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SERIOUS STUFF - most of these are extracts from recent concerts

To download these in anything like a reasonable time you'll need to be on Broadband, and for reasons to do with band width their quality is not all we should like, but they should give you an idea of what we are capable of. Why not come to our next concert and see for yourself?

Our Chairman, Hilary Rowland, sings the second soprano part in the soprano duet "I WAITED FOR MY LORD" from Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" in 2006
From Mozart's Requiem, LACRIMOSA recorded in Boston Spa Parish Church, April 2006.
From Handel's Messiah HE TRUSTED IN HIM in 2004
From Handel's Messiah, December 2008 "SINCE BY MAN"
Rehearsing LINDEN LEA, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, at our final rehearsal prior to the June 2007 Gala Concert.

Finally, probably our best concert ever - Handel's JUDAS MACCABAEUS in April 2008.

John sings the tenor part in Movement 60 "SING UNTO GOD AND HIGH AFFECTIONS RAISE" recorded at the concert.
Keeping the best from this concert until last, we have John singing the counter-tenor part in Movement 53 "FATHER OF HEAVEN"

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Rehearsing can be fun (This is only for the light-hearted!)

Please appreciate that we ALL take our singing VERY seriously, but it does not mean that we cannot also sometimes let our hair down!
These items were recorded at rehearsals. Some show that our first attempts do not always go as well as we might have wished.

The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins in November 2006, CHARGE
Rehearsing Haydn's 'Creation' in June 2006 - John sings the Soprano solo parts, while the rest of us tag on.

Movement 18a "The Lord is great, and great his might"
The chorus from Movement 27, "By thee with bliss"

Finally, if you want to know what REALLLY happens at rehearsals, and why we all enjoy our singing so much, go to 'SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES' from Judas Maccabaeus in 2008. With John's help and a bit from Black Adder, we eventually get there.
NOTE: Because of the length of this item (4 mins 48 sec) it has been necessary to compromise slightly on sound quality.

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No broadband? Only got 'dial-up'?

This item is for you. It should load reasonably quickly, even if the quality is not good, but gives you an example of 'note-bashing' early in the season, and what can go wrong.

Note-bashing at the start of the 2004 Messiah rehearsals; JOHN PURIFIES THE BASSES

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We haven't been going since the 15th century - we were only founded in 1975!!

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ANTHONY BLACKMORE

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