Christmas Concert, 16 December 2017

Christmas music, St Mary's Church, Richmond

RICHMONDSHIRE Choral Society and Richmondshire Orchestra provided a jubilant festival of Christmas music in St Mary's Church.

With support from the organist Andrew T D Christer, they gave a lively production of J S Bach's Sleepers Awake and F Schubert's Mass in G, with soloists Charlotte North (soprano), Edward Rimmer (tenor) and Andrew Randall (baritone).

The piece de resistance of the evening was the first public outing of local musician Mark Harrison's cantata Jubilate Natale.

The voices of the audience had been stimulated by singing carols with the choir and they were engagingly taught two choruses by conductor Edward Seymour so they could join in two movements.

The cantata was a joyous experience, with the moods of different movements ranging from a spooky introduction through tender, lyrical and stirring passages.

The audience joined in the choruses of the later movements, ending with an exhilarating high to send everyone home full of festive spirit after a most enjoyable evening.

Judith Stansfield

Featured Event

Our next concert on Saturday 7th December. The choir is looking forward to performing under the baton of our new musical director Ben Noble and invite you to join us in a Christmas Concert with a difference. For many people Christmas is as much a time of remembrance as celebration or feasting and we begin with the Faure Requiem which Faure himself described as 'a lullaby of death'. This well known, serene and beautiful work will be followed by Christmas music and carols which sustain the peaceful and contemplative nature of the concert. The wonderful accoustics of St Mary's Church are made for evenings like this.

We look forward to seeing you at St Mary's Church, Richmond.

 

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