Season 2008 - 2009
A selection of performances from our 2008 - 2009 Season with concert details, programme and audience comments and reviews.
Saturday 4th July 2009
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Brahms: Academic Festival Overture arr. for Piano Duet and Chorus
Hungarian Dance No1 in G Minor
Brahms Requiem |
| Performers: |
Julie Kennard – soprano
Michael George – baritone
Stephen Meakins & Janine Khalil - Piano Duet
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy – conductor |
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Johannes Brahms was renowned for making arrangements of his own music, and that of others, for four hands rather than full orchestra. This performance of his beautiful and moving Requiem will be accompanied by the composer’s own arrangement for piano duet.
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Saturday 28th March 2009
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To include:-
I was glad when they said unto me - Sir C Hubert H Parry
O Jesu Christ, mein’s Leben Licht - J S Bach
Geistliches Lied - Johannes Brahms
Panis angelicus - César Franck
Christus factus est - Anton Bruckner
Abendlied - Joseph Rheinberger
Hear my words, ye people - Sir C Hubert H Parry
Missa “Omnes Sancti” - Malcolm Archer
Hear my prayer, O God incline thine ear - Felix Mendelssohn
Insanae et vanae curae - F J Haydn
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Zadok the Priest - George Frederic Handel |
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Sunday 22nd February 2009
Audience comments:
The combined choirs of Northampton Bach Choir and Daventry Choral Society produced a tremendously exciting sound.
HPP & JJP – Spinney Hill, Northampton
It was a truly wonderful evening. The two choirs rose magnificently to the occasion and produced a glorious sound and truly matched the power of the orchestra.
DS – Wellingborough
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Saturday 20th December 2008
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Angels – A Celebration of Christmas
An evening of Christmas music for Choir and Audience celebrating Christmas and the theme of Angels. |
| Performers: |
Northampton High School Junior Choir, Directed by Kate Miller
Northampton Bach Choir, Conducted by Lee Dunleavy |
| Notes: |
The Choir’s Christmas concert will explore the theme of Angels and their association with the story of Christ’s birth. We will be joined by the Junior Choir of Northampton High School, and there will be a number of familiar carols for the audience to join in and sing. |
Saturday 22th November 2008
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Magnificat – Cecilia McDowall
Autumn Legend – William Alwyn
Magnificat – John Rutter |
| Performers: |
Joanne Dexter – soprano
Clare McCaldin – mezzo-soprano
Ilid Jones - cor anglais
Orchestra Nova
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy – conductor |
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This concert compares and contrasts two different settings of the Magnificat, the song of praise of the Virgin Mary, by two living composers. Autumn Legend was written by the Northampton born composer William Alwyn for solo Cor Anglais and strings.
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