THE CAPPELLA SINGERS – UPMINSTER
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A
summer concert of part-songs and madrigals, featuring the work of Robert
Pearsall (1795 – 1856) and his contemporaries.
Pearsall’s music is not as
well-known as it should be, and our conductor Huw
Morgan has been researching and editing his madrigals and part-songs, which seem
in style to belong to the sixteenth century rather than the nineteenth! Examples include:
O who will o’er the downs so free,
My bonny lass she smileth,
I saw lovely Phillis.
Other music in this concert
includes:
Thomas Campion:
Never weather-beaten sail
Benjamin Britten:
The evening primrose
Gerald Finzi:
My spirit sang all day
C.V. Stanford: Heraclitus
The choir now rehearses at Trinity
United Reformed Church, in
New members, especially men,
would be very welcome!
The Cappella Singers have been
part of Upminster musical life for over 35 years now, and they are proud of
their record of varied and entertaining concerts of good classical music. In
this age of digital broadcasting it is refreshing and exciting to hear live
music, so we do hope that the Easter Concert will prove attractive.
The concert will be held in Trinity United Reformed Church,
Tickets are £8 (£6
concessions) and will be available at the door, or in advance from Ian Pirie
01708 641718.
Light refreshment will be
provided.
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