Our Next Concert
is on
April 24th, 2010
and will be a
Handel Celebration
Coronation Anthems No.1 - Zadok the Priest
No.4 - My Heart is inditing
Chandos Anthem No 9 - O praise the Lord with One Consent
Organ Concerto
Dettingen Te Deum
It will take place at
Hoylake Chapel
(Station Road and Meols Drive, Hoylake)
The main work, the Dettingen Te Deum,
was writtten as a celebratory thanksgiving for the safe and victorious return of
George II after his defeat of the French in 1743 at Dettingen.
Strictly speaking the work is not a Te Deum at all but rather a grand
martial panegyric. The Te Deum was written in the year following the
first performance of The Messiah and there are a number of musical echos of this most famous of oratorios.
The Chandos Anthems were written for the first Duke of Chandos and are
mostly settings of psalms, for which new English language versions were
published in 1696. These then new versions better captured the metrical
character of the text and were well suited to being set to music.
 The Coronation Anthems were written for the coronation of George II. He is pictured here at the time of his succession in 1727. George
II was the last monarch to be born outside the UK (Hanover in 1683) and
the last to lead his army in person, which he did at Dettingen.
The
first anthem, Zadok the Priest, is extremely well known and has been performed at every
coronation since it was first sung for George II. The fourth is much
less well known but is nevertheless much enjoyed and often sung by
choirs such as ours.
The soloists for this concert will be:
Lynne Rogers (soprano)
Originally
from Liverpool, Lynne first obtained a BA in theology before
studying singing in Italy. She then gained a masters in music in
Birmingham. Lynne broadcasts regularly with the BBC and has performed
with many orchestras and choirs both at home and abroad, including
several previous occasions with the Hoylake Choral Society.
She last sang with us in our Crowning Glories concert in November 2008.
Martin Howarth (Counter-tenor)
 Martin Howarth is proud of his Lancastrian heritage. He sang treble for 5 years in the Choir of
Liverpool Cathedral and is now counter-tenor and Lay-Clerk at the Cathedral.
He
has sung as soloist in performances with Liverpool Cathedral Singers &
Orchestra and, most recently, in Bernstein’s ‘Chichester Psalms’ with the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by John Rutter.
He combines his singing with work
as a Teaching Assistant in Runcorn. He is currently studying singing at York
Minster with Richard Hill. He is regularly engaged to
sing as soloist with local choral societies. This is his first appearence with us.
Stuart Keen (tenor)
Stuart has a long association with the Liverpool Cathedral, having joined the choir at the age of eight.
He has been the lay-succentor since 2005.
Stuart sings as a soloist for many local groups and he directs a number
of local choirs. He also broadcasts regularly for both BBC radio and
TV. Along with his musical activities he also manages to find time to
work as an HR manager in the civil service.
He has sung with the Hoylake Choral Society on a number of previous
occasions, the last one being our Crowning Glories concert in November 2008.
Damian O’Keeffe (Baritone)
 Damian was born and educated in first Liverpool and later as a choral scholar at St.John's College, Cambridge. He then had a successful career in London, performing, recording and broadcasting widely
with a number of professional choirs.
Back in Liverpool, Damian now combines his solo career with work in
education including individual singing tuition and direction of school choral
ensembles. He continues to be a frequent
soloist in the North West of England and Wales in the major choral repertoire
and is a Lay Clerk at Liverpool Cathedral. Damian has performed regularly on BBC.
We will again be accompanied by the
Sefton Chamber Orchestra (leader: Arfona Griffiths)
The concert will be conducted by our musical director,
Jim Wrightson
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