Events Archive
Sunday 29th June 2008
at 7.30 World-famous virtuoso organist CARLO CURLEY
( www. carlo.com) joined Surrey Voices
in an entertaining programme of spectacular
organ solos and favourite choral pieces.
Featuring also organ duos played by Carlo
on the giant Allen digital touring organ,
along with Peter Beaven on the Church’s
fine Henry Jones organ. This concert was enjoyed by a large audience. Here is some feedback: "A superlative concert – a great evening" "Spectacular, as one would expect" "A marvellous concert – most enjoyable" "What fun….." |
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Sunday 3 August 2008 Canticles - Harwood in Ab Anthem - Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn |
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Saturday 15 November at All Saints Long Lane Hillingdon UB10 9BT Haydn Creation - full performance with soloists and orchestra. Surrey Voices join the Sine Nomine Singers (www.sinenomine.org.uk) in their 50th anniversary concert. Tickets £10 (accompanied children free) |
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Saturday 29 November 2008 All Saints’ Church Upper Farringdon Hants at 7.30 pm. A concert of music for Advent, with Richard Pearce (organ) Favourite seasonal choral music by Vaughan Williams, Rutter, Cleobury, Wood, Praetorius etc and organ solos Upper Farringdon is 3 miles south-east of Alton. Tickets £10 to include wine and light refreshments. |
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Sunday 14 December 2008 St. James’s Piccadilly London (time tbc.) Christmas Oratorio for all, with Richard Pearce (organ)
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Sunday 15 Feb Choral Evensong at Guildford Cathedral 6.30 Canticles - Sumsion in G He watching over Israel - Mendelssohn Responses Osgood |
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Sunday 26 April Christ Church Crookham 7.30pm A concert of popular and familiar church music and light secular music, in aid of Christ Church Community Project. With Richard Pearce – organ and piano Admission by donation. If you would like to obtain your tickets in advance please go to http://www.justgiving.com/launchcccp or you can ring 01252 664090 Includes works by Handel, Bach, Mendelssohn, Rutter, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Gabrieli, Osgood, Stanford, Britten and Shearing. For full programme click here. The day was rounded off with a fantastic concert by Surrey Voices, who sang a selection of classical and lighter pieces, said events coordinator Helen Anderton. This alone raised over £2000 and everyone agreed what a wonderful evening it was. (Fleet News and Mail 1 May) |
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Saturday 4 July 6.30 pm Alton Abbey (Beech Nr Alton) Concert of sacred and secular music followed by refreshments – sparkling wine and canapés – in the beautiful surroundings of the Abbey. In aid of The Friends of the Abbey. with Alistair Young - organ and piano Tickets £12 each, from Sally Turner, Middle Bourne, Church Lane, Holybourne, Alton, Hants GU34 4HD. Please enclose SAE or for information please email: sally@midbourne.wanadoo.couk Alton Abbey, founded in 1895, is the home of a community of Anglican Benedictine monks. The Abbey incorporates a guesthouse that caters for those who come on retreat or just need time for quiet prayer. The Community undertakes a wide range of pastoral work, chaplaincy, counselling and hospitality in addition to the baking of altar breads and the preparation of incense. (Alton Abbey, Abbey Road, Beech, Alton GU34 4AP) |
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Sunday 4 October Parish Church of All Saints Fleet Church Road Fleet GU51 7.00pm (finishing by 8.45) Hail gladd’ning light With Richard Pearce - organ and piano Admission by ticket £10, to include wine and cheese after the concert
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Saturday 31 October St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London By invitation Surrey Voices joined the Brandenburg Sinfonia to perform Vivaldi’s Gloria. Programme also to include The Four Seasons. For full details see www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/jserv/concerts/index.jsp The choir sang superbly. The basic quality of the choir is clearly based on first-rate individual singers. For such a small group the quantity of sound was amazing, but it was the sheer vocal quality that hit me the most. In the lovely acoustic of St Martins the whole blended sound was just magnificent. |
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Saturday Dec 5 2009 at
7.00pm Bach - Christmas Oratorio A full performance with soloists and orchestra (Brandenburg Baroque Soloists, leader Persephone Gibbs ) Soloists: ……Lots of enthusiastic feedback from this concert, and the same orchestra will be joining us for a future performance of Bach’s B minor Mass. "I thought your performance was marvellous - the choir excelled themselves, and it was great to hear such a fine baroque orchestra. I had a jolly good seat right behind the soloists and alongside those amazing Bach trumpets and horns." "I attended your concert earlier this evening and just wanted to say how fantastic it was. The music is sublime and the playing and singing were quite superb. "All our guests enjoyed it too and commented on the quality of the German and “That was such a wonderful concert last evening !! Of course, it was J.S. Bach who made it so mostly, but also the choir sounded splendid and I was completely knocked out by the baroque orchestra." "The orchestra was wonderful, and the sound was stupendous, especially the trumpets and drums at the very beginning of the work."
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Sunday 14 February 6.30 pm Choral Evensong at Guildford Cathedral Canticles: Howells - Collegium Regale With Richard Pearce (organ) |
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Saturday 20 March St James’s Piccadilly at 7.00pm Full performance of Messiah with soloists and orchestra Surrey Voices join with St.James’s Special Choir and Brandenburg Sinfonia Elizabeth Lil - Soprano Christopher Deacon – solo Trumpet Surrey Voices join with St James’s Special Choir and internationally renowned orchestra Brandenburg Sinfonia |
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Sunday 25 April Christ Church, Church Crookham Gally Hill Road GU52 6LH at 7.30pm Sing joyfully…..a varied programme of short sacred and secular pieces from Bach to Sinatra
Return visit by invitation in aid of Christ Church Community Project. With Richard Pearce (piano and organ) The concert will end at about 9.00, and will be followed by refreshments. |
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Sunday 30 May 6.30 pm Choral Evensong at Guildford Cathedral Responses: Hicks With Richard Pearce (organ) |
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Saturday 2 October at 7.30pm Farnham United Reformed Church South Street Farnham GU9 7QU Hallelujah! Surrey voices present a concert in celebration of Farnham United Reformed Church’s 350th anniversary. With Richard Pearce – organ and piano Your favourite pieces from church music, opera and musicals
With young soloists from Frensham Heights School: John Mansfield – organist at Farnham United Reformed Church: |
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Sunday Dec 12 at 6.30pm St James’ Piccadilly 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL Christmas Oratorio for AllRepeat of the highly popular Christmas Oratorio for All as first performed Christmas 2008
Elizabeth Lil – Soprano The Revd. Lindsay Meader – Narrator |
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