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28 June 2023
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Dame Ethel Smyth Mass in D - A resounding success!
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Carmina in Style
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Song for Ukraine
21 February 2022
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7 February 2022
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16 December 2021
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Expanding the Canon
18 May 2021
Live Singing started ... stopped
17 May 2021
Fridays and the Future
14 April 2021
Virtual Video
12 April 2021
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26 March 2021
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9 March 2021
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22 February 2021
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12 February 2021
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Our Carol Festivities in Technicolour

13 December 2014

Carols for All at Northampton High School

With just twelve days to go before the big day, Northampton Bach Choir invited the audience in the Main Hall of Northampton High School to get in the mood for Christmas – and indeed they did!

Our compère for this festive evening was BBC Radio Northampton’s John Griff who did a fine job with his usual good humour and professional panache, and he undoubtedly sold a few more copies of Be Merry! – the choir’s latest CD – with his assiduous plugging!
 
Compère BBC Radio Northampton's John Giff
 
Carols for All at Northampton High School

Our regular répétiteur, the excellent Stephen Meakins, was partnered at the piano by Chon Meng Lam on several of the evening’s pieces and performed an excellent solo version of Jingle Bells – a huge hit with the audience. Sadly, Stephen was performing his last duty for us and we will miss him at the start of the new term.

Stephen Meakins & Chon Meng Lam at the piano

As well as their own performances, the evening featured a number of traditional carols where the audience were invited to join in singing with the choir. And they did so, singing lustily and enthusiastically, particularly in The Twelve Days of Christmas. The choir are fond of the work of American composer Dan Forrest and he featured here with a rousing arrangement O Come All Ye Faithful and his own tender Carol of Joy. The programme featured carols ancient and modern – some with new arrangements – which delighted the audience in this excellent evening of festive entertainment.