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Newbury Choral Society - bringing the finest |
Registered Charity No. 291321 |
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![]() Cathal Garvey, Musical Director |
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Our 2011 – 2012 season of concerts |
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Our spring concert took the form of a Come and Sing! Greatest Choral Hits event. This was a new venture for our Society in which we invited singers to join us for a day of rehearsals and a concert in the evening at St Nicolas Church, Newbury. We were overwhelmed by the level of interest! Our ranks were more than doubled by participants not only from Newbury and surroundings but as far afield as Bournemouth and Shrewsbury. There was a real sense of
excitement from the time singers started to arrive in the
morning until the closing bars of Handel's Hallelujah
chorus in the evening. Musical Director Cathal Garvey led
the proceedings with his characteristic enthusiasm, eye for
detail and sense of humour. The audience was treated
to a 250-strong choir performing favourite numbers from classic
choral works. Carolyn Greenwood's review in the 29 March
2012 edition of the Newbury Weekly News captures the
sense of enjoyment and commitment felt by everyone. You can
read this version by clicking
here. We were also delighted to
receive a more detailed piece, written especially for this
website, which you can read
here. Guest singers have commented that the day
was 'highly professional, well organised and musically
stimulating'; that the concert was 'electrifying'; and it is
clear that our guests felt very welcome. To read the feedback
in full please click
here. |
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The event was an ideal taster session for prospective members as
we are once again recruiting new singers in each voice part. Please
see the 'Join NCS' section of the website. For our next concert, we are teaming up with Newbury Town Council, Southern Sinfonia and other local musical groups to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. We present a very special programme starting with the ultimate British work, Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. The second half of this patriotic line-up consists of the best of British celebratory music – for more details click on the concert link in the box. We look forward to seeing you in June! |
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