Cantamus Choir Bournemouth: Concert 16th October 2011 at St Andrew's Church, Florence Road, Boscombe

Monday, 3 October 2011

Concert 16th October 2011 at St Andrew's Church, Florence Road, Boscombe

On Sunday 16th October we performied a concert at St. Andrew’s Florence Road, Boscombe. The choir gave a varied programme and were warmly welcomed by a very appreciative audience. Choir items ranged from pieces written during the 17th century to those composed in the late 20th. (They included the simple but very effective Elgar 'Ave Verum' which features on our logo.) Solo items were peformed by Becky McCleery, Christopher Hammond and Malcolm Wood. The church provided refreshments after the concert and many choir members stayed to chat with the audience. Admission was free with a retiring collection in aid of a charity of the church's choice.

The programme was as follows:

Organ: Millennium Prelude Noel Rawsthorne born 1929

Praise to thee Lord Jesus H. Schutz 1585 - 1672

O Lord, increase our faith Henry Loosemore died 1670

Solo: Rondeau from Abdelazar Henry Purcell

Christopher Hammond, trumpet

Ave verum Edward Elgar 1857 - 1934

My soul, there is a country C.H.H. Parry 1848 – 1918

Thou wilt keep him S.S. Wesley 1810 – 1876

Solo: Pie Jesu Andrew Lloyd Webber b. 1948

Becky McCleery, soprano

God is gone up with a merry noise William Croft 1678 - 1727

We adore thee Palestrina 1525 – 1594

Solo: Conchita rêve Joaquín Turina 1882 – 1949

Malcolm Wood, piano

God be in my head John Rutter born 1945

A Gaelic blessing

A Hymn for St. Cecilia Herbert Howells 1892 - 1983

Cantamus Choir information

Cantamus was founded 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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Cantamus Choir Bournemouth

Monday, 3 October 2011

Concert 16th October 2011 at St Andrew's Church, Florence Road, Boscombe

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