Show 56- Tuesday 31st May and repeat Sat 4th June

This week we listen in on St. Paul's choir as they practice an anthem for an up coming event to start and then we move on to the South Devon Choir and listen to the beginning of Tom Jones, we heard part 2 last week, so this is the other way round, lots of note bashing as usual but some fine learning and passages seem to be coming together.

Hope you can listen in.

John

Show 55- Tuesday 24th May and repeat Sat 28th May

We are back with South Devon Choir this week for the first time since their Mozart concert on 16th April.  It's a rehearsal for their next concert, which is Tom Jones by Edward German - a tale of romance set as a West country Romp with Squires, Lords, Ladies, Orphans. The choir are doing the concert version of the opera so their are less soloists, they are rehearsing the second half and most of it is for the first time, so as usual there is plenty of note bashing, but some good moments when the spirit of the work shines through.  There will be an orchestra on the evening but this is with the piano.  I will fill in the rest of the details on the show, hope you can listen in.

John

Show 54- Tuesday 17th May and repeat Sat 21st May

This week we are with Top Hat Productions' joining with Cascade Singers during their afternoon dress rehearsal at the Princess Theatre, Torquay on Saturday 14th May before their performance of "An Evening with Rogers and Hammerstein" that evening.  There is much to choose from so i have picked the tracks which feature the ensemble, one medley from the orchestra and some soloists we haven't heard before plus a couple we have.

Hope you can listen in, it is full of excellent singing from the 35 singers and equally excellent musicianship from the 45 piece orchestra all under the baton of Carl Smith- as usual I will tell you more then.

John

Show 53- Tuesday 10th May and repeat Sat 14th May

The whole show this week is about Torbay Gospel Singers, they had a dress rehearsal last Monday for their Southfield Methodist Church concert on Monday 9th - I went along to record, I haven't enough time to play all the material so I've chosen the tracks I think you may enjoy.  There is a wider range now as the singers have developed their repertoire, some lovely solos and accompaniment.

hope you can listen in

John

Show 52- Tuesday 3rd May and repeat Sat 7th May

1st show of the new season and we have 3 choirs this week, all of them just come together for one occasion.
1st St. Paul's Olivet to Calvary rehearsal on the day of the Good Friday performance with all the people who were joining them for this.
2nd St. Lukes' the actual performance of the Easter Carol Service with an augmented choir on Easter Sunday evening.
3rd we hear the Spring Choir at the opening of the Tagore Exhibition at Dartington Gallery as part of the Tagore Festival week ahead, this choir is also only coming together for this occasion.

hope you can listen in.

John