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• Note-bashing at the start of the 2004 Messiah rehearsals; JOHN PURIFIES THE BASSES

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• Rehearsing Haydn's 'Creation' - John sings the Soprano solo parts, while the rest of us tag on.
  • Movement 18a "The Lord is great, and great his might"
  • The chorus from Movement 27, "By thee with bliss"

• The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins in November 2006, CHARGE
• From Handel's Messiah HE TRUSTED IN HIM (NOTE: This item is in WMA format, not MP3, and seems to load a lot faster. It MAY be worth trying, even if you are on 'dial-up'.)
• Our Chairman, Hilary Rowland, sings the second soprano part in the soprano duet   "I waited for my Lord" from Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise".
• From Mozart's Requiem, LACRIMOSA recorded in Boston Spa Parish Church, April 2006.
• Rehearsing LINDEN LEA, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, prior to the June 2007 Gala Concert.
• Finally, probably our best concert ever - Handel's JUDAS MACCABAEUS in April 2008.
  • First, we attempt 'SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES' in rehearsal and, with John's help, we eventually get there.
  • Next, John sings the tenor part in Movement 60 "SING UNTO GOD AND HIGH AFFECTIONS RAISE" recorded at the concert. But I regret that this recording can, at the moment, be somewhat unreliable - sorry!
  • Keeping the best from this concert until last, we have John singing the counter-tenor part in Movement 53 "FATHER OF HEAVEN", also recorded at the concert. This will follow on this web site as soon as I have managed to sort out a few technical problems.

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