2008

St Mary's Church, Twyford, was filled with more than 100 people on Sunday March 16 for Twyford Singers' presentation of Stainer's Crucifixion, a Victorian meditation for Easter.  It was hailed by members of the audience as an impressive performance, excellent, and passionate.  Guest soloists Nick Madden, tenor, and Gareth Dayus-Jones, baritone, Lay Clerks at St George's Chapel, Windsor, interpreted their parts with great beauty and insight. The accompanist was Geraldine Marsden. Twyford Singers Musical Director, Ronan Busfield, said that the evening's performance was a fresh new approach to an old favourite, masterfully performed by the choir and soloists, and adhering to the message of Palm Sunday and Holy Week. The Singers are pictured below at their rehearsal. Twyford Singers' next Concert will be on June 28 at Loddon Hall, Twyford.  The first part of the programme will be a performance of Faure's Requiem.  The second half will include settings of Beatles' songs and other modern music. If you would like to sing with Twyford Singers, or for more information about the choir, please contact the Choir Secretary on 0118 969 5181

2007	Conductor Simon Rigby's farewell concert with the choir: Madrigals, Opera Choruses, Welsh Folksongs and English Part-Songs; with the added bonus of 3 solo items by Riko Tanaka and a selection of music from the Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band

2000	"Ring 'n Sing" Bells and voices in harmony!
2001	"A Night at the Opera" from Nessun Dorma to Summertime with a boisterous Polovtsian Dances to round the evening off
2002	"With a Voice of Singing" A programme of glorious choral pieces and Golden Jubilee celebrations
2003	"Songs for a Summer Evening" a quick canter through 800 years of songs used as a form of entertainment
2004	A programme of choral pieces some old, some more modern. We were also pleased to welcome our guests String Quartet "Isis" who performed Schubert's "Rosamunde"
2005	The highlight of a programme of madrigals and folk-songs from across the centuries and around the world was a performance of the specially-commissioned "Kestrel Road" to celebrate the 70th Birthday of the Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.  The concert's narrator was Jim Cathcart of Radio Berkshire.   This concert was also the last given under the baton of our Musical Director for the previous 17 years, Chris Brown.
2006	Our first Summer Concert with Simon Rigby, for which we were also joined by three young guest soloists, who made a big hit with the audience. The programme included Bach's "Wachet Auf", Handel's "Zadok the Priest" and Vivaldi's "Gloria" as well as a few pieces reflecting the celebrations for Her Majesty's 80th. The Singers in action before and during the Summer Concert 2006

Each Christmas we present the Twyford Christmas Concert at St Mary's Parish Church with a programme of seasonal songs, carols and some longer pieces (Messiah excerts, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Vivaldi Gloria etc)

Each Palm Sunday for the past 8 years we have performed either Stainer's Crucifixion or Maunder's Olivet to Calvary

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