Ruddington Choral Society’s Spring concert on Saturday May 18th was, as promised in the pre-concert advertising, a highlight not only of their year but of the wider Nottinghamshire choral scene. St Mary’s in the Lace Market was filled to capacity as five hundred singers, musicians and audience gathered for a glorious performance of Mendelssohn’s much[…]
At the end of February a group of us went to the Nottingham Girls’ High School Theatre, ‘The Space’ – in itself extremely impressive! to watch a most enjoyable production of ‘Calamity Jane’, performed by members of the West Bridgford Operatic Society. For many years this society specialised in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but more[…]
It was a fine sunny day in August when members of the Choir met at Dizzy and John’s house. Orange begonias edged the patio. Despite the long hot summer, there was still green in the garden and across the fields. John and Jonathan were our barbeque cooks and there were also some delicious salads to[…]
The following websites are useful to help learn your part: choralia Type in the name of the work and you will be taken directly to it, where you can hear all parts choraline Buy a CD or buy an mp3 download of your part cyberbass type in the name of the work after[…]
Choir members and audience alike are full of praise for the wonderful contribution made by the Tenor soloist, Geoffrey Hicking, in our recent concert. Geoffrey brought a phenomenal richness to the pieces in which he took solo part. Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs was sung with remarkable sensitivity and passion leaving the audience with a[…]
We have been lucky enough to be one of Ruddington Co-op’s chosen charities to receive an amount of funding. At the start of May, a number of Ruddington and District Choral Society gathered in the Co-op for the presentation of a cheque for £2373.08. This money has already been put to good use updating our[…]