Amity Singers -2023

2023

The Amity Singers of Jersey was founded in 1973 by John Farnon, mainly to sing music from the Renaissance and so 2023 was a very special year being our 50th Anniversary. Elizabeth, John’s wife, became the conductor in 2008 and continued to lead the choir in setting a high standard of singing while maintaining the friendly nature of the group. In September, the leadership of the choir started to be shared between Elizabeth and William Millow in a period of transition…

18th March

Amity sang at a concert at St Luke’s Church in aid of the 175th Anniversary Restoration fund

Music for Lent…

 Extracts from Hassler’s Massa Secunda - the start of the Kyrie elieson can be seen here

 Cantate Domino – Hassler

 Ave Verum Corpus-Byrd

 Non vos Relinquam Orphanos –Byrd

 Mignonne allons voir si la rose –Costeley

 The Heavenly Aeroplane-Rutter ( ladies)

 Prayer to Jesus –Oldroyd ( words by R. Rolle)

16th March

Amity sang in a Choral Showcase organised by the local Eisteddfod committee at St Helier Methodist Centre

Ave verum Corpus-Byrd

Cantate Domino – Hassler

Mignonne allons voir si la rose –Costeley

Prayer to Jesus –Oldroyd ( words by R. Rolle)

Saturday 1st July - Plévenon, Brittany

The choir sang with the French choir Appassionata who were directed by Mark Sweeting

Salve Regina –chant Grégorien

Hymne à la Vierge –Pierre Villette

Bogoroditsye Devo –Sergei Rachmaninoff

Non vos relinquam orphanos –William Byrd

Il est bel et bon -Passereau

Mignonne –Costeley

Wade in the Water arr. Mark Hayes

Shenandoah arr. Bob Chilcott

A Nightingale Sang arr. John Farnon

The Seal Lullaby -Eric Whitacre

Witness arr. Jack Halloran

Autumn Leaves - arr. Andrew Carter

Beati quorum Via –Stanford

A Nightingale sang arr. John Farnon

Mon Coeur se recommende à vous- Roland de Lassus

Irish Blessing-Bob Chilcott

(The last two items were sung with Appassionata)

Thursday 15th June - Georgetown Methodist Church 150th Anniversary

The choir was part of the programme for one of the concerts to mark the 150th Anniversary of Georgetown Methodist Church.

After the concert, one attendee said “What a concert ! We hope that you all enjoyed it as much as we did. I have never heard the choir sing better. I have never heard 'our ' organ sound like that before ….
All this was reflected in the collection which topped the £500 mark for the third week (in a row) ! We shall have two good cheques to present to the two charities….”