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Dear Concert Supporter,
"It's Christmas!" With Excelsis and the Choristers of St Edmunds
Sunday 7th December at 6.30pm - St Luke's Church
This is a first for Grayshott Concerts - a programme of Christmas Music, Carols and Readings in aid of the St Luke's Church Organ Appeal.
Our Director of Music, Robert Lewis, has an exciting programme lined up, with many old favourites and some new ones too. A brass ensemble is included, together with some solo performances. We can promise you an ideal start to the Festive Season - a chance to enjoy wonderful music, meet up with friends, and partake of some Christmas cheer both during the interval and after the performance. An evening not to be missed !
Tickets £10.00 each, for allocated seating - with a retiring collection.
To book: please telephone 01428 606666 or click here to visit the concerts website
Friends are invited to book any time and we advise you to do so before general booking opens if you would like to secure your usual seats.
General Booking opens 8th November
Please note that we are now able to take payment by credit or debit cards
We look forward to meeting you there, and to raising a substantial sum for St Luke's Church Organ Appeal at the same time.
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Stabat Mater - Karl Jenkins
Saturday 14th March 2009 at 7.30pm
We are privileged to be able to stage this epic new choral work by one of the world's most successful modern composers. Premiered at Liverpool Cathedral in March this year, the performance received a standing ovation from the 2000 strong audience.
We are honoured and delighted to announce that our performance will be attended by the composer, Dr Karl Jenkins, and by Mrs Carol Jenkins. They have kindly accepted our invitation, and will travel from their home in Wales especially to be present. Karl is currently touring with the work, which he is conducting to full houses up and down the country. This could well be the first occasion on which he will experience "Stabat Mater" from a seat in the audience. We anticipate that Karl will be available to sign copies of his CDs, which will be on sale after the performance.
Stabat Mater is sung in six languages, English, Latin, Greek, and the ethnic tongues of Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. These last three call for an "ethnic" soloist, and we have retained Belinda Sykes to take this role. Belinda performed, both at the premiere and on the CD, and is currently touring with Karl. She also plays on the duduk, one of the ethnic instruments which form part of the score.
Stabat Mater is on an epic scale, and calls for an orchestra of almost 40, in addition to a choir and two vocal soloists. The recording itself is very dramatic, but to be fully appreciated the work is best experienced live. This is the largest and most ambitious project Grayshott Concerts has ever undertaken at St Luke's. We must therefore increase ticket prices for this concert which, even with a full house, will not meet the cost of the performance, the balance being covered by our ever generous sponsors and members of Buy in Grayshott. However, we are confident you will still find this event exceptional value for a performance of this quality and drama. We emphasise that Dr and Mrs Jenkins are not charging for their attendance or for any expenses they incur.
Grayshott's own choir, Excelsis, conducted by our intrepid Director of Music, Robert Lewis, has taken on the challenge of performing this fantastic oratorio - in the presence of its composer. If you liked his "Armed Man" - you will love his "Stabat Mater".
How to book:
Ticket Prices: £25.00 for all seats, to include a complimentary interval drink. All seats offer good views and the acoustics in the church are excellent throughout.
General Booking will open on Saturday 10th January 2009
However, we will be pleased to take reservations at any time now
>> either through our website www.grayshottconcerts.co.uk or
>> by telephone on 01428 606666.
Allocation of seats will be made on Friday 9th January 2009 in the following order of priority:
Gold Friends registered as at 1 Jan 09
Silver Friends registered as at 1 Jan 09
Ruby Friends registered as at 1 Jan 09
Others in order of reservations received.
Please see below if you would like more information on Friends of Grayshott Concerts.
Please make payment for reserved tickets on or before 10th January. We can now accept credit or debit cards over the telephone.
FRIENDS OF GRAYSHOTT CONCERTS
During 2008, over 60 concert goers and their families became Friends of Grayshott Concerts at various levels, giving tremendous extra support to our events and allowing us to present even higher quality performances. Apart from giving priority booking to all Friends at each concert, Gold and Silver Friends enjoyed a number of complimentary tickets, and a special Friends evening was held at St Edmunds School.
A new year starts on 1 Jan 2009, and existing Friends will shortly receive a personal invitation to continue with their support for 2009.
If you are not yet a Friend, and would like more information, please telephone us on 01428 606666.
Yours sincerely
Vivien Harrison
Artistic Director
Grayshott Concerts, Folly Cottage, Hammer Lane, Grayshott, Hindhead, GU26 6JD
tel : 01428 606 666
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