Mendelssohn: Te Deum | Schubert: Mass in G | Bach: Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)

Soloists: (members of the Nottingham Bach Choir) Susannah Hale (Soprano), Tim Bacon (Alto), David Tranter (Tenor), Stephen Cooper (Bass)

THE Bach Choir’s programme was well-chosen for a summer Saturday. Not too much knotty complexity – but plenty of light-textured music thoughtfully split between the concert’s two halves with choral music interspersed with solo organ works.

There…

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Brahms: Schicksalslied

Soloists: Caroline Trutz (Soprano), Katie Bray (Mezzo), Ben Thapa (Tenor), Thomas Faulkner (Bass)

MEMBERS of the Nottingham Bach Choir joined forces with the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra under Derek Williams for an energy-laden evening of Beethoven and Brahms which demonstrated just how powerfully both composers speak to our emotions.

Beethoven’s…

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Haydn: Theresienmesse | Rutter: Magnificat

Soloists: Jo Boddison (Soprano), Kathryn Woodruff (Mezzo), John Bowley (Tenor), Andrew Ashwin (Bass)

The Nottingham Bach Choir under Paul Hale was in top form for this performance of Haydn’s Theresienmesse and John Rutter’s Magnificat. These liturgical settings come from very different musical backgrounds, almost two centuries apart, but they complemented…

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Grier: Around the Curve of the World | Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens | Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

Soloists Soprano: Dorothee Jansen, Mezzo: Sarah Pring, Tenor: Stephen Brown, Bass: Adrian Clarke

Francis Grier wrote Around the Curve of the World (2000) for a specific occasion, the 150th anniversary of an Anglican colony in New Zealand.

Such works often get a couple of performances at most, so does Grier’s deserve better? Nottingham…

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Elgar: Te Deum and Benedictus | Haydn: Te Deum | Durufle: Requiem

Soloists: Zena Bradley (Mezzo), Stephen Cooper (Bass), Margaret Chadwick (Cello), John Keys (Organ)

OUTSIDE the world of French organ music, Maurice Duruflé is remembered for one work, the Requiem Mass he composed in 1947.

In character the piece is largely meditative and intimate – although Duruflé’s setting of the “Pie Jesu” text departs…

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RODERICK WILLIAMS MASTER CLASS

Leader: Roderick Williams. Accompanist: Angela Foan

Roderick Williams
Mar 14, 2020

This is a fantastic opportunity for local, young aspiring singers, aged 16 to 21, to perform to, and be coached by, one of this country’s leading professional singers. The masterclass is one of the choir’s initiatives aimed at encouraging young singers…

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