Chester Deo Gratias Choir
Thanks to Vicki Bulgin, Church Warden and Reader at All Saints Church in Hoole for the request to publish this post. As previously stated, it is the aim of this website to make it a website for the people of Chester, as well as for visitors. Vicki has recognised this and requested that the Chester Deo Gratias Choir forthcoming event is featured.
Before providing you with the details of the upcoming event, let us find out a bit more about Chester Deo Gratias Choir.
Chester Deo Gratias Choir
The Chester Deo Gratias Choir is a mainly Christian group of around 50 singers. Based at All Saints Church in Hoole, the choir meet every Tuesday night at All Saints. The choir is conducted by Vicki herself and perform two concerts each year. One is performed in June and the other one is performed around Advent time. This would usually be the end of November or the very beginning of December.
This year’s performance is to be presented on Saturday, 2nd December.
There is something almost therapeutic in listening to a good choir.
You can hear how good the Chester Deo Gratias Choir is by listening to this excellent performance of Agnes Dei (Lamb of God) here……
This particular video showcases the World Premier by the Chester Deo Gratias Choir at All Saints Church Chester on 26.11.2011 with their rendition of “Agnes Dei” (Lamb of God).
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah
On Saturday 2nd December you are invited to “Come and Sing Messiah”
Chester Deo Gratias Choir-Messiah Poster
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was originally an Easter offering. It first burst onto the scene in Dublin on 13th April 1742 in Dublin’s Musick Hall. A record audience of 700 eagerly converged on the venue. In order to enable as many as possible to see the performance, ladies heeded pleas by management to wear dresses “without Hoops”
Now, of course, Messiah is a fixture of the Christmas season. For many amateur choirs, the work is the at the very heart of their repertoire and the high point of the year. In many of Handel’s songs of praise, the soloists dominate and the choir sings only brief choruses. In Messiah however, director of the London Handel Orchestra, Laurence Cummings states, “the chorus propels the work forward with great emotional impact and uplifting messages.”
This clip features the glorious Hallelujah Chorus as performed by the Royal Choral Society.
Royal Choral Society: ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah
The actual performance is at 7pm for anyone who wishes to attend. Prior to that though the event on the day begins at 1pm. This is when singer rehearsals start for the main event that evening. Registration commences at 12.15pm in readiness for the 1pm start.
So far, over 40 additional singers will be performing. This makes the total number of singers to date to be in the region of 90. More singers are welcome to join.
For more audience ticket details……..
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