October 2019
Mendelssohn: The Young Master
Tom Williams Conductor David Cowen Organ Avishka Edirisinghe Piano Danushka Edirisinghe ‘Cello Leicestershire Chorale is joined by talented young ‘cellist Danushka Edirisinghe and his pianist brother Avishka (a fomer choral scholar) for ravishing music by German romantic masters Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn. Our young Meisters will play music to include some of Brahms’ Sonata in E minor and Mendelssohn's haunting Lied ohne Worte. This will bring balance to choral motets by Brahms, Mendelssohn and the latter's startling Te Deum…
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Shepherds, Kings and the Christ Child
Music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Tom Williams Conductor, and David Cowen Organ. It is always a great pleasure to return to sing in the church of St James the Greater, with its arresting architecture and stunning acoustic. Our programme is of a slightly more esoteric and serious musical nature than that which we enjoyed bringing to the parish of Pickwell last December and will include some more contemporary compositions by Jonathan Dove, JudithWeir and Bob Chilcott, many written…
Find out more »January 2020
Choral Evensong for Epiphany
We travel to the neighbouring county of Derbyshire for a brief away trip at the start of the new calendar year to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany in the beautiful surroundings of Derby Cathedral. The Cathedral has the perfect acoustic for choral music and we look forward to deputising for the Cathedral Choir and bringing some Festal joy to the season. We will include some of the music we performed in our previous concert at St James the Greater, plus…
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