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On Friday 20 December 2024 at 19:00 GMT, join your fellow Choiristers of the Earth for our captivating Christmas Concert for 2024, to hear your final performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat, conducted live by Ben.
The Magnificat is based on Mary’s Song of Praise, a passage from the Gospel of Luke. In it, Mary, the mother of Jesus, visits her cousin Elizabeth and tells her she has been visited by God and will give birth to the Messiah. The song expresses Mary’s gratitude and reverence for God's mercy and might, and marks an important and touching moment in the nativity story. Bach’s Magnificat was first performed in 1723.
Choir of the Earth’s performance, over 300 years later, sees the culmination of our recent course, where singers worldwide united to learn and record this baroque masterpiece between September and November 2024. Every singer’s contribution to this recording comes together to create an authentic and uplifting choral performance, showcasing the natural beauty of our global Choir’s combined voices.
We are thrilled to be joined by a truly magnificent organ accompaniment from the wonderful Richard Gowers, plus vocal solos from the phenomenal Fieri Consort, who also provided our rehearsal tracks for this fabulous course.
The concert will be conducted by our marvellous Musical Director, Ben England BEM, streamed live on our YouTube channel, and our choristers’ headshot photos will appear on-screen beside him throughout.
This fantastic ‘live’ concert is primarily aimed at Choir of the Earth members, to celebrate your success and hard work. We are promoting the Concert Video Premiere on Christmas Eve as the main public-facing performance, as this will have wider appeal to those outside our choral family. However we appreciate some of you will of course want your family and friends to see your photos on-screen, so you are welcome to share the link to this members-oriented concert with others if you wish.
While this fantastic concert is of course free for all to enjoy - especially members - donations to Earth Choir Academy are of course very welcome. In this first crucial year of becoming a non-profit educational organisation, every donation - big or small - helps us make sure we can continue to bring the joy of choral singing to more people and, quite literally, teach the world to sing.
P.S. Don’t forget to bring your headphones to experience your super performance with the best possible sound quality! 🎧