Weymouth Choral Society provided an enjoyable evening for all members of the family with carols and festive songs in many different styles. The programme presented both the contemplative and celebratory moods of Christmas and ample opportunity for audience participation in several traditional favourites. We welcomed once again the outstanding local organist – and newly appointed … Read More
Weymouth Choral Society presented ‘A Baroque Banquet’ celebrating great composers of this rich musical era. The main work was Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ – but with a twist, for this is not his more familiar version but an equally attractive and sparkling setting, guaranteed to delight, with its virtuoso writing for solo voices and varied choral textures. … Read More
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED harmony, a line from Irving Berlin’s hit song Simple Melody, just about sums up the programme set forth by Weymouth Choral Society and the Casterbridge Male Voice Choir in a joint charity concert for Help for Heroes. A total of around 70 singers made the most of a mixture of songs from the … Read More
The concert celebrated the music of three great Classical composers of the First Viennese School: Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. The concert started with the choir, conducted by Helen Brind, singing Mozart’s ever-popular ‘Ave Verum Corpus’ followed by a sparkling rendition of ‘Alleluia’ from Mozart’s ‘Exsultate Jubilate’ sung by soprano Abbi Temple. Next came a serenade … Read More
