Let There Be Light

We are delighted to announce

LET THERE BE LIGHT

a two week course led by Ben England BEM to learn some of the choir’s “Greatest Hits”

leading up to an online concert performance on

Sunday 23rd January 2022 at 15:00 GMT

Throughout 2021, the choir has been actively learning, recording and performing numerous choral classics from our own homes. We are all apart yet together as we learn and perform these beautiful pieces online.

We now offer everyone, whether a member of the choir or not, the chance to learn and sing together our Greatest Hits, culminating in an online Concert on Sunday 23rd January 2022.

This is the annual fundraiser for the choir and all proceeds will go to assist the day-to-day running of the choir.

You will receive

• LIVE online choir rehearsals taken by our Music Director, Ben England BEM. These can be watched later and as many times as you wish

• Backing tracks with professional singers for your voice part only and for the full choir, making it easier to follow each piece.

• An online “pack” for your scores.

• Teaching videos for each voice part: (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) so that we can spend quality time with you. Below are examples of these videos for a piece “Quanta Qualia” and we shall give you similar videos for each piece.

Programme

The Programme features music from Choir of the Earth, the Self-Isolation Orchestra (“SIO”) and songs from our Concerts of the Earth recitals with Ashley Riches and Helen Charlston.

SIO: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Haydn: In the Beginning (NEW RECORDING)

Rachmaninoff: Priiditye

Burleigh: My Lord What A Morning

Tallis: If Ye Love Me

Concerts of the Earth - solos by Helen Charlston

Bizet: Habanera

Faure: Tantum Ergo

Puccini: Humming Chorus

SIO: Nimrod

Handel: Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates

Mozart: Hostias from The Requiem

Bruckner: Locus Iste

Brahms: Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen (from the German Requiem)

-INTERVAL-

Lift Thine Eyes

Concerts of the Earth - solos from Elijah by Ashley Riches

But The Lord From The North Hath Raised One

SIO: Romance from "Serenade for Strings", William Lloyd Webber

Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo

Chesnokov/Gowers: Let My Prayer Arise

Verdi: Va Pensiero

Handel: He Shall Feed His Flock (duet: Carolyn Sampson and Jennifer Johnston)

Verdi: Anvil Chorus

Vivaldi: Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Handel: Worthy Is The Lamb/Amen

Rehearsals

All sessions are live at 17:00 GMT unless otherwise stated and can be watched later and as many times as you wish:

Monday 10th January 2022 (Full Choir and welcome)

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Tuesday 11th January

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Wednesday 12th January

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Thursday 13th January

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Friday 14th January

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Tuesday 18th January

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Wednesday 19th January

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Thursday 20th January

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Friday 21st January

CONCERT PERFORMANCE at 15:00 on Sunday 23rd January

Recording

We shall ask you, if you wish, to record your voice for “IN THE BEGINNING” from Haydn’s The Creation, which includes those words:

“LET THERE BE LIGHT”.

We shall combine all voices and play this new version as part of the Concert.

Scorepack

This will be prepared and sent to you by email before the start of the course.

Course Fee

The course fee is £19.95

We have also included a THANK YOU price if you’d like to support the choir in future projects.