{"id":4838,"date":"2018-12-16T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2018-12-16T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T20:13:06","slug":"hastings-philharmonic-christmas-concert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4838","title":{"rendered":"Hastings Philharmonic: Christmas Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings, Saturday 15 December 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

St Mary\u2019s full to the gunnels; Hastings Philharmonic on top form; Marcio\u2019s O Holy Night <\/em>\u2013 it has to be Christmas! But the heart of the evening was subtly different this year with a lot of unaccompanied singing of a more reflective nature after the breezy account of Malcom Archer\u2019s arrangement of Angels from the Realms of Glory. <\/em>The gently lyrical El Desembre Congelat<\/em> was followed by John Rutter\u2019s moving arrangement of the spiritual Rise up, shepherd, and follow. <\/em>Marcio da Silva drew on the strengths of solo voices in the choir not only in the spiritual but also for the opening of In the bleak mid-winter<\/em> and the voices of the kings in We three kings.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ding Dong Merrily on High<\/em> allowed the harmony to crystalize before a fine a cappella<\/em> version of Mary had a baby. <\/em>We have become accustomed now to Marcio\u2019s loving rendition of O Holy Night<\/em> but it still makes an indelible impression and led effortlessly into the section with Guestling-Bradshaw Children\u2019s Choir. They joined all of us for Once in Royal David\u2019s City<\/em> adding a well-focused treble solo before two favourites of theirs \u2013 This Little Light of Mine <\/em>and The Twelve Days of Christmas. <\/em>\u00a0Children from the large audience made their way to the front to join in Away in a Manger<\/em> before our final carol \u2013 O Come all ye Faithful.<\/em> At key points throughout the evening we all joined in communal carols and it was a pleasure to welcome back Inspiritus Brass<\/em> with their own approach to carols and Christmas songs. To ensure we didn\u2019t drop off we were encouraged to do all the actions in Snow Waltz \u2013<\/em> and quite right to.<\/p>\n

Before the concert proper started we heard three young violinists (one of them very, very young!) and at the end Marcio spoke about the establishment of a Violin school and scholarships for Young Singers to work with Hastings Philharmonic. With the continuing dearth of school music, community involvement is ever more important and any interested singers can find further details at www.hastingsphilharmonic.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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