‘a splendid performance’
Click here to read Wayne Bennett’s review of the choir’s most recent two concerts.
Nice to Hear!
In 2010 we performed the B Minor Mass of Bach, and one of the soloists from YCAT (Young Classical Artist Trust) was soprano Caroline McPhie.
It was very pleasant for us to get an e-mail from her recently, in which she describes her experience with us as “a lovely concert and your hospitality was second to none!”.
She is still with YCAT and very much enjoying her time with them.
Easter, 2012
Saturday 31st March, at 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton
Amici and St. Mary Magdalene now have an established tradition of presenting glorious music at the time of the most important festival in the Church calendar, and 2012 will be no exception.
Mozart wrote some of his greatest music for sacred occasions, and Amici, accompanied once more by the superb players of OrchestraWest, will present two of his most compelling works. His unfinished Requiem contains some of his finest composition – he believed that in some ways he was writing it for himself and even incomplete it is still a powerful testament to his amazing talent.
His ‘Solemn Vespers’ K339 is another beautiful work, famous for the glorious ‘Laudate Dominum’ which is often performed on its own – we will be presenting the entire piece. We are particularly delighted to welcome back South African soprano Erica Eloff who sang for us some years ago when she was much less renowned than now!
Soprano – Erica Eloff
Alto – Alison Kettlewell
Tenor – Rupert Charlesworth
Bass – Oliver Dunn
Watch the website for more details
Summer Concert, 2012
Saturday, 30th June, at 7:30 p.m.
Wellington Parish Church
Programme to be announced.
Remembrance Sunday, 2012
Remembrance Sunday, 11th November, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Venue tba
Sadly the choir lost one of its staunchest supporters, Jennifer McQueen, to illness last year. Just before her death, she asked John if he would perform a concert in her memory, and we are honoured and delighted to do so.
On a happier note, also this year, Amici gained the prestige of acquiring a most distinguished patron in the form of Elizabeth Watts, surely Britain’s greatest rising star in the world of opera, lieder and oratorio. Thank you Elizabeth for granting us the privilege.
These two events have come together in that Elizabeth will be the soprano soloist on November 11th when she will perform the wonderful ‘Four Last Songs’ of Richard Strauss and will be the soprano soloist in a particular favourite of Jennifer’s, Brahms’s ‘Ein Deutsches Requiem’. We last performed this work in 2006 – Elizabeth was our young soloist then also, and we knew immediately that she was destined for greatness.
Baritone soloist to be confirmed.
Watch the Amici website for more details
