Tuesday 28th November 2006 FANFARE FOR CHRISTMAS at Johnson's Garden Centre -Boston.
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Wednesday 13th December 2006
CAROL CONCERT Concert - Boston Stump.................................................................
SUMMER CONCERT:
17TH JUNE 2006
With guest soloists & orchestra - celebrating the 250th Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
MOZART:
Requiem
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Ave Verum Corpus
BOSTON STUMP
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CENTENARY CHURCH
RED LION STREET, BOSTON
25th March 2006
THE CRUCIFIXION
Composer: John Stainer (1840-1901)
ALSO...
'THE HIGH TIDE OF LINCOLNSHIRE'
Composer: Dr Colin Hand
SUMMER 2005
Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo.
Bach - Sleep Well.
Handel - Let the Bright Seraphim.
Handel - See the Conquering Hero Comes.
Haydn - The Heavens are Telling.
Mendelssohn - Hear Ye Israel and Be not Afraid.
Mozart - Lacrimosa & Hostias.
Handel - Halleluiah from the Messiah.
Wagner - Intro to Act 3 and Bridal Chorus.
Puccini - Humming Chorus.
Mascagni - Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro.
Strauss J - Mein Herr Marquis.
Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves.
Verdi - Rataplan.
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances.
2004 - 50th Anniversary Year (see other pages)
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
13th DECEMBER 2003... The Choir led by Fergus Black,were joined by local instrumentalists 'In Nomine' leader - Anne Dales and the Organist was Roy Phillips.
Work included many well known Christmas pieces such as the lovely John Rutter work -Shepherd's Pipe Carol
The main work of the first half was from Marc-Antoine Charpentier's - Messe De Minuit pour Noel.
After coffee and a mince pie,the second half included part of Corelli's Christmas Comcerto, performed by 'In Nomine' and a well mixed Christmas Pudding - stirred by Jonathan Willcocks and sang by the choir!
Extracts of no less than 23 Christmas Carol's in 4 minutes!
The choir finale piece, was a charming little Ukranian Carol - The Bells.
AUTUMN CONCERT
1ST NOVEMBER 2003
The choir performed 16 pieces of music from ranging from the 13th to the 20th Century at Zion Methodist Church, Brothertoft Road
Boston. The music was interspersed with poetry. The choir sang songs in English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish language dialects! Works included Vaughan Williams 'Five Mystical Songs' (Baritone solo Jonathan Jessop)and also Stanford's 'Heraclitus'.
The welsh pieces were 'Y bore glas' and 'Llanfair'.
The Scottish songs were 'Ca' the Yowes' and 'Wi a Hundred Pipers'.
'The Ould Lammas Fair' was included as an Irish Air.
The modern work was a Beatles Medley!
The evening ended with a splendid buffet supper!
SUMMER 2003:
14th JUNE 2003
Centenary Methodist Church - Red Lion, Street Boston
Haydn's 'The Creation'
JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809
SPRING 2003:
22ND MARCH - ST. BOTOLPH'S (THE STUMP)
Totus Tuus - Henryk Mikolaj GORECKI
Cantique De Jean Racine - Gabriel FAURE
Panis Angelicus - Cesar FRANCK
Soloist - Abby Johnson
Mass in D - Antonin DVORAK
Guest Soloists:
Hannah PEDLEY (Mezzo Soprano)
Andrew SRITHERAN (Tenor)
Merryn GAMBA (Soprano)
Andrew HEGGIE (Baritone)
Boston Grammar School Choir also sang the modern work - 'Jonah Man Jazz'.
CHRISTMAS 2002:
As part of our Christmas season, members of Boston Choral Society sang at Johnson's Garden Centre, Boston, at the start of their Christmas festival.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN ST. BOTOLPH'S. 14TH DECEMBER 2002.
A CEREMONY of CAROLS by BENJAMIN BRITTEN - was the main work sung by the Choral Society, accompanied by:
Harpist - Rachel DENT
Soprano soloists -
Kate EGLINTON and Sarah CHANT.
AUTUMN 2002:
A performance of works by:
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
- 150th Anniversary Concert.
'THE BLUEBIRD'
'HERACLITUS'
'THE REVENGE'
Our 2nd major work of this season was the well known and much loved FAURE REQUIEM.
Guest soloists were:
REBEKAH COFFEY (Soprano)
MARIO VILLORIA MORILLO (Baritone)
- postgraduates of the Royal Northern College of Music.
FERGUS BLACK - Conductor
PHILIP ROBINSON - Organist
