Over Christmas our Musical Director’s once again brought together
his four choirs in a joint Christmas project, which included a
choral evening where each choir shared one carol which was
historically special to them, a family carol singalong evening, with
jokes, Christmas stories, and much fancy dress, an interactive
Christmas quiz, and a special recording of a new Zoom Carol, the
words written for the occasion by the Chairman of the Wellingborough
Singers, Gesa Beales, which begins with this verse:
We’re annoyed, there’s
no joy, but a void,
Just where our Christmas
ought to be.
We’ve been wise, sanitised,
said goodbyes
To all our joys.
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More information on what we achieved can be found here.
Programme:
Northampton Bach Choir
Conductor - Lee Dunleavy
Choral Music
Away in a Manger - Old Gælic melody arr. Malcolm Tyler
(1929-2010)
Musical Director of the Northampton Bach Choir (1979-1994)
Come, listen to my story - Trad. arr. Stanley Vann
(1910-2010)
Founding Conductor of Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir (1939-1949)
Gabriel’s Message -Trad. arr. Christopher Brown (b. 1943)
Founding Conductor of the Huntingdonshire Philharmonic (1977-1991)
The Zoom Carol - Czech folk tune arr. Sir Malcolm Sargent
(1895-1967)
Words by Gesa Beales, Chairman of the Wellingborough Singers
Audience Music
Ding, dong! merrily on high
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Hark! the herald-angels sing
O come, all ye faithful
O little town of Bethlehem
The Zoom Carol
Unto us is born a Son |
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