Season 2007 - 2008
A selection of performances from our 2007 - 2008 Season with concert details, programme and audience comments and reviews.
Saturday 5th July 2008
| Concert: | A Serenade to Music
A festival of the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Programme: |
O clap your hands, O ye people
Organ Preludes on Hyfrydol, Rhosymedre and Bryn Calfaria
Serenade to Music
Three Shakespeare Songs
All people that on earth do dwell
Three Elizabethan Part-songs
O taste and see how gracious the Lord is
Three Songs
The Sky Above
The Roof
The Turtle Dove
Lindan Lea
Five Mystical Songs |
| Performers: |
James Griffett – baritone
Ian Clarke - organ
The Swarbrick Singers*
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy & Ian Clarke* – conductors |
Saturday 3rd May 2008
| Programme: |
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture – William Tell (arr. for piano duet*)
Villager’s Chorus from William Tell
Petite Messe Solennelle |
| Performers: |
Rebecca Hodgetts – soprano
Clare McCaldin – mezzo-soprano
Oliver White – tenor
Neil Bakerl - bass
Andrew Reid & Lee Dunleavy* - piano
Adrian Moore - harmonium
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy – conductor |
Saturday 15th December 2007
| Programme: |
An evening of readings and Christmas music for Choir and Audience |
| Performers: |
Bob Godfrey - narrator
Northampton Bach Choir, Conducted by Lee Dunleavy |
Sunday 3rd February 2008
| Programme: |
Festival Overture – Shostakovich
Piano Concerto – Grieg
Chiao-Ying Chang - piano
Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
Natasha Jouhl – soprano
Mark Wilde – tenor
Dawid Kimberg - baritone |
| Performers: |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Northampton Bach Choir
Northampton School for Girls – Madrigalis
Conductor – Owain Arwel Hughes |
Saturday 17th November 2007
| Programme: |
Nelson Mass – F J Haydn
Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major – J S Bach
Magnificat in D – J S Bach |
| Performers: |
Amy Haworth – soprano
Katherine Crompton - soprano
Laura Trayhurn – mezzo-soprano
Daniel Turner – tenor
James Birchall - bass
Charivari Agréable
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy – conductor |
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