MOUNT KELLY CHORAL SOCIETY
AUTUMN CONCERT
The Mount Kelly Choral Society autumn concert this year will be on November 24th at 7.30pm in St Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock. The choir will be performing Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Vaughan Willams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols, conducted by Julian Jensen, Director of Music at Mount Kelly College. Three of the soloists are exceptionally talented current or recent Mount Kelly College students: Jonny Hibbs - tenor, Tessa Hansford - soprano and Indira Falle - mezzo soprano. They will be joined by Andrew Farris- baritone, whose performance in our Mozart concert last spring was much enjoyed. Harpist Finnuala Kirby will be playing some Christmas music and the organist will be Mary Mazur-Park. There will also be advent carols for all with other seasonal music. Tickets are £10 for adults and free for under-18s, available at Mount Kelly College reception, Bookstop in Tavistock, on the door and online at:
www.eventbrite.com/e/mount-kelly-choral-society-autumn-concert-tickets-51586794491
Antonio Vivaldi composed several settings of the Magnificat hymn; it was composed either before 1717 or in 1719. Set in G minor, it is scored for alto and tenor soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass choir, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo (cello and organ).
Ralph Vaughan Williams always retained a passion for the festival of Christmas. It was nourished early on by his love of the carol and of childhood memories of singing them at his home in Surrey. His lifelong fervour for Christmas and all its cultural manifestations was powerfully expressed in four works of which Fantasia on Christmas Carols was the first. It was first performed on the evening of September 12, 1912, in Hereford Cathedral, conducted by the composer. Sir Hubert Parry noted in his diary: ‘Vaughan Williams carol piece very jolly.’
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