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Friends old and new are invited to join with Chorale and young singers from the Leicestershire schools for an afternoon of rehearsal, followed by a meal, culminating in an evening performance of part one of Felix Mendelssohn’s great oratorio Elijah.

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The Saviour’s Birth

With David Cowen – Solo Organ
St James the Greater, Leicester
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7.30pm Saturday 6th December 2008

A blend of choral and organ music inspired by the period of Advent and the Feast of the Nativity. The programme will include Francis Poulenc’s beautiful Christmas Motets, carols by Maxwell Davies, Pierre Villette, John Byrt and others. The choral items will be interspersed amongst sections of Olivier Messiaen’s mesmeric and seminal cycle for solo organ La Nativité du Seigneur. 2008 sees major celebrations worldwide of Messiaen’s music, as we celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth. We are very fortunate, in our accompanist David Cowen, to have someone associated with Chorale who is able to perform this fiercely challenging, yet thrilling music.

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Handel - 'Judas Maccabeus'

Leicester Cathedral
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7.30pm Saturday 21st March 2009

To mark our own commemoration 250 years since Handel’s death, Chorale is returning to Leicester cathedral after a gap of several years to perform this rarely heard masterpiece of the baroque, accompanied by the virtuoso period instrumentalists of The Saraband Consort.

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Psalms and Praises

Uppingham Parish Church
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7.30pm Saturday 20th June 2009

In music by Gibbons, Bach, Schutz, Jean Berger, Kenneth Leighton and others, this programme will feature again Chorale’s well-established blend of music both traditional and contemporary, inspired by words from the devotional Christian canon.

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Summer Concert and Dinner in Allexton

7.30pm Saturday 11th July 2009

A chance to enjoy some music for a summer evening in the charming church at Allexton, and the opportunity to dine al fresco (or indoors depending on the weather!) at Bridge House after the concert.

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