Past Concerts

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2010
Saturday 10^th July Singalong 2010 was again at our home church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden This year we learnt and sang the choruses (with some of the Arias) from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn A record number of guests joined us for a memorable occasion
Saturday 8th May We came together with John’s other two choirs to present two of the most popular works of the 20^th century at the Bushell Hall Solihull School. Poulenc’s irrepressible Gloria opened the evening, and this was followed by The Armed Man: A Mass for peace by Karl Jenkins. We were delighted to welcome back two of our favourite singers, Helen Winter and Nick Drew, and to be working with the splendid Sinfonia of Birmingham. We were greatly indebted to the generous support of the BBC Performing Arts Fund
2009
Saturday 12th December Two “firsts” this year - We presented our regular Christmas music and readings, with carols old and new, (plus mulled wine and mince pies!) for the first time at Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Temple Balsall Thursday 24^th December A select group of the Hampton singers (plus a few helpers) sang carols at Nuthurst Grange, Hockley Heath
Saturday 31^st October 2009 One again at the Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden With the Arden Sinfonia we presented performances of two Mozart works The Solemn Vespers for a Confessor (K339), and the Requiem K626
Saturday 18^th July 2009 Mozart Requiem Sing-along More than 70 guests and four soloists joined us to sing Mozart’s Requiem, at our home church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden
May 16^th 2009 For the first time in years we devoted our Spring concert to a performance of shorter choral classics, and appropriately (since most of them were religious) we presented them at our home church, the Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden Our concert “I was Glad” performed to a packed church included a selection of music by Bruckner Mozart Franck Haydn Purcell Mendelssohn Elgar Stanford Parry We were brilliantly supported once again by Helen Winter, Soprano Darren Hogg, Organ Top
2008
Saturday 13^th December, we were able to return to St Laurence Parish Church, Meriden, (with the roof repairs now complete – and a much improved acoustic!). We presented our regular Christmas music and readings, with carols old and new, (plus mulled wine and mince pies!) Tuesday 16^th December, we presented an afternoon carol concert at the Copt Heath Golf Club
Saturday 1st November 2008 Our Autumn Concert One again at the Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden With the Arden Sinfonia we presented performances of Faure Requiem Faure Cantique de Jean Racine Faure Pavanne In addition we were delighted to present a second performance of the Peace Triptych by Jerry Wigens Written for us in 2006 The soloists in the Requiem were Paul Mocroft )Baritone), and Linnéa Markgren (Soprano) who substituted at short notice for Dawn Mullard Top
Saturday 14th July 2007 Sing-along Faure This year we returned to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Temple Balsall, the location of our first sing-along in 2004. 60 guests, two soloists and the Solihull Symphony Orchestra joined us to sing The well known Faure Requiem, and The almost completely unknown choral version of the Faure Pavanne
Sunday 18^th May 2008 With the previous evening’s concert still fresh in our memory we presented a shorter version entitled “The good old days” with David Vann in a late afternoon charity concert at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Temple Balsall
Saturday 17th May 2008 Spring Concert At the Fentham Hall, Hampton in Arden The Hampton Singers Proudly Presented The Fentham Follies! An Evening of entertainment from the Music Halls Top
2007
Saturday 15^th December at 7-30pm Close on the heels of our Messiah efforts, we presented our seasonal concert this year at St Swithin’s Parish Church, Barston. In addition to our traditional Christmas carols and readings, we took the opportunity to present again the Christmas music and Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah
Saturday 1^st December 2007 Our major concert of the year, and one of our most demanding concerts ever, was a complete uncut performance of Handel’s Messiah, conducted by John Bayley. We were joined by brilliant soloists Naomi Kilby, Gaynor Keeble, Nick Drew and Byron Jackson, and the Arden Sinfonia, including our own Sara Wilander on her harpsichord. The Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden was filled to bursting with an appreciative audience. Top
Saturday 14th July 2007 Sing-along Messiah More than 70 guests, two soloists and the Solihull Symphony Orchestra joined us to sing a selection from Handel’s Messiah, at our own historic church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden
