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Our exciting Christmas concert held on Saturday December 3, 2016 at 5pm.
This concert, at Wesley Church in Yarra St, Geelong, featured harpist Jacinta Dennett.
Joining us was the Geelong Handbell Choir.
We performed Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and its companion piece, Southern Star – a collection of the poems of Michael Leunig set to music by Christopher Willcock.
Leunig and liners in a Christmas surprise package
Colin Mockett (www.entertainmentgeelong.com)
“Singing the Classics” this time was Messe Solennelle de Sainte-Cecile by Charles Gounod.
Special thanks to Allister Cox for conducting, and Frank De Rosso for accompanying us.
Some photos from our cafe concert on July 30, 2016. A great evening’s entertainment.
Directed by Allister Cox
Accompanist Kristine Mellens.
Soloist Siân Tegan Williams
Master of Ceremonies Colin Mockett.
The Geelong Chorale will host an afternoon of singing through some choruses, in the For the Joy of Singing the Classics series, from 2 to 5pm on Sunday 19th June, at St Luke’s Uniting Church, Highton.
John Stubbings will lead us through the choruses, some of which are:
Pink Champagne from Die Fledermaus
Gaudeamus and Serenade from The Student Prince
Ol’ Man River from Showboat
Night of my Nights from Kismet
June is Bustin’ out all over and You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
PLUS others from The Gypsy Baron, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof…..
Cost is only $12, and includes afternoon tea.
So if you want to come along, contact Anne at: pandapil@skymesh.com.au.
Across the English Channel – romantic choral music from England and France. Anthems by Parry, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Elgar, and Solemn Mass by Louis Vierne with guest organist, Dion Henman.
St Paul’s Anglican Church, LaTrobe Tce, Geelong.
Sunday April 17 2016 at 3.00pm.
Conducted by Allister Cox.
Chorale Channels the Sacred Divide
Colin Mockett, Entertainment Geelong
http://entertainmentgeelong.com/colinmockett/Reviews.html
The Choral Grapevine: Across the Channel: The Geelong Chorale
https://thechoralgrapevine.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/across-the-channel-the-geelong-chorale/
Photos by Helen Lyth.:
Some photos from Sunday’s fun sing of Gloria by Antonia Vivaldi. special thanks to Jodie Townsend and Regina Thomae.
The first Singing the Classics for 2016 is coming up on Sun 20 March
Rehearsals have commenced for 2016. Our first concert is on April 17 at 3pm at St Paul’s Anglican Church in LaTrobe Terrace. We will present a program of romantic English and French choral music, including the Solemn Mass by Louis Vierne, accompanied by Dion Henman, organist at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne.
Come along and see us at Pako Festa on Saturday February 27 at 3.40pm. We are performing at the Diversitat Stage.
Across the English Channel – romantic choral music from England and France. Anthems by Parry, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Elgar, and Solemn Mass by Louis Vierne with guest organist, Dion Henman.
St Paul’s Anglican Church, LaTrobe Tce, Geelong.
Sunday April 17 2016 at 3.00pm.
When Icicles Hang – a cafe concert including the title work, a set of six Elizabethan poems set to music by John Rutter. Other music by Cole Porter and George Gershwin.
Berkeley Lodge, Pakington St, Geelong West.
Saturday July 30, 2016 at 7.00pm.
A Christmas Celebration – including Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, Southern Star, a setting of poems by Michael Leunig and music by Christopher Willcock, and other Christmas music.
Wesley Church, Yarra St, Geelong.
Saturday December 3, 2016 at 5.00pm.
The Chorale gave a very successful performance of Haydn’s Creation on 5 Dec 2015 at Wesley Church, Geelong.
Review: Haydn’s Creation – from woe to go in song, Colin Mockett, Entertainment Geelong
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