WDCS

Wombourne and District Choral Society

Posted 21 October 2009

80 miles of fundraising in China


Kerry Harris-Pinches has just got back from walking 80 miles of the Great Wall of China with a friend in aid of the Alzheimer's Society Wolverhampton. Congratulations, Kerry, on raising over £2,200. Further donations can be made via www.justgiving.com/kerryharrispinches1

Posted 13 October 2009

'An Abundance of Anniversaries'. 

The Wombourne and District Choral Society ran a workshop entitled 'An Abundance of Anniversaries' on Saturday 3 October 2009 in St Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth. The event formed part of the Churches Conservation Trust 40th anniversary celebrations . 
Under its inspiring musical director, Ian Clarke, a varied group of choir members and others came along for a good sing. With Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn all having birthdays or celebrating milestone anniversaries this year, we explored some of their choral repertoire, with a mixture of familiar and less familiar works. Handel's 'Zadok the Priest', Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer' ('Oh, for the Wings of a Dove'), Haydn's 'Insanae et Vanae Curae' and Purcell's 'O God, Thou art my God', were some of the highlights of a most enjoyable day. 

Click here to see the photos of the event in our picture gallery.

For more information on the excellent work of the Churches Conservation Trust (which is responsible for the upkeep of St Leonards, amongst many other churches in England), visit their website www.visitchurches.org.uk 

Posted 19 April 2009

See photo of the joint performance of Haydn's Creation.

Read the review:

'To celebrate the bicentennial of Josef Haydn's death the City and Wombourne choirs combined their considerable talents to perform one of the composer's best loved  works - The Creation.  This was the first time since 1975 that local choral societies have got together to present a large choral work and the result was most impressive...The 150-strong ensemble soon settled to produce a bright and confident sound.  Soprano Rachel Major showed a very pleasant tone, tenor Christopher Turner sang with great character and bass Christopher Foster contributed significantly.  Music director Ian Clarke always had matters very much under control.' 

Jerald Smith  - Express and Star