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Chelmsford Singers Concert January 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day
Chelmsford Singers would like to announce a special concert for Saturday, January 27th 2024 at Christchurch URC Chelmsford, 164 New London Rd, Chelmsford CM2 0AW, starting at 7pm.
Tickets will be £20, with under 16s free. Refreshments will be served. Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets are available from chelmsfordsingers.co.uk.
Ably conducted by James Davy, the Singers will be performing James Whitbourn’s Annelies, a choral work based on Anne Frank’s diary, on Holocaust Memorial Day, in this the 80th year since the D-Day landings. Samantha Crawford will be the soprano soloist. The singers will be accompanied by a chamber ensemble comprised of Elizabeth Drew on the clarinet, Marianne Olyver on the violin, David Burrowes on the cello and Tim Carey on the piano.
The Singers will also be performing some works by Hugo Distler, a mid-20th century German composer who was forbidden from continuing to publish by the Nazi regime.
The instrumentalists will additionally perform four movements from Oliver Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time: 1: Liturgie de Cristal, 3: bime des Oiseaux, 4: Intermède, 8: Louange à L’Immortalité de Jésus.
James Davy has been director of The Chelmsford Singers since 2012 when he was appointed Director of Music at Chelmsford Cathedral and is currently pursuing a freelance career.
Tickets will be £20, with under 16s free. Refreshments will be served. Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets are available from chelmsfordsingers.co.uk.
Ably conducted by James Davy, the Singers will be performing James Whitbourn’s Annelies, a choral work based on Anne Frank’s diary, on Holocaust Memorial Day, in this the 80th year since the D-Day landings. Samantha Crawford will be the soprano soloist. The singers will be accompanied by a chamber ensemble comprised of Elizabeth Drew on the clarinet, Marianne Olyver on the violin, David Burrowes on the cello and Tim Carey on the piano.
The Singers will also be performing some works by Hugo Distler, a mid-20th century German composer who was forbidden from continuing to publish by the Nazi regime.
The instrumentalists will additionally perform four movements from Oliver Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time: 1: Liturgie de Cristal, 3: bime des Oiseaux, 4: Intermède, 8: Louange à L’Immortalité de Jésus.
James Davy has been director of The Chelmsford Singers since 2012 when he was appointed Director of Music at Chelmsford Cathedral and is currently pursuing a freelance career.
Doors open 6.30pm, concert starts 7pm.
Tickets £20, U16s free.
Buy from chelmsfordsingers.co.uk/
Tickets £20, U16s free.
Buy from chelmsfordsingers.co.uk/
Christchurch URC Chelmsford, 164 New London Rd, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 0AW
Sat 27 January
Website:
chelmsfordsingers.co.uk/