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Last call for Fire and Water
Sun, 23 Mar 2025Join us this Thursday 27 March for Fire and Water
We have been busy putting the finishing touches to our programme for this Thursday at St Mary-At-Hill, and are proud to present an exciting selection of pieces showcasing the two elements of fire and water.Book now to reserve your seat for this fabulous concert.
For a sneak preview, click on the images below.
Katerina Gimon, Fire (L) and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (R)
Please note that the full programme for this concert is available online only here. You will be able to access the programme via QR code at the concert itself, but why not take the opportunity to download it in advance so you have it to hand... or let it tempt you to come if you were undecided.
Join Chandos Chamber Choir on 27 March to celebrate fire and water
Sun, 16 Mar 2025Voyage from the frozen seas of the north to tropical volcanoes
Book now and join us on Thursday 27 March for an evening of extremes as we contrast all things fire and water.
We look forward to taking you from the frozen climes of Thule to the volcano of Fogo 'amidst an ocean of flying fishes'. Thule (also spelled Thyle or Tile) is referenced as the most northerly location in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. It has been identified as Iceland, Greenland, Shetland or the Orkneys, as well as various other northern European locations, but the common theme is that it is the edge of the map. In Thule, the period of cosmography by Thomas Weelkes, we will explore the contrast between Thule and the volcano Fogo in Cape Verde.
Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus (1590-1557) and satellite image of Fogo by Jesse Allen (NASA Earth Observatory)
Both are cited as extremes of ice and fire and their descriptions occupy most of the text of this madrigal, but Weelkes claims that the inner turmoil he is experiencing from being in love is even more wonderous than these natural phenomena.
At the other end of our spectrum perhaps is Dominick DiOrio's Day of fire and sun which is more internally focussed, with the emotions described by Sara Teasdale's poem driving the outward manifestations of sun and sea.
Join us at St-Mary-At-Hill on 27 March for these and many more elemental works.
Booking now open for Chandos' spring concert on 27 March
Sun, 23 Feb 2025Book now for our spring concert
For our spring concert, Chandos Chamber Choir is proud to present a programme of song themed around the elements of fire and water. Book now to reserve your seat.
Our programme features predominantly contemporary music, including a number of pieces by Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, with works by Katerina Gimon, Dominick DiOrio and Ben Parry. Longer established favourites by Edward Bairstow, Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Morley are also part of our repertoire.
One of our key works for this evening is Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae which recounts the tragedy of the shipwreck of the car ferry Estonia in 1994, where 910 people lost their lives. Mäntyjärvi’s haunting piece combines elements of plainchant and folksong, with the Latin text bringing together the contemporary announcement of the shipwreck on the Latin-language Nuntii Latini news programme broadcast by the Finnish Broadcasting Company with excepts from the Requiem mass and Latin texts of Psalm 107 They that go down to the sea in ships.
From our contemporary composers, we will also perform two other pieces by Mäntyjärvi, as well as Katerina Gimon’s Fire and Water, Day of Fire and Sun by Dominick DiOrio and Flame by Ben Parry.
We hope you will join us at St Mary-At-Hill on 27 March for this exciting programme. Book now to reserve your seat.
Merry Christmas from Chandos Chamber Choir
Mon, 9 Dec 2024Best wishes for the festive season
Thank you to everyone who came to our concert last Thursday - we had a fabulous time, and hope you enjoyed our programme as much as we did.
This isn't quite the end of term for us as we have two further engagements this week. We are proud to be supporting the Carers Trust at their Christmas concert on Tuesday 10 December (more information here), and we are also carol singing in aid of St Mungo's at Charing Cross on Wednesday 11 December. If you are passing through, do stop to say hello.
We wish you a very happy Christmas, and look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts in the new year.
Last call for Stars on Thursday 5 December
Sun, 1 Dec 2024BOOK NOW FOR YOUR TRIP TO THE STARS
With less than a week to go until Chandos' Christmas concert on Thursday 5 December, don't miss your chance to join us for this celebration of the heavens. As you can see from the photo, we are putting the final touches to our preparations. Following on from profiling our contemporary composers in our last issue, we're sharing here some of the pieces by our earlier composers. Book now to ensure you don't miss out.
Book now for Chandos' Christmas Concert
Sun, 17 Nov 2024Join Chandos Chamber Choir on Thursday 5 December to get into the festive spirit
We are looking forward to sharing a range of works spanning the centuries from early music to the present day, and this issue of our newsletter includes details of some of the contemporary works we are looking to share with you on 5 December. Scroll down to find about more about the works by some of Chandos' favourite contemporary composers - and don't forget to reserve your seat.
Save the date - Chandos Christmas Concert Thursday 5 December
Thu, 7 Nov 2024Welcome to our new look newsletter
(and apologies if you have received this twice)
Unfortunately we experienced a technical issue with our mailing list and have had to reissue this newsletter, so please excuse us if this email duplicates one you received on Tuesday.
Chandos Chamber Choir is delighted to launch our new look newsletter with information on our forthcoming Christmas concert on Thursday 5 December. Entitled 'Stars', our programme is filled with all things heavenly - read on for more information, and follow the link to our new ticket sales page to book your place.
