2005
21st & 22nd May – Music
Workshop & Choral Evensong
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Various local singers enrolled for a
choral workshop under the expert guidance of Laurence Cummings. With five
hours of rehearsal on the Saturday and final rehearsal with an orchestra on
the Sunday afternoon, the small parish church in the village of Tilford
became the scene of a rare event – the complete ensemble of a choir and
baroque orchestra, that would have had Johann Sebastien Bach himself feeling
completely at ease, singing one of his cantatas (in German) on the set day in
the Christian calendar. This was musical fulfilment for all
the participants, particularly the local choristers for whom the opportunity
to sing such works is extremely infrequent. An additional aspect of interest was
that one of the professional soloists was the bass William Clements, son of
the church warden Peter Clements, who was himself singing bass in the choir.
The orchestra comprised players from the Ian Sargeant |
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