‘Mozart would have been pleased’
So said the reviewer at the Easter concert – see the review in full here.
The house was full, and the applause long and appreciative.
The performance was recorded, and CDs will be available at future Amici 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.
Summer Concert, 2012 – “HOORAH for AMICI!”
Saturday, 30th June, at 7:30 p.m.
Wellington Parish Church
“HOORAH for AMICI!”
Amici – aren’t you the choir who do all that serious stuff? Bach and Mozart and the like? Yes, we do, but come and hear us in the summer – we’ll have a jazz trio, and our hair will be very much let down, with Gershwin, Rutter, Whitacre and the like.
‘Hoorah!’ is the name of the concert, and in this celebration year Amici will be adding to the jollity with their own light-hearted offering. The Ron Prentice Trio will join the choir in St. John’s Church Wellington at 7:30 on June 30th for a real mixture of old and new, refined and raucous, up beat and serene. You’ve never heard a ‘Benedictus’ like the one from Will Todd’s ‘Mass in Blue’ and if you can stay still and seated during Rutter’s ‘When the Saints’ you’re just a stick in the mud.
There will be some reflective and tranquil pieces too, from modern masters such as Lauridsen and Randall Thompson, mixed in with classics from Elgar and Stanford – we want this to be a concert with something for everyone, whatever your musical tastes.
Tickets are £10 (under 12s free) from Taunton Tourist Information, Gillian Greig Music, ‘Cloud Nine’ Wellington and via the Amici website.
See you there!
Remembrance Sunday, 2012
Remembrance Sunday, 11th November, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
King’s College Chapel, Taunton
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.
The concert will begin with a rarity – the 1897 ‘Magnificat’ by Parry. Never before performed in Taunton, this piece was heard in the recent TV documentary featuring the Prince of Wales ‘The Prince and the Composer’. The search for the printed music was a saga in itself, but John Cole persevered and we will be making musical history as a result.
Watch the Amici website for more details
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