RYDE CHORUS TO PRESENT SUMMER CONCERT AT ALL SAINTS IN JULY

A concert of music from a Summer’s evening will be presented at All Saints’ Church in Ryde by Ryde Chorus on Saturday 13th July. The choir will perform a selection of choral music by contemporary composers. Bob Chilcott is a well-established English composer and arranger of both sacred and secular pieces. This choir will sing his arrangements of the Irish traditional song, ‘Danny Boy’, the 16^th century ‘The Lily and the Rose’ and ‘Be Thou my Vision’. Sir John Rutter has been described as the master of writing popular choral works. He founded The Cambridge Singers in 1983 with whom he has made numerous recordings. Ryde Chorus will sing his much-loved arrangements of ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘A Gaelic Blessing’ and ‘The Lord Bless you and keep you’. Ola Gjeilo is a Norwegian composer and pianist. Ola’s music is frequently performed by groups such as Tenebrae and Voces8 and is regularly broadcast on Classic FM. This evening the choir will perform ‘The Rose’, Ola’s arrangement of words written by Christina Rossetti and ‘The Ground’, part of his ‘Sunrise Mass for Choir’. The Musical Director is Jurgita Leistrumaite, with James Longford as piano soloist/accompanist. There will also be interval refreshments and a raffle. The event gets underway at 19:00. Tickets are £12.00 adult, under 18 free. Tickets are available on the door or in advance at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=Ryde%20Chorus. Ryde Chorus was formed in 1992 and attracts members from all over the Isle of Wight.