Dunsford Singers
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Concerts 2019 to date
Christmas 2019 concert in Dunsford Village Hall
Conductor Tim Pithers
Our Christmassy concert on the 1st of December featured the lovely Schubert Mass No.2 in G
We also sang:-
Northern Lights by Ola Gjeilo, Gaudete, O Holy Night, For Unto Us a Child is Born (from Handel’s Messiah), Winter Wonderland, and I Wonder as I Wander (a special request from our Honorary President, June Squire) and some carols with the audience participating.
Readings by choir members were 'Winter' by John Clare
'A Child's Christmas in Wales' by Dylan Thomas
Musical Director - Tim Pithers. Accompanist - Jonathan Watts
All concerts cancelled during 2020 - Covid 19 pandemic
Christmas 2021 concert in the Teign Valley Community Hall, Christow
Conductor Tim Pithers
Our Christmassy concert (our first performance since Christmas 2019) on the 11th of December featured two choruses from the rousing Messiah by Frederic Handel:
And the Glory of the Lord and For Unto Us a Child is Born.
We also sang:-
Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elizabeth Poston,
Star Carol and Nativity Carol by John Rutter, Another Openin', Another Show by Cole Porter, Lean On Me by Bill Withers and some carols with the audience participating as they did in a Christmas round for audience and choir: Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat......
Readings by choir members were Christmas by John Betjeman, Village Carol Singing
by Susan Hill, The Oxen by Thomas Hardy, Talkin' Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah and
The Nativity Mini-Story by Gervase Phinn.
Musical Director - Tim Pithers. Accompanist - Leonie Anderson
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Video of the round we sang with the audience
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Christmas 2021 - Above is a video clip of the round we sang with the audience
Summer Concert 2022 in The Teign Valley Community Hall, Christow
Conductor Tim Pithers
Francis Leversedge introduces the evening to the audience
This summer we sang with Dartmouth Orchestra, which was a great treat
Choir and Orchestra: Gabriel Fauré Pavane 1887
Orchestra: Anton Dvorak Symphony No 8 Movements 1
Choir and Orchestra: Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine 1865
Choir: Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditsye Dyevo 1915
Choir: Josef Rheinberger: Abenlied 1873
Choir and Orchestra: Felix Mendelssohn: Verlieh uns Frieden 1831
Choir and Orchestra: Fauré Requiem 1900 (photo)
Soprano soloist was our own Julie Cooney
Baritone soloist was Joe Ward
Musical Director - Tim Pithers. Accompanist - Carol Galton
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Summer Concert 2022 in St. Mary's Church, Dunsford
Conductor Tim Pithers
This free, pop-up event replaced the cancelled Dartmouth concert.
Programme as above but without the orchestra
Soloists: our own soprano Sarah Maybin from Trusham, and excellent young baritone Jeroan Yip (photo), alumni of Wells Cathedral School and now a student at Exeter University
Tim Pithers introduces the music
photo Polly Lu
'Together At Christmas' in Dunsford Church 2022
Conductor Tim Pithers
Jan Middleton reading 'Snow'
Nine pieces of music and nine readings of poetry/prose. Music highlights included: Sussex Carol
( On Christmas Night) arr Vaughan Williams, There Is No Rose from A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, All Bells in Paradise and What Sweeter Music by John Rutter and Carols of the Bells a Ukrainian Folk Tune. We also sang a number of carols with the audience joining in some.
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'Together At Christmas' in TVCH, Christow 2022
unaccompanied singing
Summer Concert TVCH, Christow 10.06.2023
Conductor Tim Pithers
Mozart's first full mass - Missa Brevis in G KV 49 with a string quartet.
Then, after the interval, we sang
opera choruses (photo above), including Rossini, Villagers' chorus (Guillaume Tell) in French. Bizet, Habanera (Carmen) in French, Handel, Enchanted Islanders (Alcina) in French. Puccini, Humming chorus (Madama Butterfly) in Italian. Verdi, Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore), and Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) in Italian. Hazel sang Dido's Lament (accompanied by Isabelle Woollcott, cello, and Carol Galton, keyboard) the aria "When I am laid in earth" from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. Our accompanist, Carol Galton played ‘AIR’ FROM PIANO SUITE by Helen Hopekirk. Conductor, Tim Pithers.
