Show 44- Tuesday 1st March and repeat Sat 5th

Continuing with St. Paul's Paignton, we listen in to Choir Master Andrew Teague working for the first time with the Tenor and Bass-baritone from St Paul's as they practice their parts in the Olivet to Calvary on Sunday afternoon, adding further to the picture of this favourite Easter work among churches - just a quick listen in to this as there is a long piece of learning from the South Devon Choir as they pull the Beatus Vir from Mozart's Solemn Vespers apart and come up with a good run through at the end - lots of interesting passages being learnt and some good singing.

Hope you can join us.


John

Show 43- Tuesday 22nd February and repeat Sat 26th

This week there are 4 choirs  to listen to again, 2 from this weeks recordings and 2 more from last weeks, which was more material than 1 show. - we start by re-visiting St. Paul's for a couple of mins as they make progress with the Olivet, a communal hymn "Just as I am" , then Concordia again who sing a collection of old favourites, then we catch up with the Big Noise Chorus again as they do some more learning of new songs for their concert season, - and we finish with a  listen to Confitibor and Ave Verum Corpus from Mozart with South Devon Choir.

Lot's of variety again - hope you can join us.

John

Show 42 - Tuesday 15th February and repeat Sat 19th

This week there are 4 choirs to listen to, 2 short snips and 2 more in depth looks - we start by re-visiting St. Paul's for a couple of mins as they make sense of the Olivet, Mount of Olives, then a new choir, a Ladies group called Concordia who sing a collection of old favourites, though we hear them working on a new one - Howard Goodall's The Lord is my Shepherd, so that's a modern one (from vicar of dibley) then we catch up with the Big Noise Chorus again as they do some early learning of new songs for their concert season, a South African traditional and a new warm up to Pachebel's Cannon - and we finish with a very brief re-look at the fugue Quam Olim Abrahae from Mozart with South Devon Choir.

Lot's of variety this week - hope you can join us.

John

Show 41 - Tuesday 8th February and repeat Sat 12th

The show this week begins with St. paul's, Paignton rehearsing a piece from the Olivet to Calvary, from their Easter Service on 22nd April - the Mount of Olives.  Then we hear South Devon Choir again working on the Mozart, 2 pieces from Requiem we haven't heard yet- Requiem/Kyrie and Domine Jesu Christe and 1 short piece from the Vespers - Laudate Dominum.  To finish we listen in on the Stanborough Chorus with their new Conductor, Christopher Fletcher, as they rehearse "God so Loved the World" from Stainer's Crucifixion, which is part of their Easter concert on the 16th April.

Some very promising moments - hope you can listen in.

John

Show 40 - Tuesday 1st February and repeat Sat 5th

We continue to follow South Devon Choir as they study their Mozart programme for April 16th Concert - this week we hear them do some in depth work on the Beatus Vir from Vespers  and also the Lacrymosa from Requiem, which we heard the choir do a quick run through last week, also a breif first encounter with the Laudate Puire from Vespers which will be studied in more depth next week. 

To finish with we hear a small first gathering from St. Paul's, Paignton as a few stalwart members brave the cold Friday evening to rehearse for the good friday concert of Olivet to Calvary - we hear the opening movement, they will be joined nearser to the concert by various other choir members to augment the singing.

Hope you can listen in.

John