Mayor of Guildford’s
Christmas Concert
Join us to sing and listen to carols and
Christmas music in the wonderful
acoustic of Holy Trinity. This concert is
organised by the Rotary Club of Guildford
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in aid of the Mayor’s charities.
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_ Brahms: Violin Concerto in D,
Schicksalslied
Bruckner: Te Deum
Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass
Wolf: Three choral pieces
ohn Rutter: Gloria
This concert brings together some of the
Will Todd: Mass in Blue,
most lush German Romantic music ever
Three Anthems, A Jazz Set
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and emotion. Bruckner’s
Te Deum brings
all the brilliance of his symphonic writing
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Elgar: Sea Pictures, The Music Makers
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to
Music, The Lark Ascending
Royal Academy of Music will again join us)
The songs ofThe
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sumptuous choral items from Hugo Wolf
- better known for his solo songs, but here
stunning with the richness and beauty of
his musical imagination.
composer) have created fantastically
and the
of Music itself from three of Britain’s greatest
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scintillating mix of styles. Both Bob Chilcott
and Will Todd (nowa local Guildford
to choir and orchestra (soloists from the
and the concert opens with three brief but
Jazz meets the choral tradition in this
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innovative Masses for choir and jazz band.
In the mix is John Rutter’s ever-popular
loria. The programme also includes some
of Will Todd’s highly appealing church
anthems and a special set for jazz trio
alone. It should be a superb evening!
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Saturday 18 November 2006§ Brahms and Bruckner
Sunday
10 December 2006 § Christmas Family
Saturday 10 March 200
The Music Makers
Saturday 19 May 2007
All that Jazz
Concert
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£20, £15, £10*
Students
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Book tickets for all three Saturday concerts before 22 October 2005 and obtain a 10% discount
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Sing with us!
Vivace Chorus is a choir of 130 singers which performs major choral
works with professional orchestras, mostly in Guildford Cathedral.
We
also sing in other venues around South East England, such as St Martin-
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in-the-Fields and Fairfield, Croydon. The choir is twinned with Freiburg
BachChor (Germany) and regularly performs joint concerts with them.
Rehearsals are taken by our brilliant conductor Jeremy Backhouse and
our equally brilliant accompanist Jeremy Filsell, and take place at 7.30
:
p.m. on Mondays in the MethodistHall, Woodbridge Road, Guildford.
exceptional sense
big choir which can sing with the finesse and subtlety of a chamber choir.
and rhythm...
Musical standards are high and rising. The choir has been described as a
of vocal colour
New singers are always welcome, especially tenors.
Visit wwwvivacechorus.org or email Jane Sweeney at membership@vivacechorus.org.
Rehearsals for the 2006-7 season start on 4th September 2006.
Patrons
Donate £25 or more p.a. and we will inform you of future concerts, give you priority booking,
reserve your seats, list your name in our programmes, and invite you to social events. Contact
patrons@vivacechorus.org or Helen Beevers on 01252 313963.
All information is correct on going to press
but check our website wwwvivacechorus.org
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in case of last-minute changes.
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Financially assisted by
GUILDFORD BOROUGH