Hazel sings Dido's Lament, (accompanied by Isabel Woollcott, cello, and Carol Galton, keyboard) the aria "When I am laid in earth" from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
Summer Concert, St. Mary's, Dunsford 17.06.2023
Conductor Tim Pithers
Mozart's first full mass - Missa Brevis in G KV 49 with a string quartet.
Then, after the interval, we sang
opera choruses, including Rossini, Villagers' chorus (Guillaume Tell) in French. Bizet, Habanera (Carmen) in French, Handel, Enchanted Islanders (Alcina) in French. Puccini, Humming chorus (Madama Butterfly) in Italian. Verdi, Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore), and Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) in Italian. Julie sang Dido's Lament (accompanied by Isabelle Woollcott, cello, and Carol, keyboard), the aria "When I am laid in earth" from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. Our accompanist, Carol Galton played ‘AIR’ FROM PIANO SUITE by Helen Hopekirk'. Conductor, Tim Pithers
Applause for our soloists after the Mozart Mass accompanied by a string quartet and Carol.
Sarah, Jo, Giles, & Don
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Hazel accepted applause for her solo in the Habanera, Carmen
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Julie sings Dido's Lament, (accompanied by Isabelle Woollcott, cello, and Carol Galton, keyboard) the aria "When I am laid in earth" from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Christmas Concert, St. Mary's, Dunsford 03.12.2023
Conductor Tim Pithers
Messe de minuit pour Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier accompanied by The Teign Valley Ensemble.
many thanks to Joseph Dunkley for the ©photo
Christmas Concert, TVCH Christow, 09.12.2023
Conductor Tim Pithers
Messe de minuit pour Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier accompanied by The Teign Valley Ensemble.
We also sang
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree arranged by John Rutter
many thanks to Chris Deane for the ©video
Other music sung by the choir in both concerts included
Once in Royal David’s City Arr Mann/Willcocks
Adam Lay Ybounden Peter Warlock
O Little One Sweet JS Bach
Sans Day Carol Arr Rutter
Summer Concert, TVCH, Christow, 08.06.2024
Conductor Tim Pithers
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Samuel Coleridge Taylor, words from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Then, after the interval, we sang The Sprig of Thyme, a setting of folk songs by John Rutter
Tenor soloist Alastair Klemz
smiling along with Tim at the end of Hiawatha
Summer Concert, St. Mary's, Dunsford 15.06.2024
Conductor Tim Pithers
Hiawathas Wedding Feast by Samuel Coleridge Taylor
words from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Then after the interval, we sang The Sprig of Thyme, a setting of folk songs by John Rutter
Our concert in TVCH Christow on 7th Dec was cancelled due to a storm
Christmas Concert, St. Mary's, Dunsford 21.12.2024
Conductor Tim Pithers
We sang Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel's Messiah - two choruses, The Glory of the Lord & His Yoke Is Easy.
The Three Kings, There Is No Rose, Irish Blessing, Alpha and Omega (Bee Harley)
I Believe in Father Christmas” (Greg Lake)
Christmas Carols
Summer Concert, St. Mary's, Dunsford
07.06.2025
Conductor Tim Pithers
Our main piece was Johann Hummel's Mass in B flat, opus 77
After the interval, we continued with
Laudate Dominum ( Mozart), Sure on this Shining Night ( Morten Lauridsen), Ave Verum Corpus Mozart); The Peace of God ( Rutter); I saw a New Heaven ( Archer) and Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Jan presents Francis & Daphne with a leaving gift from the choir
Our second concert was in St. David's Church, Exeter, where a brilliant orchestra joined us in the Hummel Mass.
Carol was playing cello, so many thanks to Tim Crompton on keyboard & later the organ.
Francis & the choir say thank you to MD Tim Pithers
