Thursday 18 September
Dear Supporter,
Please delete the first email you received - I had given wrong posctcodes for two concerts. Please refer to this updated email instead. Also please delete the old March one if you receved it. No idea why the system decided to choose that one.
Welcome to Harlow Chorus' 50th Anniversary Season. Rehearsals have just begun for the first concert under our new MD James Potter who is taking us through the intricacies of Rossini's slightly outrageous Petite Messe Solennelle with aplomb. The Mass, neither petite nor solemn by the way, was written some 40 years after the operas Rossini was famous for and was meant for private salon performance only, hence the unusual accompaniment of two pianos and harmonium. It is set in the normal Catholic liturgy, and does start with a gentle Kyrie, but Rossini's irrepressible operatic exuberance soon manifests itself – quiet moments give way to fanfares, dramatic solos and choruses full of joy and musical bravado. We are performing it in St John's Church, Epping CM16 5DN at 7.30pm on Saturday 1st November and hope you will enjoy listening as much as we will enjoy singing.
Tiickets are £15, unde 18s £5, available online at www.ticketsource.org.uk/harlowchorus and from our box office via email at tickets@harlowchorus.org.uk or phone o1277 363440.
The season continues with a traditional Christmas carol concert on December 6th followwd by a spring concert on April 18th and culminates in a performance of Mendelssohn's magnificent oratorio Elijah with full orchestra on July 11th in Saffron Hall. I have listed further details below.
With best wishes
Val Brockbank on behalf of Harlow Chorus
HARLOW CHORUS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Saturday December 6th 2025 at 7.30pm
St Stephen's Church, Harlow CM18 6QR at 6.00pm
CAROLS FOR CHOIR AND AUDIENCE
Including Michael Higgin's Christmas Fantasy, a sparkling work which draws together four well-known carols that reflect the joys of being together with friends and family to celebrate the season.
Saturday April 18th 2026 at 7.30pm
St Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2DY
SONGS OF TRAVEL
Spring arrives, and our thoughts begin to turn to travel. Wonderfully ebullient naval songs by Stanford, dramatic songs by Vaughan Williams and Herbert Sumsion, and the allure of the sea...these twentieth-century composers take us away physically on the ocean, metaphysically in the journey of life, and even in aeroplanes.
Saturday July 11th 2026 at 7.30pm
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH. https://www.saffronhall.com
MENDELSSOHN – ELIJAH
With the British Sinfonietta and the renowned bass-baritone Edward Grint as Elijah
The Chorus will run coaches for this concert, details nearer the time. Concert tickets should be available shortly –bookings can only be made via Saffron Hall's box office either on the website, via 0845 548 7650 or via the Tourist Info Centre in Saffron Walden.
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