7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Clifton, Saturday 16th March 2024
Nottingham Chamber Singers present:
Angels, Dreams and Flying Machines
Join NCS for an evening of flight, fantasy and winged-creatures, featuring poetry and musical works by Whitacre, Panufnik, Mendelssohn, Vaughan-Williams and many more.
Full £14, Concession £13, Child/Student £5
Tickets are available to buy online, or by calling the office on 01159589312. Tickets will also be available to buy on the door.
Saturday 2nd December 2023
7.30pm, St John’s Church, Carrington, NG5 2DP
The church is easy to find, situated on the right hand side of the Mansfield Road heading out of Nottingham towards Sherwood. There is plenty of on-street parking close by and we have arranged that we have the use of the well lit car park, which is situated just past the church.
The Performers
Nottingham Chamber Singers
Nottingham Classical Players
Angela Kay conductor, Rachel Parkes soloist
The Music
A concert full of musical sparkle! A programme of sparkling, joyful and uplifting music for Advent and Christmas from the ‘Baroque’ period (1600-1750), with seasonal motets and festive extracts from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Handel’s Messiah.
The audience will also encounter less familiar composers of equally glorious music – Buxtehude, Schütz, Bassano – and of course Gabrieli, one of the most influential musicians of his time. Gabrieli represents the culmination of the Venetian style as the musical idiom throughout Europe shifted from Renaissance to Baroque, particularly in Germany, Bach’s homeland and the birthplace of Handel.
For a flavour of the exhilarating style that is Baroque, click on the link to listen on YouTube to the opening of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
And by way of a contrast, enjoy Handel’s tranquil ‘Pifa’ from Messiah.
Full £14, Concession £13, Child/Student £5
Tickets are available to buy on the door.
Spring is finally in the air!! After all the storms and wild weather of February, it finally feels like the warmer weather, longer days and spring flowers are on their way. This week many of us may well be flipping pancakes in a frenzy before choosing to be somewhat more virtuous for Lent. One thing we’re certainly not giving up at MfE is putting on fabulous concerts for your entertainment and delight, and this coming weekend is no exception…
On Saturday 5th March, the Nottingham Chamber Singers (formerly EOES) will be performing a programme of music to soothe your senses, with a springtime theme of reflection, remembrance and renewal. The choir will be joined by an eclectic mix of instrumentalists for their performance of the Rutter Requiem, Brahms Four songs for upper voices, Schumann’s Six songs for lower voices, and local composer Guy Turner’s Songs and legends of Robin Hood. We will also feature two contemporary settings of music set to the texts of Lord Byron, who incidentally is buried in the graveyard of the parish church of Hucknall where the concert is taking place. It promises to be a romantic feast for the senses, we hope you can join us… book your tickets now! 7.30pm concert at St Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall.
Book tickets online (also available on the door but we do recommend booking in advance!): https://www.music-for-everyone.org/ncs-concert-booking-page/
Happy Pancake Day for tomorrow! How do you like yours? Plain, sweet or savoury?
Here are some musical pancake inspirations if you’re feeling up to a challenge…
Have a good week!
Your friends at MfE.
28/02/2022
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