Reviews
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, 30th March 2019
Thrilling debut for Orpheus’s new director of music
Seldom will a St Catherine’s, Ventnor audience have experienced a performance of such dynamic variety, or one so certain in its changes of mood and time as did the one on Saturday night for a thrilling performance of Brahms’ Requiem.
This was the first outing with...
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CELEBRATE! Celebration Anthems, 3rd November 2018
The Choir enjoyed themselves as much as the Audience
Orpheus Singers, under the baton of Sandy Hunt, provided the audience with their ‘Celebration’ Concert (which was planned by the outgoing Musical Director Toni Rogers and Conductor Philip Fryer).
Any Concert which opens with Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ and concludes with Parry’s ‘I...
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Mozart Mass in C minor, 9th June 2018
Orpheus Triumph
At Christ Church, Totland, on Saturday, Orpheus Singers gave us a night to remember with two very different works: Poulenc’s Gloria and Mozart’s C minor Mass.
The Gloria, first performed in 1951 in Boston, is full of rhythm, melody and excitement, with unexpected pauses and dramatic endings. The choir...
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Wolcum Hevenè King, 25th November 2017
An Atmospheric Evening
Isle of Wight County Press
1st December 2017
Orpheus Singers, under the baton of Philip Fryer, provided the audience with a most enjoyable programme for their ‘Wolcum Hevenè King’ Concert which opened their 25th Anniversary Concert Series. It was a very atmospheric evening, with works performed by candlelight to...
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The Grand Romantics, 6th May 2017
Expressive and colourful concert
Isle of Wight County Press
12th May 2017
IF MUSIC is about communication, then the Orpheus Singers’ concert, The Grand Romantics, on Saturday at St Catherine’s Church, Ventnor, was a winner.
The choir was in excellent form and displayed sound musical control under the baton...
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Duruflé Requiem, 4th November 2016
Singers impress with ambitious programme
Isle of Wight County Press
11th November 2016
ORPHEUS SINGERS, supporting the 2020 vision for developing St John’s Church in Newport, gave us an evening of enormous variety last Saturday. Beginning in sombre mood with Mozart’s Kyrie, they then sang the glorious...
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Quarr Abbey, May 2016
Choir’s gems send shivers down the spine
Isle of Wight County Press
14th May 2016
ON SATURDAY, on a very sunny afternoon, I chose the cool calm of Quarr Abbey, as did many others, to hear Orpheus Singers perform a selection of...
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Petite Messe Solennelle
Performance tribute to victims of terror
Isle of Wight County Press
15th November 2015
IT WAS appropriate, after the attacks in Paris, that Orpheus Singers dedicated their performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Sunday to the memory of the 129 people who lost their lives and 350...
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