Due to popular request, I have recorded the latest ABRSM Grade 2 Piano Pieces from the 2009-2010 syllabus and uploaded them to my gallery, whence they are listenable though not downloadable. Either browse the album or put the name of the piece you want to hear into the search facility.
If you wish to purchase mp3s of these pieces, they are available from the ABRSM download shop.
The latest episode of the podcast includes recordings from the recent lunchtime piano concert which took place on 22nd November, 2008 at All Saint’s Church, Hoole.
Featuring:
Lightly Row – Hannah
Au clair de la lune – Beth
Trudging – Daniel
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On a cold winter’s night that was so deep, over a hundred people gathered in the darkness of Chester Cathedral to be transported through four hundred years of music in reverence to the Virgin Mary. Whilst the time span was condensed for the duration of the concert which did not quite last four hundred years; the audience was treated to an hour and a half of music which was timeless.
The concert began in semi-darkness, permeated only by the glow of sixty six flickering candles and the plaintive sound of Jean Allain’s setting of Ave Maria sung by Becky Hay. A sequence of delightfully rhapsodic organ episodes followed, interspersed with plainsong floating ethereally from somewhere in the quire…
The Nave Choir will next be performing in concert on Saturday 14thMarch 2009 though this Christmas you can worship with them at the Nave Choir Carol Service on Sunday 21st December at 2pm.
The Neston Ecumenical Singers will be providing festive entertainment at Gordale Garden Centre this coming week, (Thursday 13th November 6-9pm) at their Christmas Opening Evening which is part of their sixtieth anniversary celebrations.
Below is the latest list of events planned for the singers this year:
13th November 2008 6-9pm ~ Carols at Gordale
22nd November 2008 10am ~ Autumn Coffee Morning & Fayre at Neston Town Hall
12th December 2008 7:30pm ~ Christmas Carols at St. Winifredes
13th December 2008 7:30pm ~ Christmas Carols at Neston Parish Church
20th December 2008 7:30pm ~ Carols at Neston Farmer’s Market
17th January 2009 7:30pm ~ Choir Annual Dinner
5th April 2009 6:30pm ~ Songs of Praise, Parkgate URC
7th April 2009 7:30pm ~ Holy Week Service, Bromborough Methodist Church
25th April 2009 7:30pm ~ Easter Concert with Chester Music Society Youth Choir, Neston Parish Church