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B minor mass at the 3 Choirs Festival
10 August 2009
We’re delighted to be accompanying the
Rodolphus Choir under their conductor Ralph Allwood in a performance
Bach’s B minor Mass as part of the Three Choirs 2009. Tewkesbury
Abbey is the venue for this afternoon concert.
St David’s Festival
May 26, 2009
The Corellis will be making a return visit to the
St Davids Festival in May to join forces with the Cathedral under their
Director of Music Alexander Mason. This year’s programme
celebrates musical anniversaries with music by Handel (Nisi Dominus,
Watermusic Suite in F and two Coronation Anthems) and Haydn (‘Farewell
Symphony’).
Emma Kirkby sings Bach
22 May, 2009
World-renowned soprano Emma Kirkby joins the
Corellis once more at the Pump Room in Cheltenham to sing Bach. Further
details on the ‘Pittville Series’ tab.
Gloucestershire composers ...
10 March 2009
Steve Bailey - our principal trumpeter - will be
playing a concerto by the Gloucester-born Capel Bond at the Pittville
Pump Room on March 10. William Hayes, another former chorister at
Gloucester Cathedral will be represented in our ‘Fans of Corelli’
programme.
Monteverdi Vespers
7 March, 2009
Once again we join the Bristol Cathedral Concert
Choir. The Cathedral’s Director of Music, Mark Lee, will be at
the helm.
Back at the Pump Room
August 2008
The Corellis have a new a new series of concerts
ready for the 2008/09 season. As ever lots of interesting and unusual
music, and we are delighted to be able to welcome back Emma Kirkby to
Pittville. Click on the link on the menu bar for more details.
Corelli on telly
December 24, 2007
Members of the Corelli Orchestra played in the
live BBC1 broadcast of Midnight Mass from Worcester Cathedral on
December 24. Accompanying the cathedral choir, they performed extracts
from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit.
