Summer Concert -June 28th 2019
This Summer the Songbirds invited friends and family to join them at the Methodist Church Market Harborough as they “sang for their supper”.
The programme was a wonderful mixture of music from the 40s to the ‘noughties’ not forgetting the mid-13th Century round, “Sumer Is Icumen In” performed beautifully by Ali, Frankie, Liz, Gill, Alison and Charlotta! The evening opened with “California Dreamin’” followed by “May It Be”, a song written by Irish recording artist Enya for the 2001 film “The Lord Of The Rings”. |
The audience showed great appreciation for the choir’s performance of the “Les Misérables” medley (all fifteen minutes of it) including the solos and small group sections. Thanks to Ali, Frankie, Lucy, Gill and Charlotta.
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Later in the programme a seventeenth century Irish folk song, “A Bunch Of Thyme” included a duet by Helen and Gill. The melody is very sweet but the words carry a hidden meaning - a warning to all young women to ‘always beware’!
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“Remember Me” is a poem by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) and the choir performed a Bob Chilcott arrangement of it which he created in 2012 as a response to the tragedy on the island of Utøya in Norway where 68 young people lost their lives. The music underlines the beauty and sadness of the words and makes this a very moving song.
The closing section of the concert really raised the tempo as Songbirds swung through the 50s to finish with a rousing ABBA medley from the film “Mamma Mia”. Audience participation was essential!
It was a busy night for the Songbirds who not only sang enthusiastically throughout, many of them also introduced the songs and read poems and, finally...... audience and choir members enjoyed a supper together of sandwiches, snacks, savouries and sweet stuffs - all provided, of course, by Songbirds and their friends and family!
Songbirds’ current chosen charity is the VASL Young Carers Group and Kate Hawkins, the Group Manager came to talk to everyone about her work and managed to recruit four volunteers during the evening!
Songbirds’ current chosen charity is the VASL Young Carers Group and Kate Hawkins, the Group Manager came to talk to everyone about her work and managed to recruit four volunteers during the evening!