Portadown concert; New album from The Choir;
Lunchtime Recitals in Christ Church Dublin
Portadown concert
Portadown Times – It will be a case of the magnificent organ in Portadown’s St Mark’s Church of Ireland being the centre-piece of raising cash for its own restoration fund on Friday, May 18, with more than a little help from the town’s top choirs.
The Walker organ underwent a £45,000 overhaul at the latter end of 2011, and with £20,000 still to be raised, the church is organising a rousing night of music, featuring four choirs and there organists.
The ensembles involved are the St Mark’s Parish Choir, Counterpoint, Portadown Ladies Choir and Portadown Male Voice Choir. And at the keyboards will be current St Mark’s organist Stuart Nelson, former organist Richard Campbell (now at St George’s, Belfast) and Stephen Timpany of Seapatrick, Banbridge.
All the award-winning choirs will be drawing from their extensive repertoire, secular and sacred, and it will end with all four uniting for a massed choir singalong.
Tickets are priced £10 and can be had from members of St Mark’s Choir, from Winnie’s Newsagents of Woodhouse Street, and from Gordon Speers Carpets of Bridge Street. The venue is St Mark’s Church and it starts at 8pm. The work was carried out by Wells and Kennedy of Lisburn and it lasted from June last year until November.
New album from The Choir
Christian Today – The Choir have been around the block a few times but after 30 years together they are as passionate as ever about making inspirational and thought provoking music
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.album.from.the.choir/29831.htm
Lunchtime Recitals in Christ Church Dublin
The cathedral is alive with music this May. There are a host of lunchtime concerts, a perfect way to wile away your lunch hour, or don’t miss The Dutch Collection by the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Dublin Orchestral Players performing Mendelssohn. And of course, as always the Cathedral Choir will be singing on Thursdays and Sundays. See the website for details.
14th May
1.15pm
Alma College Choir – Hymn tunes, Gospel, Irish folk
22nd May
1.15pm
University of Pikeville Concert Choir – Spirituals, Songs of Appalachia
23rd May
1.15pm
Luther College Nordic Choir – Spirituals, folk, classical choral
26th May
12.15pm
Fredheim Choir – sacred choral
Skedsmo Janitsjarkor PS – wind band