NEW SEASON STARTS IN STYLE
GUINNESS CHOIR CELEBRATED GUINNESS 250th ANNIVERSARY
IN THE STOREHOUSE
on Saturday 12th September 2009
The Guinness Choir entertained the guests arriving at the Storehouse with a selection of well known songs and melodies including Happy Birthday Uncle Arthur and the Guinness advertisement theme tune. Then it was the turn of the Guinness Company to entertain the Choir to meal and refreshment.
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GUINNESS CHOIR WOW IN WHITEHALL
with Bach Cantata 140; Suite No 3; Magnificat.
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Comments from THE IRISH TIMES Tuesday 25th November 2008 (edited)
Kilkenny College Chamber, Choir, Guinness Choir, Church of the Holy Child, Whitehall, Dublin
Bach Cantata 140; Suite No 3; Magnificat.
The Guinness Choir succeeded again with a large audience at the big Church of the Holy Child........
The choir presented a popular all-Bach programme with returning partners the Ulster Orchestra under conductor David Milne.
It included the best quartet of soloists that the Guinness have so far assembled at this venue.......
Colette Boushell, who has appeared regularly with the choir since standing in for no less than Emma Kirkby, sings with a fresh, bright presence.
Philip O’Reilly was particularly warm and sincere in a recitative in which the allegorical groom takes his bride.
His success here was important since alongside him was tenor John Elwes, a master of Bach recitative, who was also a sensitive a partner in the Magnificat’s duet on Et misericordia.
For this he was joined by versatile Tanya Sewell singing with sweetness and freshness.
Milne has always had the measure of the big acoustic in Whitehall, here again managing all the balances between the refined Ulster Orchestra, the soloists and choir.
A sensitive continuo section was led by stylish harpsichordist Malcolm Proud, and there were very fine obbligato solos from violin, oboe and oboe d’amore.
The choir itself was in good voice, especially the sopranos with their long cantus firmus melody in the cantata. One of the peaks of the choir’s expressive responsiveness to Milne was in the cantata’s final chorale, which may have been partly due to singing from memory.
The girls from the Kilkenny College Chamber Choir added a sheen, notably to the soprano line, and sang the Magnificat’s trio with welcome naturalness.
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Previous Concerts:
Bach: Magnificat, Cantata 140 & Suite No. 3
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The National Concert Hall
Sunday 13th April 2008
INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY by GERALD FINZI
SPRING SYMPHONY by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
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SPRING CONCERT
The Guinness Choir and Orchestra Directed by David Milne.
Martyn Hill Tenor, Charlotte Ellett Soprano, Emma Selway Alto,
The Boys of the Palestrina Choir
Gerald Finzi - Intimations of Immortality
Benjamin Britten - Spring Symphony
Sunday 13th April 2008
National Concert Hall
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Verdi - Requiem
The Ulster Orchestra
Conductor - Celso Antunes
Soprano - Majella Cullagh
Contralto - Graciela Araya
Tenor - Rodrigo Orrego
Bass - Andreas Horl
The Belfast Philharmonic Choir
(Chorusmaster - Christopher Bell)
The Guinness Choir, Dublin
(Chorusmaster - David Milne)
Date: 16 November 2007
Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Mahler 8th Symphony
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Gerhard Markson
National Basketball Arena, Tallaght
26 May 2007
