2019
Saturday 4th May 2019 : 7.30pm
Amity Singers, with a number of guest singers, participated in the 2019 Jersey Festival Choir Spring Concert at St Helier Methodist Centre.
The link to the relevant Festival Choir website page is here
The Jersey Evening Post review was done by Rod McLoughlin and can be found here
The programme can be downloaded here and here.
Amity performed the following pieces:
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Mark G. Sirett
Wade in the water
Arranged by Mark Hayes
Open Thou Mine Eyes
John Rutter
Amity Singers: Conductor Elizabeth Farnon and pianist Louise Risby
Amity also performed in Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem by singing Revelation -
For fuller details of the concert, click here
Monday 17th June 2019
On a beautiful Summer’s evening on a Monday night, we had our closing event of the group’s year when we said goodbye to one of our singers, Alistair, as he moved back to the UK for his work.
The Jersey Academy of Music kindly welcomed us to use their premises where we were able to sing in the chapel and concert room and enjoy a light supper together using the kitchen facilities.
The following pieces were sung;
Chapel
Wondrous Love
Parce Domine
El Grillo
Sing Joyfully
Tebe Poyem
Ubi Caritas
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Concert Room
Shenandoah
My Lagan Love
Il est bel et bon
Witness
My Spirit sang all day
Refreshments
Ticket to Ride
The way we were
Everytime we say ‘Goodbye’
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Friday 6th December
A Christmas Concert in aid of Kairos Arts was enjoyed by a good audience at St Helier Methodist Centre on Friday 6th December. Mince pies, shortbread biscuits and tasty alcohol-
One person who attended said “It was a lovely concert with a lot of Seasonal reflection, good choice of music and creativity which I really enjoyed”
One highlight was when Liz Shea (soprano) and Jean Hall (oboe) joined the group to perform “The Shepherds Sing”
The total raised on the night was around £700 despite the bad weather on the evening which probably affected the number attending.
Programme
Sarum chant (Processional -
I wonder as I wander (Appalachian folk carol Arr A. Carter)
It came upon a midnight clear (North American tune)
Hodie Christus natus (Sweelinck)
The Shepherds Sing-
Bethlehem Down
Riu riu chiu (Spanish 16th c. carol)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Grotenhuis)
Away in a manger
Chestnuts roasting (Christmas Song Arr. JF)
Deck the Hall (Trad Welsh carol Arr. D. Willcocks)
In Dulci Jubilo (Arr. Gesius/Bach)
A Christmas Blessing (Philip Stopford)
Thursday 5th December
Amity sang in the United Services Club for the Royal Commonwealth Society (Jersey Branch) Christmas meeting. The choir sang a selection from the 6th Dec programme in one session and led an open session of carol-
The view out of the window (where we saw the pipe band marching past at one point -