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March 7th, 2010
Six Acts, World Music, Great Value Entertainment
Experience the University of Leicester Big Band, Chamber Choir, Orchestra, Choral Society and Concert Band and special guests the Emmanuel Apostolic Gospel Academy!
Saturday 13th March
7pm
St. James the Greater, London Road, Leicester
Chamber Choir:
Jesus bleibet meine Freude – J. S. Bach
Heilig – F. Mendelssohn
Geistliches Lied – J. Brahms
Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden – F. Mendelssohn
Concert Band:
Pomp and Circumstance – Sir Edward Elgar
James Bond Suite
Dambusters – Eric Coates
Gilbert and Sullivan Suite – Gilbert and Sullivan
Orchestra:
Peer Gynt Suite – Edvard Greig
Slavonic Dance No. 8 – Antonin Dvorak
Double Violin Concerto (slow movement) – J. S. Bach with soloists David Russell and James Ledingham
Big Band:
To be selected from:
The Chicken – Alfred Ellis, arr. Kris Berg
Georgia on my Mind – Carmichael & Gorrell
Summertime – George Gershwin
I’m in the Mood for Love – McHugh and Fields
Theme from “New York, New York” – Ebb and Kander
In the Mood – Glenn Miller
Theme from “Sesame Street” – Nestico
Peter Gunn Theme – Henry Mancini
Choral Society:
Finnish Reindeer Chant
African Lullaby
“Sirvinaco” a Bolivian song in Spanish
The Emmanuel Apostolic Gospel Academy (http://el-eaga.com/Index2.htm):
(Repertoire TBA)
£8 Adults
£6 Concessions
£4 NUS/under 19s
January 27th, 2010
Come and join us for our exciting concert in February! We will be performing pieces by composers including Bach, Mendelssohn and Britten.
Saturday 27th February 2010
7.30pm
St. Peter’s Church, Oadby
Directed by our Musical Director Michael Rule and accompanied by Robert Foreman, the choir promises that this will be a treat not to be missed!
Tickets £6 (NUS/under 19s £4)
Available from:
Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester (tel: 0116 252 2455); University Bookshop, David Wilson Library (tel: 0116 252 2000); Tourist Information Centre, 7/9 Every Street, Town Hall Square (tel: 0116 299 4444); St. Peter’s Parish Office 0116 272 0080; On the door.
October 27th, 2009
Our concert this November promises to be an exciting one! We are honoured to be performing Vierne’s Messe Solennelle arranged by Mark Batten especially for the Leicester University Chamber Choir.
Other music will include Wesley’s Ascribe unto the Lord and Haydn’s Insanae et Vanae Curae.
Directed by our new Musical Director Michael Rule and accompanied by Mark Batten, the choir promises that this will be a treat not to be missed!
Tickets £8 (concessions £6; NUS/under 19s £4)
Available from:
Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester (tel: 0116 252 2455); University Bookshop, David Wilson Library (tel: 0116 252 2000); Tourist Information Centre, 7/9 Every Street, Town Hall Square (tel: 0116 299 4444); On the door.
October 13th, 2009
Congratulations to all those who were successful during the audtions!
The Committee look forward to working with you all this coming year which we’re such will be an exciting one!
We have an upcoming Evensong at St. James the Greater, London Road, Leicester on the 25th October and our concert on the 28th November also at St. James the Greater.
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information about these events please don’t hesitate to contact us on su-luchamberchoir@le.ac.uk
April 10th, 2009
We are pleased to announce that the Chamber Choir will be performing an Evensong on Saturday 20th June 2009 at Birmingham Cathedral. The Evensong is at 3.30pm for one hour and we will be having a rehearsal at 2.00pm. Afterwards we would like to invite everybody for a meal. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to sing in such a prestigious Cathedral and we thank Mark our conductor for arranging this.