I do hope you can manage to come, it should be a really good evening and another chance to hear the lovely sound of the rebuilt organ.

It would great to see young people so children and students may come for free!

Here is a gentle reminder that the first of our concerts for 2017 is almost upon us!

An evening in Paris

On Pancake Day The Charlie Hearnshaw trio are giving a programme evoking Parisian chanson and cafe life. 

The leader of the trio  is Charlie himself who plays clarinets with great skill, Maxine Green sings wonderfully and plays guitar, at the same time!  The ensemble is held together and supported by double bass player  Mike Thorne.

They last appeared in Cannington about ten years ago and were very well received.  Come along for an enjoyable relaxing evening listening to the music of Edith Piaff, Jaques Brel and much more. There will be the usual refreshments in the interval.

Cannington Parish Church. Shrove Tuesday, Pancake day, Mardi Gras, February 28 at 7.30 pm   £9 entry at the door only, children and students half price.

you can hear them play via these links

http://www.charliesax.co.uk/frenchcafemusic.htm

 http://www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk/

St Cecilia concert - programme

Would Leonard Cohen have been a lutenist?

In the 16th century, long before mp3 files and that now old fashioned  medium the CD (or in my house the LP!) people wrote and sang songs, about  deep feelings of life and mortality and matters of the heart and accompanied them on the lute.

Nowadays we often talk of singer songwriters. The death last week of Leonard Cohen  reminds us strongly of this tradition.  Yes, I think that if he had lived in an earlier time he would have been a lute song writer.

On Sunday afternoon we have a chance to hear music from  this time. Mary Morgan, soprano and Steve Graham, lutes,  return with a short programme of music, for solo lute and songs. Music by Thomas Campion,,  Morley and many others.       Come and hear them, you wont regret it.

4.00 pm Sunday 20th November. Cannington Parish Church. admission £8.00 students and children free.  Tea and home made cake for all!

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IT'S NOVEMBER AND S.CECILIA

What a simply splendid concert we had last month with the Phoenix Singers! It was gratifying also to have a good sized audience. It would help me to build numbers if you could spread the word, maybe a bring a friend?

November brings us to our annual St Cecilia tide concert. This time we welcome Mary Morgan, soprano and Steve Graham, lute for another of their evocative concerts. They last came three years ago and generously gave their talents to raise money for the renovation of the organ. It should be a really good afternoon. Yes, I did type afternoon as we shall meet on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy tea afterwards.

As soon as I have details of the programme I will publish it here and on the Facebook page

Not long now!

The Phoenix Singers

Taunton chamber choir ‘The Phoenix Singers’ under their music director, Andrew Maddocks, are delighted to be coming to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cannington, as part of the Cannington Music series of concerts. The concert, which takes place on Saturday 15th October commencing at 7.30pm, is entitled ‘Contrasts’ and will provide the audience with an exciting programme of very diverse styles and periods of music.

The first half of the concert focuses on sacred music spanning five centuries from two beautifully crafted motets of Thomas Tallis (O natus lux) and William Byrd (Christe qui lux es) in the 16^th Century to the ethereal and more recent music of American composers, Eric Whitacre and Randall Thompson, using multiple voice-part settings of the single word, Alleluia. The Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, will also feature strongly in this part of the programme including his setting of Psalm 96 (Cantate Domino), and Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria).

To follow this reflective part of the evening, the second half of the concert will see the Choir perform music that celebrates the words of Shakespeare in this the 400^th anniversary of his death. Musical settings of the bard’s words by John Rutter (Birthday Madrigals and Fancies) and an exquisite arrangement by Bob Chilcott of William Walton’s ‘Touch her soft lips and part’, music from his Henry V film score.

Tickets for the event are priced £8 and are available in advance on-line at www.thephoenixsingers.co.uk or by phoning 01823 432704. They will also be on sale at the door.

PHOENIX SINGERS

What a splendid concert we were given by Zephyr a few weeks ago! It is time now for another real treat.  The Phoenix Singers make a very welcome return. You can read the details in their poster below.

As you see on the poster here is a link to their website www.thephoenixsingers.co.uk

A while ago they sent me their provisional programme and here it is. I will post the final one when I have it.  I am sure you will agree that it  should be a wonderful evening.

• Christe qui lux es et dies – Byrd

• Alleluia – Randall Thompson 

• Littlemore Tractus [+ organ] - Arvo Part

• Bogoroditse Djevo - Arvo Pärt 

• Organ solo?

• Cantate Domino canticum novum  - Arvo Pärt 

• Alleluia – Eric Whitacre 

• O nata lux – Tallis 

INTERVAL

Madrigals:

• Sing we and chant it – Morley 
• Lady, when I behold – Wilbye 

Fancies - Rutter

• The Riddle Song 
• Tell me where is fancy bred 
• There is a garden in her face 

• Solo song & readings 

Madrigals:

• Mother, I will have a husband – Vautor 
• Adieu, sweet Amaryllis – Wilbye 
• Lady, your words do spite me – Wilbye 

Shakespeare Songs – Mathias

• It was a lover and his lass 
• Sigh no more, ladies 

• solo song & readings 

• Who is Silvia? - Harris 
• Touch her soft lips and part – Walton arr Chilcott 

Birthday Madrigals – Rutter

• It was a lover and his lass 
• Come live with me