Cantamus Choir Bournemouth: Christmas Carol events with Cantamus Choir December 2011:

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Christmas Carol events with Cantamus Choir December 2011:

We very much enjoyed the following events:

Sunday 11th. December Evening Carol Concert

St. Mary’s Church, West Moors 7pm,

admission free,

retiring collection in aid of church funds.

This was a fundraising concert and Christmas celebration for St Mary's Church, West Moors.

The programme included many traditional carols for everyone to join in. The carols were chosen to appeal to all ages and we were very pleased to see a wide age range enjoying the evening at St Mary's Church.

When the choir was ready, we sat in the choirstalls to wait until it was time to start.

When the choir was ready, we sat in the choirstalls to wait until it was time to start.

The programme was as follows:

St. Mary the Virgin, West Moors

A Christmas Carol Concert

Given by

ALL Once in Royal David’s City (Choir only verse 1)

CHOIR

People look East arr. Stainer

There is no rose of such virtue John Joubert

Adam lay ybounden Boris Ord

ALL O come, all ye faithful

CHOIR

O little one sweet (harmonised by J.S. Bach)

Ding, dong merrily on high 16th. Century French arr. Charles Wood

I saw a maiden Basque traditional

ALL Away in a manger (Choir only verse 2)

CHOIR

Sing lullaby Old Basque carol

In dulci jubilo arr. Pearsall

ALL O little town of Bethlehem

CHOIR Cradle song John Rutter

ALL While shepherds watched their flocks

CHOIR

The angels and the shepherds Bohemian trad. Arr. Trevor

Past 3 o’clock English trad. Arr. Charles Wood

We wish you a merry Christmas

After the concert the church provided mince pies and mulled wine. Very many people stayed to chat, making the refreshments a lovely end to a most enjoyable evening. Cantamus really appreciated the many compliments regarding the sound of the choir and are looking forward to returning to sing in the not too distant future!

On Monday 12th. December

7.30 pm

Cantamus sang a programme of Christmas Carols at a block of warden assisted flats in Parkstone. We sang a varied programme of carols enabling residents to join with us in singing many well know carols.

Once again we were served hot mulled wine and mince pies after singing. This enabled the choir to socialise together and to talk to those who had taken part in singing together with us.

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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