‘Spirit’ Oratorio
Henrietta is delighted to announce that Neil Ferris has agreed to take over conducting the first performance of her oratorio ‘Spirit’, which will now take place on Saturday October 20th.
Neil is an experienced conductor, having recently been appointed Head of Choral Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is also Musical Director of both the Cardiff Polyphonic Choir and Wimbledon Choral Society. For a full biography see his website.
For those of you who might have missed the original announcement, ‘Spirit’ is a 90 minute work for choir and orchestra written by one of our altos, Henrietta Wentworth Stanley. She is giving members of WMC the exciting opportunity to participate in its premiere.
Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays in September and October .
There will be an initial workshop day on Saturday July 14th. You are welcome to come along and try out the work without obligation, only signing up for the rehearsals and performance if you like it.
The workshop, rehearsals and concert will all take place in central Andover.
Here are the full details:
We would like to invite you to take part in the first performance of ‘Spirit’, a ninety minute choral work with orchestra and are delighted that experienced conductor Neil Ferris has agreed to direct the premiere. Visit his website.
Initial Workshop Day:
You are welcome to attend this to try out the work with no obligation.
Saturday 14th July, Bridge Street Methodist Church, Andover, SP10 1BL, 10.30am – 4.30pm. Lunch will be provided. Alexander Chaplin will be conducting this. Visit his website.
Rehearsal Schedule:
Tuesday evenings: 11th, 18th, 25th September, 2nd, 9th October: Bridge Street Methodist Church, Andover, SP10 1BL, 7.30pm – 9.30pm.
Wednesday 17th October: St. Mary’s Church, Andover, time tbc.
Friday 19th October: Bridge Street Methodist Church, time tbc. (WMC members are excused this rehearsal.)
Saturday 20th October: St Mary’s Church, Andover, afternoon, time tbc.
Please can you let us know if you are interested and available for this at your earliest convenience by email to Sally Biles at spiritoratorio@gmail.com.
We would love to see you and hope that you will come and sing with us. ‘SPIRIT’ promises to be a truly exciting and enjoyable event.