by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
Sadly, our visit to Portsmouth Cathedral on May 16th to sing Evensong was cancelled, but we hope to sing there in 2021. In the meantime, we have still been practising via...
by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
It is always a delight to visit Southwark, partly because the surroundings are far from propitious: most cathedrals are approached through venerable precincts and well manicured lawns, whereas Southwark rises abruptly and defiantly from the warren of streets round...
by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
For this concert the choir joined forces once again with the Barnes Concert Band, directed by Alan Goodall. We were raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief, so it was doubly encouraging that we had a large audience. The programme gave us the chance to prove that we...
by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
The choir and its faithful supporters had a splendid day out in Winchester. We went by coach and took picnic lunches with us, which we ate on the cathedral lawn amid a Pentecostal funfair which included a Winchester Cathedral bouncy castle! The cathedral staff made us...
by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
Our second visit to this beautiful place began with a leisurely lunch in the refectory, followed by a rehearsal in the song school, as before. The magic only began when we moved out to the choir stalls: perhaps we were less overawed than previously, or perhaps we knew...
by Sarah | Nov 18, 2023 | Choir news
On Saturday 16th January 2016 we held a Come and Sing event for Haydn’s oratorio ‘Creation’, and invited Brian Kay to rehearse us and conduct the performance. Over 100 singers took part, and judging from the number who brought their own copies, many...