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Concentus Sings Christmas
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Concentus’ greatly missed Christmas Concerts are BACK!
Making a wonderful start to festive times for so many Seaford people, the choir is delightedly looking forward to being able to fill to over-flowing a melodious space at this busy time, reminding everyone of the sparkle, joy, love, remembrance, peace and happiness of the season. Concentus started rehearsals at the beginning of September, welcoming a lot of new singers eager to try the choir out! As usual they were all given a very warm reception and received a ‘starter’ pack complete with music and tips and paired up with a member in their voice range. All new singers have plenty of time to decide if Concentus is the right place for them.
Concentus rehearses on Monday evenings in their fantastic rehearsal venue at Willingdon Community School in Eastbourne. They also have a full day rehearsal in November and for this year, a Saturday morning practice has also been slotted in to make up for the one Adrian White, Musical Director, has chosen an engaging mix of well-loved pieces and some which might be new to you for this year’s programme, including two composed by Handel (one being the less obvious, ‘Nightingale Chorus’); one by Brahms; a beautiful piece by Vivaldi (sung as a duet) and a moving work by Faure. John Rutter contributes four works including the evocative Donkey Carol and the choir sings a traditional Ukrainian carol with lyrics arranged by A Snyder. Panis Angelica’s which is part of a hymn written by St Thomas Aquinas, set to music in 1872 by C. Frank, is beautifully peaceful, while The Ragtime Carol (J Hewitt) sweeps in with bursting energy.
There is much more on the programme – carols, Christmas songs (A Doo-Wop Christmas sounds intriguing !), a piece sung by a group, a duet and a trio consisting of Adrian himself, and Lou Soper (Assistant Musical Director) and Jo Fowler (Assistant Conductor). Watch out for a surprise perhaps? As always there is an invitation for the audience to join the choir to sing the traditional carols.
CONCENTUS Sings CHRISTMAS
4pm SATURDAY 10th DECEMBER
Seaford Baptist Church, BN25 2EE
4pm SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER
St Saviour’s, Eastbourne BN21 4UT
Proudly supporting:
Tickets £12 (U16s £6)
Available on the door, or contact: Box Office 07789 343514/07920 430162 Newberry Tully BN25 1LD Eastbourne Visitor Centre BN21 4BP
www.ticketsource.co.uk/concentus
www.concentus-sings.com
You definitely don’t want to miss this annual celebration of Christmas, which will have you leaving with a smile on your face and your toes tapping! Therefore do put the date in your diary and make sure of your ticket, so you can give yourselves this rich, multi-faceted taste of Christmas!
The Seaford Concert is on Saturday 10th December at Seaford Baptist Church Belgrave Road BN25 2EE and the Eastbourne performance is on Saturday 17th December at St Saviour’s Church South Street Eastbourne BN21 4UT. Both concerts start at 4pm.
TICKETS: £12 adults, £6 under 16s, under 5s free and are available from the following outlets:nGeneral Box Office: 07789 343514 and 07920 430162 TicketSource at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whatson; On the door on the day. Also Seaford Concert from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street, Seaford BN25 2EE. Eastbourne Concert from Eastbourne Visitor Centre, Compton Street, Eastbourne BN21 4BP.
To discover more about this high performing, friendly choir go to www.concentus-sings.com and be assured that new singers always welcomed!
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