Nayland Choir

Our first rehearsal of the new year will be on Thursday 8th January at Nayland school hall from 8 – 10 pm. We look forward to welcoming back our regular singers and anyone new who wishes to join us.

Although the back door will be open as usual, the front door of the school will also be open from 7.50 – 8.00 to help people avoid the dark car park and path.

This term’s music for our next concert on Sunday 29th March in St. James’ Church, will be Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Credo and Haydn’s Missa Brevis, and we will be accompanied once again by a group of musicians.

Thank you to those of you who came to our most recent concert on 7th December; we hope you enjoyed our mix of winter and Christmas music.

Our next concert will be on Sunday 29th March, featuring Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Credo and Haydn’s Missa Brevis. If you would like to join us, do come along to our next rehearsal at Nayland Primary School on Thursday 8th January at 8pm or email naylandchoir@gmail.com .

Tickets available now!

Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation

The proposed constitution is now available to view in the members area. I’m afraid it’s not a light read but will hopefully help you to understand the proposed changes.

We will hold a meeting to approve this on Thursday 16th October at 7.45 pm, immediately before our regular choir practice and you will be able to ask questions or make comments there. Alternatively, feel free have a chat with one of the committee before then.

Thank you, everyone! Kathryn

We’re back for another term of singing, starting with our first rehearsal on Thursday 11th September in the school hall at 8p.m. We will be practising seasonal and festive music for our next concert on Sunday 7th December.

Once again, we have some super music planned, including pieces by favourites Chilcott, Rutter and Quartel. We look forward to seeing you all there – or, to welcoming you for the first time if you would like to join us. (Contact us on naylandchoir@gmail.com for more details if needed.)

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our recent summer concert, A Summer Garland of Song, which was very well received by another large audience in the village hall. Thank you to Emma for her fabulous and interesting choice of music and for being so encouraging and patient during rehearsals! Thank you to Mary, our pianist, and Dom for his cello playing, and, of course, to the choir for their hard work learning all of the songs in such a varied repertoire. Thank you to everyone who helped with the venue and catering.

You get the idea – thank you to everyone involved – it takes a lot of hard work to bring it all together on the night but we think (and hope you all agree) that it was absolutely worth it.

We look forward to performing again – our next concert will be on Sunday 7th December – details to follow in the Autumn. If you are interested in joining us, do get in touch using our email: naylandchoir@gmail.com

Come and hear us sing

A Summer Garland of Song.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW – please buy online from https://naylandevents.org

Ticket prices include a light supper (cheese platters, strawberries and cream.) There will be a bar available for alcoholic and soft drinks.

Doors open at 6.30 pm; light supper served at 7.00 pm; concert starts at 7.30 pm.

Tickets cost £18 (£5 for under 16s) and need to be bought in advance in order for us to cater for the concert. Any last minute sales on the door will not include the supper.

Our programme covers a wide range of beautiful music on the theme of flowers and the natural world. The concert will be in two halves with an interval and comprises:

Oh what a beautiful morning (Rodgers/ Hammerstein, arr. Stickles), Where’re you walk (Handel/ Congreve), Silent worship (Handel, arr. Bishton/ Somervell), Hope is like a harebell (Somervell/ Rossetti), Twist me a crown of windflowers (Somervell/ Rossetti), As torrents in summer (Elgar/ Longfellow), I praise the tender flower (Finzi/ Bridges), Cheres fleurs (Massenet/ Legrand & von Redvitz), The lily and the rose (Chilcott), The rose (Gjeilo/ Rossetti), Willow Song (traditional, arr. Bullard), I know a bank where the wild thyme blows (Quartel/ Shakespeare), Like a singing bird (Chilcott/ Rossetti & Burns), The green Leaves of summer (Tiomkin, arr. Lee/ Webster), The last rose of summer (traditional, arr. L’Estrange/ Moore), Wild mountain thyme (traditional, arr. Bishton), Scarborough fair (traditional, arr. Bishton), Where have all the flowers gone? (Seeger, arr. Bishton), Beauty and the Beast medley (Menken, arr. Emerson/ Ashman), We’ll gather lilacs (Novello, arr. Derbyshire), What a wonderful world (Weiss & Thiele, arr. Brymer)

There will also be two cello pieces to enjoy between the singing.

We have now started rehearsals for our summer concert. As always, our musical director, Emma Bishton, has put together an excellent programme of music, this time a celebration of flowers in song. The music covers a wide range of genres and composers: romantic part songs by Elgar and Finzi, folk songs from across the British Isles, songs by modern composers Bullard, Chilcott, Quartel & Gjeilo and songs from stage and screen, from Novello to Disney.

The concert will be held in the village hall and will be preceded by a light supper, included in the ticket price, and with a bar available. Doors and bar will open at 6.30 pm with supper served at 7.00 pm and the concert starting at 7.30 pm. Tickets will be available from nayland.org from the beginning of May and will cost £18.00 (£5.00 for under 18s.)

Look out for our posters soon!