Noël!
Haileybury College Chapel , Hertford Heath ,
near Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 7NU
6:00pm, Sunday 14 December 2008
Hertfordshire Chorus
Sue Graham Smith chamber organ
David Temple conductor
A collection will be taken during the concert for Isabel Hospice.
This year’s Hertfordshire Chorus Christmas concert programme includes French & English seasonal music, and of course a good selection of carols for you to sing with us. A perfect family evening to get you into the festive spirit!
The programme will include the following sung by the Chorus…
Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vaughan Williams
Excerpts from Messiah Handel
Calypso Carol
Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Quem pastores laudavere
Noël nouvelet
Quem vidistis pastores Poulenc
Hodie Christus natus est Poulenc
The Shepherds' Farewell Berlioz
Il est né, le divin enfant
... and favourite audience carols.
Children are especially welcome, and as always will be invited to take a special part in the concert. We look forward to adding some Chorus sparkle to your Christmas!
Ice
Kings Place , 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 9AG,
7:30pm, Wednesday 14 January 2009
Hertfordshire Chorus
Emilia Hughes soprano, Martha McLorinan mezzo soprano, Ben Thapa tenor, Tom Appleton bass
Mike Henry narrator
David Temple conductor
Hertfordshire Chorus’s inaugural Kings Place concert features works making use of spaces and multi-layered textures: Tallis’s Spem in Alium, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor and the world première of Orlando Gough’s Ice, a work commissioned by Hertfordshire Chorus and Kings Place Music Foundation.
Spem in Alium: Tallis
Spem in Alium is one of the most elaborate and spectacular pieces of choral music ever written. Scored for 40 voices (eight choirs of five voices each), the piece will be sung in the round in order to maximise this extraordinary sonic experience.
Mass in G Minor: Vaughan Williams
This beautiful lyrical mass for unaccompanied SATB Soli and double chorus is a wonderful example of the dignified majesty of Vaughan Williams’ compositions. Written in 1921, it was dedicated to Gustav Holst and written for his Whitsuntide Singers. The first performance was given by the City of Birmingham Choir on December 6, 1922.
Ice: Orlando Gough
World première of a Hertfordshire Chorus / Kings Place Music Foundation commission
Orlando Gough’s Ice commemorates the first trip to the North Pole in 1909.
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