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The Old Shire Hall
5-9 Northgate Street
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4SP
England
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Warwickshire Singers
Beauchamp sinfonietta
Programme Note
Warwickshire Singers summer concert ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’
The concert takes place on Sunday 6th July 2025 at 2.00pm at The Old Shire Hall, 5-9 Northgate Street, Warwick, CV34 4SP. Running time approximately 1.5 hours (including a break for refreshments)
Jim Bate, Musical Director, has once again come up with an interesting programme. The concert is based on the theme of times of day, hence the title: ‘A choral journey from dawn to dusk’. Including a mix of mainly contemporary beautiful and varied pieces, local ensemble, The Beauchamp Sinfonietta Strings, will provide accompaniment.
For one of the shorter pieces, however, ‘Stars’, choir members use wine glasses containing precise amounts of water tuned to different notes, which are then played in a repeated chordal pattern. The effect is ethereal and mystical – appropriate to the lyrics ‘heaven full of stars’ poetically described as ‘myriads with beating hearts of fire’.
The full programme comprises:
· “The Sunrise Mass” by Ola Gjeilo, a contemporary Norwegian musician who studied at The Juilliard School New York and London Royal College of Music. His influences are cited as film composer Thomas Newman, jazz legends Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny, glass artist Dale Chihuly and architect Frank Gehry.
· 3 songs of worship and thanksgiving for the gift of the natural world:
o ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’, by John Rutter – ‘our joyful hymn of praise’
o ‘Abendfeier in Venedig’ by Clara Schumann with words by Munich romantic poet Emanuel Geibel – ‘Earth and Sky smile’
o ‘O Thou the Central Orb’ by Charles Wood, referring to God as ‘Sun of Righteousness’, symbolising kingship and eternal light
· ‘Sing to the Moon’ by Laura Mvula, born 1986 in Birmingham whose 2013 debut album reached number nine in the UK albums chart.
This event also offers a rare chance to spend time inside the Old Shire Hall which has a great acoustic and is one of the hidden gems of Warwick.
Tickets (£15, under 18s and students £5) at ticketsource.co.uk/Warwickshire-singers
