Hoylake Choral Society
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
 
 
Season 2009/2010

This, our 62nd season follows our normal three concert pattern. We will be performing in November, April, and Carols in December. Tickets can be obtained from:

Hoylake Choral Society Box Office
1 Sandlea Park, West Kirby,
Wirral CH48 0QE
Tel: 0151 625 9980
Email: info@hoylakechoralsociety.org.uk
Please make cheques payable to Hoylake Choral Society and enclose a s.a.e. for return of tickets.

Linghams Book Sellers
9 Banks Road
West Kirby,

Liz Fishwick, Hoylake Post Office
48 Market Street
Hoylake,

any choir member, or

at the door.

Past Concerts

Our Next Concert
is on
  April 24th, 2010
and will be a

Handel Celebration
GFHandel
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)
West Kirby Church

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.

King%20George_II_by_Thomas_HudsonThe 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)
Lynne Rogers pic08
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 HowarthMartin 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 Keen pic08

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 OkeefeDamian 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 in action
Jim Wrightson


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