19^th May 2007 It is a little known fact that the creators of such Victorian operatic masterpieces as the Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, never actually visited Hampton in Arden. With this oversight in mind, we attempted to re-create the opera that they would most certainly have written had they had the foresight to sojourn for any length of time in our pleasant rural backwater. We titled this opera The Pirates of Hampton or Ruddigood On the 19^th May, we gave it its first and quite possibly last performance. Top
2006 December 2006 A somewhat busier than usual pre-Christmas period concluded on the 18th December with our, by now regular, evening of carols and impromptu conducting with the residents of Hampton Manor. A sad occasion this year, because our concert was at the final farewell party before closure. On the 11^th December, by contrast, we were invited for the first time, to provide a selection of Carols at the John Lewis store at the Touchwood Centre in Solihull On 9^th December, we presented what has now become our regular Christmas music and readings, with carols old and new, (plus wine and mince pies!) at St Laurence Parish Church, Meriden
7th October 2006 The final concert of our Jubilee season, at the Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden. We presented two much loved choral classics: Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, and the Gloria by Vivaldi, alongside a less well-known piece for Soprano and Orchestra, Vivaldi’s Ostro Picta. In addition we were delighted to present a very well received first performance of Peace Triptych by Jerry Wigens. Peace Triptych was written especially for us as part of the “adopt-a-composer” scheme, funded by the PRS foundation for new music and run by the Society for the Promotion of New Music in association with the Making Music association. We were privileged to be one of only three choirs selected for this scheme in 2005/2006. Top
15th July 2006 Sing-along – our third such event - a day long rehearsal of Vivaldi's 'Gloria' and Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer' followed by an evening performance, at The Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden. A full church, with representatives from some 30 choral organisations, made this our most successful sing-along event so far! . 22nd April 2006 “From La Scala to Broadway” - Opera Choruses & Songs from the Shows, with Gaynor Keeble and Jerzy Nagorski, at Fentham Hall, Hampton-in-Arden Top
2005 December 2005 An evening of carols and impromptu conducting with the residents of Hampton Manor Christmas music and readings, and carols old and new, once more at St Laurence Parish Church, Meriden 22nd October 2005 The anniversary concert at the Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden. Marking our 25^th anniversary, the 500^th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Tallis and Christopher Tye, the 70^th birthday of Arvo Pärt and the 200^th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar! With the Arden symphonia, Cressida van Gordon - Soprano; Lucina Troy - Alto; David Manford - Tenor; Byron Jackson – Bass, We presented Haydn’s Nelson Mass and music by Tallis, Tye and Part. 16th July 2005 Sing-along - a day long rehearsal of Haydn’s Nelson Mass followed by an evening performance, at The Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden 12th March 2005 Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Solihull Symphony Orchestra and members of the Hospital Choir, at Our Lady of the Wayside Church Shirley Top
2004 December 2004 An evening of carols and impromptu conducting with the residents of Hampton Manor Christmas music and readings, and carols old and new, again at St Laurence Parish Church, Meriden October 2004 Handel’s Coronation Anthems (beginning famously with Zadok the Priest), at The Parish Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden July 2004 Our first Sing-along - a day long rehearsal of Handel’s Coronation Anthems followed by an evening performance, at St Mary’s Church, Temple Balsall Spring 2004 ‘This England’, including pieces by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten, topped and tailed by a selection of Madrigals and Victorian Ballads in arrangements that brought out their sentimental splendour. Top
2003 December 2003 Christmas music and readings, and carols old and new, at St Laurence Parish Church, Meriden followed by mulled wine and mince pies and cakes - with the proceeds being presented to Rev. Michael Dawkins for the Church Restoration Fund. Our last engagement before the Christmas break has become a Hampton Singers tradition, joining the residents of Hampton Manor for an evening of carols and impromptu conducting by a number of the residents! October 2003 ‘Classical Connections’ - an evening with the Arden Sinfonia and guest soloists in Hampton in Arden Church. The programme included Josef Haydn’s ‘St. Nicholas Mass’ and two symphonies by his younger brother Michael, together with Mozart’s ‘Te Deum’ (written when he was just 13) and his ever-popular ‘Ave Verum’. Spring 2003 Concert performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Ruddigore', with members of the choir taking a number of the solo parts alongside guest soloists. Top

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