| 2005 |
| Feb 2 at Stokenham Parish
Church |
Joint concert with the Stanborough Chorus to
celebrate 20 years of music making, including Handel's Hallelujah Chorus,
Brahms' "How Lovely are thy dwellings fair" and George Dyson's
Four Songs for Sailors |
|
Apr 15 at Ivybridge Methodist Church
& Apr 20 at Thurlestone Parish Church
|
“Music
to make you swing” – jazz classics such as "Fly me to the moon", spirituals
such as "Down by the riverside", and African songs such as "Hamba
Lulu" |
|
Jun 24 at Modbury Parish Church |
Concert
of Baroque and Romantic music with orchestra including Monteverdi’s Beatus Vir, Bach’s
'Peasant' Cantata and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine |
|
Oct 14 at St. Edmunds, Kingsbridge |
Part-songs by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Grieg, Sullivan, etc. |
| 2006 |
| Feb 10 at Dodbrooke Parish
Church |
Choral Evensong including the
anthem Greater Love by John Ireland |
|
Apr 28 at Ivybridge Methodist Church
& Apr 29 at Stokenham Parish Church
|
Fauré’s Requiem and Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man with instrumental ensemble |
|
Jun 10 at Salcombe Parish Church |
Fauré’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s Gloria with small orchestra sung in conjunction with
visiting choir from Cabourg (France) |
|
Oct 20 at Sherford Village Hall |
After-dinner entertainment of light/humorous/show songs |
|
Dec 13 at St Edmunds, Kingsbridge
Holy Trinity, Salcombe
& Dec 20 at Holy Trinity,
Salcombe |
Christmas concerts featuring the carols of John Rutter and the poetry of
John Betjeman |
| 2007 |
|
Apr 28 at Malborough Parish Church |
Beethoven’s Mass in C and short choruses by Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Morten
Lauridsen |
|
Jul 6 at Dittisham Parish Church |
A
selection of songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, John Rutter’s
jazz-inspired Birthday Madrigals, some American spirituals and jazz
classics |
|
Jul 8 at Stokenham Parish Church |
Participation in a grand Jazz Concert, singing some of John Rutter’s
Birthday Madrigals, songs from Cats (Lloyd Webber), etc. |
|
Oct 6 at Thurlestone Parish Hall |
Part-songs by Grieg and Elgar, and songs from Gilbert & Sullivan |
|
Dec 12th
at St. Martin's, Sherford
& Dec 19th
at Holy Trinity, Salcombe |
Christmas Concerts
featuring The Time of Christemas by Czech composer Antonin Tučapský |
|
2008 |
|
Apr 23 at Petroc's Cburch, Harford
&
Apr 25 at
Dodbrooke Church, Kingsbridge |
Spring Concert - music by English composers Vaughan Williams, Holst, Finzi and
Rutter, featuring John Rutter's Feel the Spirit - a
cycle of spirituals |
|
Jun 14 at Holy Trinity, Salcombe
&
Jun 20 at St.
Michael and All Angels, Stokenham |
Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle, and motets by Bruckner and Rachmaninov |
|
Other major works performed have been John Rutter’s Requiem; Haydn’s
Te Deum;
Mozart’s 'Coronation’ Mass; Handel’s Coronation Anthems – Zadok The Priest,
The King Shall Rejoice; Bach’s ‘Peasant’ Cantata. |
|
As well as John Rutter, other contemporary composers whose work
has been included in the choir’s
programmes are the American, Morten Lauridsen, and the Swiss, Carl Rütti. The choir’s musical director, Alastair Durden, also does a lot of
arrangements especially for the choir.
The choir has recently joined forces with a choir from the
French town of Cabourg, Salcombe’s twin town, and hopes to do the same in
2008. |
