Buy tickets for our forthcoming events at sussexvoiceworks.ticketsource.co.uk , Tel 01273 419665 or contact us MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2016 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.15-9.15pm FIRST REHEARSAL OF 2016/2017 SEASON
MONDAY 12 / 19 / 26 SEPTEMBER 2016 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.15-9.15pm OPEN REHEARSALS Enjoy singing? Potential new members are warmly invited to meet and sing alongside existing members to achieve high standards in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere. Experience the thrill of taking part in concerts, tours, festivals, and recordings, singing a wide range of music with professional instrumentalists and soloists.
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 2016 St Joseph’s Church Hall, Ladbroke Road, Redhill 2pm – 6pm GALA COMBINED WORKSHOP Carr Prayer of Saint Francis (WORLD PREMIERE in presence of the composer) Jenkins The Armed Man
Paul Carr’s exciting new Prayer of Saint Francis, looks set to take the musical world by storm with its uplifting, celebratory yet reflective moments. Championed by Classic FM, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace commissioned by the Royal Armouries, offers hope of peace as an end to the horrors of armed conflict and is one of the most popular contemporary choral works in existence. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore these fabulous works commemorating the centenary of the battle of the Somme, rehearsing alongside Redhill Sinfonia, ahead of performing a special Gala Concert at Dorking Halls, ‘Remembrance Classics’, on Sunday 13 November in support of The Royal British Legion (see below)
SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016 Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking (Click HERE for audience tickets) 7.00pm (Note time) REMEMBERANCE CLASSICS In Support of Royal British Legion Carr Prayer of Saint Francis(WORLD PREMIERE in presence of the composer) Elgar Enigma Variations Jenkins The Armed Man
A very special Remembrance Sunday Gala Concert at Dorking Halls commemorating the centenary of the battle of the Somme and in support of The Royal British Legion. Championed by Classic FM, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace commissioned by the Royal Armouries, offers hope of peace as an end to the horrors of armed conflict - one of the most popular contemporary choral works in existence. One mighty melody dominates in Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations, his affectionate musical portrait of friends and acquaintances including the famous ‘Nimrod’ featured at the Cenotaph ceremony on Remembrance Sunday each year. The World Premeire of Paul Carr’s exciting new Prayer of Saint Francis, looks set to take the musical world by storm with uplifiting, celebratory yet reflective moments.
SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 2016 St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham 4.00pm CHRISTMAS CLASSICS Carr Prayer of St Francis (Sussex Premiere) Woods This Joyous Night (Excerpts) Handel Messiah (Christmas Highlights)
A very special Christmas celebration suitable for all the family. Sussex Voiceworks present a sensational selection of glorious festive music including highlights from Handel’s crowning masterpiece ‘Messiah’ as well as CAROLS FOR ALL
MONDAY 9 JANUARY 2017 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.15-9.15pm FIRST REHEARSAL OF 2017
MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2017 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.15-9.15pm AGM
MONDAY 23 & 30 JANUARY 2017 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.15-9.15pm OPEN REHEARSALS
Enjoy singing? Potential new members are warmly invited to meet and sing alongside existing members to achieve high standards in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere. Experience the thrill of taking part in concerts, tours, festivals, and recordings, singing a wide range of music with professional instrumentalists and soloists.
SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2017 St Peter’s RC Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5WG 7.30-9.30pm QUIZ NIGHT
SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2017 Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Quadrant (Click HERE for audience tickets) 7.30pm (11am Workshop) SURREY CHORAL FESTIVAL : CREATION Haydn The Creation
Surrey Choral Festival makes a triumphant return with Haydn’s Handel-inspired 'glorious work' bursting into life with its masterly dramatic depictions – from blinding first light through primordial chaos to the arrival of mankind. The continuing popularity of Haydn’s ‘Creation’ and Reigate & Redhill Choral Society (founded 75 years ago) have proved neither are seven-day wonders. Experience exhuberance, originality, classical elegance, inexhaustible inventiveness, radical development in this recreation of the versions Haydn himself directed in his last years. Don’t miss the opportunity to join singers from across the region for an enjoyable day of professional tuition by top international artists culminating in an evening Gala Concert Performance with Professional Orchestra. Your chance to participate in an exhilarating and unforgettable choral experience featuring one of the finest works ever written.
SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2017 Southwick Methodist Church Hall RECORDING WORKSHOP 2.00pm Chilcott Passion Hymns Carr Prayer of St Francis Chilcott Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda
Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity and unique experience of being part of a CD Recording. Singers will receive stimulating and professional tuition in preparation for recording a selection of items, including Chilcott’s Passion Hymns, and Carr’s Prayer of Saint Francis (see below)
SATURDAY 13 MAY 2017 Meeting House, Sussex University WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING Chilcott Passion Hymns Carr Prayer of St Francis Chilcott Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda
Recorded music can inspire and give pleasure to all. Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity and unique experience of being part of a CD Recording. Singers will receive stimulating and professional tuition prior to recording a selection of items including Chilcott’s Passion Hymns and RRCS 75th Anniversary Commission, Carr’s Prayer of Saint Francis
SATURDAY 24 JUNE 2017 SUMMER CLASSICS : A FRENCH TWIST St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham 7.30pm Widor Toccata from Symphony No.5 Faure Cantique de Jean Racine Canteloube Bailero from "Songs from the Auvergne" Franck Panis Angelicus Dubussy Nuit d’etoiles Dubussy Beau Soir Chilcott Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda Gounod Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cecile
A wonderful selection of the very best in popular French favourites with a British Twist. Widor’s electrifying Toccatafrom Symphony No.5 joins Faure’s lush prizewinning Cantique de Jean Racine, Debussy’s vivacious Nuit d’etoiles & Beau Soir, alongside Canteloube’s reflective Bailero (from Songs of the Auvergne). César Francks’ glorious Panis Angelicus is contrasted with a jazzy twist on three Shakesperian characters (Hamlet & The Tempest) in the form of Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda. Gounod’s monumental St Cecillia Mass concludes the programme with dazzle, charm and delight.
MONDAY 26 JUNE 2017 Venue tbc 7.30pm ANNUAL DINNER
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