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SUMMARY:Transports of Delight!
DESCRIPTION:An eclectic programme of Lyrical Pop\, Tudor madrigals\, Victoriana\, Modes of limited transposition\, Country and Western and Folk Song Arrangements \nTom Williams Director \nNick Scott-Burt Piano & Organ \nMarc Vastenavondt Compere \nTom Williams says:\n\n ‘For our summer concert this year we’re following a route we don’t usually take. We let our hair down more than normal\, performing often quite an eclectic programme\, which ends up with some pieces one might not necessarily associate with a choir like Leicestershire Chorale…\n\nOver the years we’ve become better and better at delivering this change of musical pace and I know the choir have enjoyed it too\, bringing a different challenge to some of the more intense classical music we perform at other points. I’ve had experience and joy in singing music that wasn’t always within my regular wheelhouse\, so for this summer I decided to revisit a programme I co-crafted for another group – an a cappella vocal ensemble called Six8.\n\nTransports of Delight is a sometimes wild and heady mix of renaissance madrigals (both English and Italian)\, a renaissance motet from the Franco-Flemish school; a Romantic English part song by Granville Bantock\, a Schubert lied\, an imaginative piece of Messiaen organ music\, with some a cappella arrangements of folk songs\, spirituals and pop songs too. These often very different musical moments are linked by their stories of journeying\, by various means and modes of transport and to sometimes surprising and even heavenly destinations.\n\nThe evening will be led by a compere\, the former West End lead singer and actor Mark Vastenavondt\, quite possibly akin to the charming\, rambling style of Messrs Flanders and Swann to whom the programme is in a roundabout way dedicated. We hope that\, with a glass of something delicious in hand\, that you’ll enjoy the journey\, stopping to wonder along the way at the many jewels we offer for you to behold. Either way\, it’ll certainly be memorable and an exciting departure from our normal fare……’\nTickets: £15 Full £12 Friends £10 U19 £5 U13 on the door and from Ticketsource
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/transports-of-delight/
LOCATION:St Andrew’s Church\, 53 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:From nightly fears and fantasies
DESCRIPTION:Choral music\, organ and piano solo based on the monastic rite of Compline\, including works by John Joubert\, Matthew Martin\, Henry Balfour Gardiner\, William Harris and Kerry Andrew. \nTom Williams – Director \nNick Scott-Burt – Organ and Piano \nA mixture of choral music\, organ and piano solo to warm the heart and keep out the cold as the clocks go back and the nights draw in. The ancient monastic rite of Compline provides an inspiring structure for this contemplative programme. We bring you both rousing paeans to the ending of the day such as that by Henry Balfour Gardiner and soothing prayers to pave the way for blessed rest from the pen of Jonne Donne – set so beautifully to music by William Harris. Also\, some more recent settings of Compline texts by Matthew Martin and Kerry Andrew. We hope these may offer a moment of quiet reflection close to the Eve of All Hallows and the Feast of All Souls. \nTickers available soon.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/from-nightly-fears-and-fantasies-tickets-available-soon/
LOCATION:St Andrew’s Church\, 53 Jarrom Street\, Leicester\, Leicestershire\, LE2 7DH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Watchman Waketh
DESCRIPTION:Music for Advent including old favourites by Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Orlando Gibbons and Otto Goldschmidt; newer settings of old texts by Christopher Fox and Judith Weir; three stirring congregational hymns; Bach on the piano and the organ; Advent poetry plus more besides\, all woven into a moving candlelit sequence. \nTom Williams – Director \nNick Scott-Burt – Organ and Piano \nTo help maintain your sense of anticipation for Christmas coming\, or indeed to offer an alternative to Slade\, Mariah and the many iterations of O come all ye faithful you may have already heard this Festive season\, we offer you a still rousing and uplifting programme of well-known and more recently-crafted choral and organ pieces for the season of Advent. You even get to join us in song\, in three of the greatest carols of the season. As a reward for your efforts\, we’ll offer you some mulled wine and a mince pie and hopefully provide a magical\, candlelit atmosphere in this beautiful\, 12th Century church within Leicester’s Old Castle quarter. \nPlease note the earlier start time – bring the family. Tickets available soon.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/the-watchman-waketh-candlelit-concert-for-advent/
LOCATION:St Mary de Castro\, Castle Street\, Leicester\, LE1 5WN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Elijah (Pt I) Mendelssohn
DESCRIPTION:Tom Williams – Director \nWith Nicholas Scott-Burt and Da-Hee Kim piano duet \nAnd Richard Latham baritone  \nIn a similar production to our performance of Haydn’s great oratorio The Creation two seasons ago\, we present to you Part I of Felix Mendelssohn’s epic tale of the Old Testament prophet Elijah\, accompanied by piano duet and with most of the solo roles taken from within the choir. All except the title role\, for which we’re immensely grateful to baritone Richard Latham in agreeing to come and perform with us. Come and revel in some glorious choruses\, vocal chamber ensembles\, lively narrative and rolling arias. This music is deeply elegant and attractive to the ear. A rare chance to hear the detail of a chamber performance with smaller forces and the clarity of piano duet accompaniment.
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/elijah-pt-i-mendelssohn/
LOCATION:Stoneygate Baptist Church\, 315 London Road\, Leicester\, LE2 3ND
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SUMMARY:Songs and Sonnets
DESCRIPTION:A programme inspired by our national bard William Shakespeare\, in jazz-infused settings of his and other Elizabethan texts by George Shearing\, John Rutter\, Jaako Mantyjärvi and with solo songs by Arthur Young \nTom Williams – Director \nWith Nicholas Scott-Burt piano \nWill Smith bass guitar/string bass \nand soloists from within the choir \n7pm Saturday 26th June Uppingham Parish Church  \nA programme on the lighter side\, working with jazz piano and string bass in music by George Shearing (his famous Songs and Sonnets of the late Nineties)\, John Rutter’s swinging Birthday Madrigals\, Jaako Mantyjärvi’s evocative Four Shakespeare Songs and other Elizabethan settings for solo voice by Arthur Young (previously recorded by jazz vocal legend Cleo Laine).
URL:https://leicestershirechorale.org.uk/concert/songs-and-sonnets-jazz-inspired-choral-music/
LOCATION:Church of St Peter and St Paul\, Market Place\, Uppingham\, Leicestershire\, LE15 9QH\, United Kingdom
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