The Open University Choir 2010
This concert
raised a magnificent £2,125.73 for the Organ Fund
See http://smsgpipeorgan.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/a-glorious-feast-of-sacred-music/
for photos and description of the event
Download
the PDF of Bill Strang's script introducing each piece
We were delighted to welcome the
Open University Choir and Quorum to St Mary & St
Giles Church for their Spring 2010 concert
24th April 2010 (Saturday)
7.30 pm, St Mary &
St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
The Open University Choir
joined by
Quorum
Musical Director: Bill Strang
Organist: Paul Daggett
Organist and Rehearsal Accompanist:
Kevin McConway
Quorum Conductor: Toby Hill
The OU choir and Quorum
visited our church to take advantage of the favourable
acoustic and to help the Organ Fund. The content of
the concert also celebrated the history
of our Willis Organ, as music by William Bowie,
who was organist on the instrument when it was at St
George's Church, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, was in
the programme.
The programme included
music by Bach, Blitheman, Bowie, Byrd, Britten, Croce,
Farrant, Gabrielli, Kuhnau, Schutz and Tallis
The choir made use of
the galleries to sing the 12 part Magnificat by Andrea
Gabrielli and Psalm 100 by Heinrich Schutz.
For more information about the OU Choir, please see http://www.open.ac.uk/wikis/ouchoir/Concerts
Entrance was by programme:
Adults: £10 (£8
concessions)
Children under 16: £1
There were Refreshments
at the concert.
This event is listed
on Concert-Diary.com
Open
University Choir and Quorum - press release 29th March
2010
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