Stone Choral Society at it’s best.
Stone Choral Society peformed their annual Ingestre Hall concert last night to a full house - and what a delight it was. Entitled ‘Beyond Boundaries’, the programme was wide and varied. The highlight for me was the choir’s rendition of Karl Jenkins’ ‘The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace’ - a difficult piece but skilfully sung. But the star of the show was undoubtably a young guest soloist, Rosie Middleton, who sang a couple of operatic arias before joining the choir in three pieces from Carmen. A spendid finale to a spledid concert.
Yet again I am amazed that we have such a depth of talent here in Stone. The programme names over 60 members of the choir, all amateurs and many of them friends of mine, who all meet each week to enjoy the sheer pleasure of singing together.
I notice from the Programmme that the Choir’s next concert is the Carol Concert in Christ Church Stone on Thursday 20th December and next year’s Easter concert will be Faure’s Requiem in St. Dominic’s Church on Sunday 13th April 2008. I’ve already put these dates in my diary! And that reminds me to speak to Steve Brookes to make sure he asks the choir to hold a concert during the Stone Music Festival next year - July 10th to 13th - if he hasn’t already done so!
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