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Concert Countdown – number 5
In the days leading up to our concert, Together We Sing, the author of our programme notes provides an alternative look at the pieces featured on Saturday 6th June. The series may be interspersed with other posts but will be more or less daily! We hope you enjoy it. I Dreamed of Rain How would…
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Concert Countdown – number 4
In the days leading up to our concert, Together We Sing, the author of our programme notes provides an alternative look at the pieces featured on Saturday 6th June. The series may be interspersed with other posts but will be more or less daily! We hope you enjoy it. Locus Iste How do you mark…
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Concert Countdown – number 3
In the days leading up to our concert, Together We Sing, the author of our programme notes provides an alternative look at the pieces featured on Saturday 6th June. The series may be interspersed with other posts but will be more or less daily! We hope you enjoy it. Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op.…
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Concert Countdown – number 2
In the days leading up to our concert, Together We Sing, the author of our programme notes provides an alternative look at the pieces featured on Saturday 6th June. The series may be interspersed with other posts but will be more or less daily! We hope you enjoy it. Renew Me in the Sunlight Many…
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Concert Countdown – number 1
Starting today In the days leading up to our concert, Together We Sing, the author of our programme notes provides an alternative look at the pieces featured on Saturday 6th June. The series may be interspersed with other posts but will be more or less daily! We hope you enjoy it. The Gathering Tree Commissioned…
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Come and Sing!
Come and Sing! Chanctonbury Chorus takes part in the Steyning Festival – and so can you! On Thursday 28th May at 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm you are invited to come to St Andrew and St Cuthman, Steyning, and join us to have an evening of singing. You don’t have to be able to read…
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Una Canimus
“Magister, quam oderam linguam Latinam! It’s obsolete, it’s boring – it’s a complete waste of time!” “Contra iuvenis: the language of Romulus is a cultural taproot and a mental gymnasium for expanding minds. Keep at it and one day you’ll be glad you did. Hurry along now, you’ll be late for Matins.” Hopeless with languages…
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Sing Something, Simple
Sing Something, Simple What was the first song you remember singing with other people? Something at your infants’ school? Or primary school? Hymns at morning assembly as required by the 1944 Education Act? (The assembly was required, not the hymns). Or something more folky? The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond? Hearts of Oak? The Skye…
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What secrets does a door hide?
Ancient church doors were once covered in hide, stretched and nailed in place to protect the wood and painted bright red. There is even a myth that the hides were the skins of Vikings, put there to warn off would-be raiders! I was reading the other day about the ancient door at St Andrew &…