OUR PLANS FOR 2022/23
| Type of post: | Choir news item |
| Sub-type: | No sub-type |
| Posted By: | Nadia Weekes |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Sat, 20 Aug 2022 |
Hi All,
We hope that you’re having a good summer. What a great finish to last season we had in Edinburgh & Kirkcaldy!
We're all very proud to be part of Eclectic Voices — few groups were as successful in creating live music through the challenges of the past two years. We commissioned and premiered excellent new music, presented outstanding Bach and Mozart concerts, celebrated 30 years together, collaborated with singers, brass, strings, jazz and folk musicians, supported our youth choirs, were featured on stage in The Weekend and more. It's now time to move forward by drawing full houses to our concerts and recruiting new members. A key date is Thursday 6 October, when we're inviting potential singers to try EV at an open workshop leading to the London Jazz Festival concert. We're calling this the !BOOM! moment and all of us need to spread the word. This season's programme is inspired by lots of great suggestions from our singers. The ones I couldn't fit will likely turn up later! Here's a rundown of the season. You will find full details and all the rehearsal dates in the members' section of the website.
Friday 23 September 2022
Islington Proms: Shed a Little Light, with Anthony Fort, organ and piano
St. James Prebend, London N1
Bach, Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium
Britten, Gloriana Dances
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
James Taylor, Shed a Little Light
Angelou/Stroman, Touched by an Angel
Stroman, Forgive, Not Forget
Bach, Cantata BWV 4, Christ Lag in Todesbanden
Gospel, Precious Memories Saturday 12 November 2022
London Jazz Festival: Songs of Life and Liberty
with Martin Speake Quartet and Highbury Youth Choir
Actors' Church, Covent Garden
Stroman, Maya Angelou Songs
Stroman, Songs from Songs of Life and Liberty
John Ashton Thomas, Blake Songs
Stevie Wonder, Songs from Songs in the Key of Life 10-18 December 2022
Christmas Family Concert, Sunday Service & Charity Carolling
with Sarah Wilkinson and Liam Dunache, piano and organ
Christ Church Highbury, American International Church, St Pancras Station
Helen Beauchamp, Hope/Light
Morten Lauridsen, Sure on This Shining Night
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bogoroditse Devo
....plus carols Saturday 11 Feb 2023
Singers' Choice and Steve Reich, with marimbas and organs
American International Church, London W1
Purcell, Songs from The Fairy Queen
Messiaen, O Sacrum Convivium
Bach, Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn
Bruckner, Tota Pulchra Es
trad., Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Steve Reich, Proverb
Stuart Kambona, Kuja Kwake Bwana
Stroman, Ox Dance Sunday 2 April 2023
People's Messiah at Union Chapel, with the City Bach Collective and a people's choir
Handel, Messiah For Summer 2023 we're currently pursuing a late May bank holiday trip followed by a London performance(s).
See you all at our first rehearsal on the 8th September in our new home :) Juliette & Scott
EV Chair and Music Director
We hope that you’re having a good summer. What a great finish to last season we had in Edinburgh & Kirkcaldy!
We're all very proud to be part of Eclectic Voices — few groups were as successful in creating live music through the challenges of the past two years. We commissioned and premiered excellent new music, presented outstanding Bach and Mozart concerts, celebrated 30 years together, collaborated with singers, brass, strings, jazz and folk musicians, supported our youth choirs, were featured on stage in The Weekend and more. It's now time to move forward by drawing full houses to our concerts and recruiting new members. A key date is Thursday 6 October, when we're inviting potential singers to try EV at an open workshop leading to the London Jazz Festival concert. We're calling this the !BOOM! moment and all of us need to spread the word. This season's programme is inspired by lots of great suggestions from our singers. The ones I couldn't fit will likely turn up later! Here's a rundown of the season. You will find full details and all the rehearsal dates in the members' section of the website.
Friday 23 September 2022
Islington Proms: Shed a Little Light, with Anthony Fort, organ and piano
St. James Prebend, London N1
Bach, Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium
Britten, Gloriana Dances
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
James Taylor, Shed a Little Light
Angelou/Stroman, Touched by an Angel
Stroman, Forgive, Not Forget
Bach, Cantata BWV 4, Christ Lag in Todesbanden
Gospel, Precious Memories Saturday 12 November 2022
London Jazz Festival: Songs of Life and Liberty
with Martin Speake Quartet and Highbury Youth Choir
Actors' Church, Covent Garden
Stroman, Maya Angelou Songs
Stroman, Songs from Songs of Life and Liberty
John Ashton Thomas, Blake Songs
Stevie Wonder, Songs from Songs in the Key of Life 10-18 December 2022
Christmas Family Concert, Sunday Service & Charity Carolling
with Sarah Wilkinson and Liam Dunache, piano and organ
Christ Church Highbury, American International Church, St Pancras Station
Helen Beauchamp, Hope/Light
Morten Lauridsen, Sure on This Shining Night
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bogoroditse Devo
....plus carols Saturday 11 Feb 2023
Singers' Choice and Steve Reich, with marimbas and organs
American International Church, London W1
Purcell, Songs from The Fairy Queen
Messiaen, O Sacrum Convivium
Bach, Motet BWV 230, Lobet den Herrn
Bruckner, Tota Pulchra Es
trad., Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Steve Reich, Proverb
Stuart Kambona, Kuja Kwake Bwana
Stroman, Ox Dance Sunday 2 April 2023
People's Messiah at Union Chapel, with the City Bach Collective and a people's choir
Handel, Messiah For Summer 2023 we're currently pursuing a late May bank holiday trip followed by a London performance(s).
See you all at our first rehearsal on the 8th September in our new home :) Juliette & Scott
EV Chair and Music Director
