We will bring Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, perhaps the most popular of all modern choral pieces, live to Worthing, creating an intergenerational, professional, consummate and not-to-be-forgotten WOW!
Worthing Choral Society has been performing great choral music in Worthing for 18 years. One of the greatest of all pieces of modern choral is Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Now the Choir will perform Carmina in its full glory to a Worthing audience in the Assembly Hall on Saturday 21st March. The 90 singers of Worthing Choral Society will lead the project joined by the 40 stunning young voices of Sompting Village Primary School Choir, the 50 instrumentalists of the professional symphony orchestra - the Sinfonia of Arun and the professional soloists Alison Pearce - soprano, Arthur Bruce - baritone and Jake Barlow - counter-tenor. Conductors Aedan Kerney and Sam Barton will also direct the ever-popular Walton's "Crown Imperial" and Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstamce" March number one as well as bringing a second choral treat to Worthing: "Missa Festiva" by John Leavitt. This piece is taking young and old by storm in the States and Europe - now it's the turn for Worthing!
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Why it's a great idea:
All relevant research shows that performing and listening to live music can have a profound impact upon intellectual activity and development , mental well-being and social cohesion. We want to continue bring that experience to people in Worthing. We want to give people the opportunity for fun! For the young singers of Sompting Village Primary School this will be an unforgettable opportunity to perform alongside adult singers and top professional musicians, involving them in a dynamic interactive experience away from mobile phones and the "reality" world. We want to bring excitement to people's lives! With the increasing costs for amateur music groups in hiring venues, music and professional musicians the future of live music is under threat. We believe passionately in the value of live music and want to share this passion with as many people as possible. As a charitable group committed to supporting the cultural life of Worthing this project shines as a beacon of light!
Steps to get it done:
We will Hire the Assembly Hall in Worthing and its servcices for one day on 21st March 2020 for our final rehearsal with the orchestra and the evening performance of Carmina Burana.
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VolunteerWorthing Choral Society is a registered charity (No 193113) that has performed three or four concerts each year for nearly 20 years to entertain, educate and enliven the people of Worthing and further afield with the wide rich heritage of classical choral music. We have grown from small beginnings to a choir of about 90 regular amateur singers ranging from young Mums to octogenarians coming from all walks of life including some with challenging health problems.
We rehearse weekly in a local school striving for the best we can achieve. There is no doubt in our minds that we have become a much better choir from being challenged to sing unfamiliar pieces and have learned to love works which were not familiar to us.
We often perform our concerts in churches, but once a year we push the financial boat quite a way out and hire the Assembly Hall in Worthing to perform a big composition with a full professional orchestra, professional soloists and often a children's choir from a local primary school as we will with our next performance.
Our repertoire is largely from the Classical music genre, ranging in date from Tudor times to 21st Century. The pieces we sing range from short works to the magnificence of Handel's Messiah and Bach's B minor Mass, We believe in introducing our audience to choral music from the popular to the challenging, sensitive to bold and brassy and atmospheric to deeply moving to enable them to experience the pleasure of hearing live choral music available on their doorstep.
We are rehearsing to put on an ambitious and costly but wonderful concert in the Assembly Hall in Worthing on 21st March 2020 with a large Orchestra and three professional soloists. But specifically we are looking for funds to cover the cost of hiring the venue which costs £2500 for the one day of final rehearsals and the concert performance.
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