Wombourne and District Choral Society
Posted 21 October 2009
80 miles of fundraising in ChinaKerry 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 2009See 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
