924
If ye love me Thomas Tallis

Soprano solo
Nulla in mundo pax sincera Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
Rebecca McLaughlin, soprano

St. Katharine’s Choir
O Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace Christopher Tye 1505 -1572
Litany to the Holy Spirit Peter Hurford Born 1930

Trumpet solo
The Prince of Denmark’s March Jeremiah Clarke 1659 – 1707
Christopher Hammond, Trumpet

Cantamus
God is gone up with a merry noise Arthur Hutchings 1906 -1989

St. Katharine’s Choir and Cantamus
O Thou the central orb Charles Wood 1866 – 1926

Children from St Katharine's Church choir welcomed people as they arrived and gave out programmes. They also helped with the retiring collection which was in aid of music at St Katharine's Church.

Cantamus Choir information

Cantamus was founded nearly 20 years ago by Malcolm Wood who is still its Musical Director. It is a friendly chamber choir that specialises in liturgical music of all periods. We rehearse weekly and either perform concerts or sing special services in a church in the area on a regular basis. We sing music from throughout the church and cathedral repertoire, pieces sung by the choir include music written by Palestrina, Tallis, Bruckner,Purcell, Tye, Elgar, Sumsion, Stanford, Bairstow, Vaughan Williams and others; more major works have included: the Faure Requiem, the Cantique de Jean Racine, the Messe Basse, the Vivaldi Gloria and the Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo. Solo parts are sung by members from within the choir.

We are a non denominational choir - many members attend churches throughout the conurbation. Concerts are usually either on a Saturday or Sunday evening or on Tuesday evening, which is practise night; we do not perform on a Sunday morning so that choir members can also sing in a church choir if they wish to.

We have members of all ages. Children and adults are equally welcome to join. Singing in the choir gives musical youngsters the opportunity to gain experience of singing in four or more parts. Children who play musical instruments find that singing regularly, not only develops their voice but also helps improve their aural skills and increases their knowledge of music of all periods. They also have the opportunity to play pieces during our concerts.

We have a number of family groupings in our choir: a father and daughter; mother and daughter; and grandmother and grandaughter - family members can share with each other the enjoyment of singing.

University students, also, are very welcome to join during their time in Bournemouth. Our rehearsals take place about twenty minutes walk from the Wallisdown campus.

Our performance venues have included: churches throughout the area such as Wimborne Minster, St Peter's Bournemouth and Christchurch Priory. We also like to sing in country churches and in churches that do not have their own choirs. At Christmas we sing in places such as: Stapehill Abbey, shopping arcades; golf clubs, warden assisted flats, evening functions, restaurants etc. We have performed concerts together with Bournemouth School for Girls choirs and with Bournemouth youth handbell team.

Each Christmas we lead a Traditional Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

Members are highly committed and are expected to attend all practises and events unless they are unwell.

We are available to sing at weddings by arrangement; and can also provide soloist(s) if required. We are experienced and provide a high standard of music at very reasonable fees. Fees are paid directly into our choir funds which we use to purchase more music and to make donations to local charities.

We plan our engagements at the start of the calendar year so it is advisable to contact us as early as is possible.If you would like further details please contact us on our email address below.

If you would like to come for an informal audition please contact us on our email address . Adults and children are very welcome to join us; we are a very friendly choir of all ages united by a love of singing. If you would like to see and hear us before joining you are welcome to come to any of our concerts or special services, please contact us for details of these:

stephie.wood@gmail.com

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Combined Concert at St Katharine's Church Southbourne on Saturday 17th July 2010 at 7.30pm

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