Music Director: Philip Norman Accompanist: Richard Wilkins
Soloists: Hidemi Hatada (Soprano); Matthew Watts (Tenor) and Tim Murphy ( Bass)
The audience enjoyed an evening of lush tunes and expansive harmony.
Questors Choir offered folk songs from across Britain, Ireland, northern and eastern Europe, Russia and America, including 'Down beside the Railroad'. Musical Director Philip Norman selected many well-known and some not-so-well-known songs of the common people, and created arrangements specially for the Choir.
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Rings, Doves and a Pear Tree
Christmas music for choir, audience, organ and brass
Including:
4 carol sequences created by Philip Norman
Wassail arr. Vaughan Williams
We sang from 12:00 till 12:30.
See http://www.brentfordfestival.org.uk/BF2011.htm for further details.
25 Glorious Years of THE QUESTORS CHOIR
Founded 1986 by Tim Godfrey
This celebratory concert looked back at some of the great moments since 1986, with particular emphasis on the lighter side of things.
We performed
Photos were taken by Danielle Woodbridge-Johns - thanks so much for your creative and conscientious work! (click on thumbnail to see larger image). See also Summer Concert 2011
See http://www.sangerstevne.org.uk/ for further details of this event.
Some photos of the event (click on image to view enlarged)
‘Wings of a Dove’ presented works by German choral composers of the 19th century, including Mendelssohn’s evergreen ‘O, for the Wings of a Dove’, Brahms’ deeply intellectual ‘Geistliche Lied’, and Beethoven’s outburst of joy, the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from ‘Christus am Olberge’. There was also Schumann’s ‘Zigeunerleben’ and Rheinberger’s ‘Stabat Mater’.
Some photos taken at the concert (click 'thumbnails' to view pictures)...
