Liverpool Welsh Choral spread Christmas cheer at Sudley House

A group of 30 members of Liverpool Welsh Choral, performed traditional Christmas carols at the beautifully decorated Sudley House on Sunday 8th December.

As we start to celebrate this most wonderful time of the year, the choir, in usual fine voice, delighted visitors to the Victorian Christmas event singing firm festive favourites such as Away in a Manger, Oh Come All ye Faithful, Silent Night and of course…..We wish you a Merry Christmas!

125th Anniversary Concert 

Join Liverpool Welsh Choral as we celebrate 125 years of the choir’s contribution to music in the city! 

This special anniversary concert features William Walton’s spectacular Coronation Te Deum, Constant Lambert’s jazzy and colourful Rio Grande, and an eclectic mix of great music by Karl Jenkins and Gerald Finzi. 

The concert also includes a new work by Keith Orrell, specifically commissioned for this occasion, linked to the theme of rivers, concluding with a resplendent Liverpudlian vision of the River Mersey.

All this, plus a full orchestra (Celtic Sinfonia), international pianist Martin Roscoe, Liverpool-born opera superstar Kathryn Rudge and top organist Stephen Hargreaves.

Festive Fanfare

Liverpool Welsh Choral joined forces once again with Northop Silver Band (conductor Chris Binns) for a spectacular Christmas concert, full of festive cheer, humour, beauty and charm. The choir sang many favourite carols, alongside some unusual pieces including an Icelandic composition called Heyr Himna Smidur by Sigurbjornsson.  

This time, under the baton of Stephen Hargreaves, the choir gave a delightful performance filled with festive spirit.

LIVERPOOL WELSH CHORAL were back on the Wirral singing the choral masterpiece that is Faure Requiem, alongside the beautiful Messe Solennelle De Saint Cecile.

The Choral Symphony

Liverpool Welsh Choral and Liverpool Mozart Orchestra joined forces to perform Beethoven No.9 “The Choral Symphony”, which is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential works in classical music.  Consisting of four movements, including the famous choral setting of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Frude” (Ode to Joy), the masterpiece transcends time and continues to inspire generations of music lovers even today.

“Just to say a colossal, immeasurable thank you for tonight – a standing ovation thoroughly deserved all round. The LWC were blisteringly brilliant in every corner, and I can’t thank you enough.  We did the work proud and I’ve had lots of great audience feedback about how doing it in the smaller venue of Tung added to the excitement of the whole concert. We will look forward to working with you again in the future.”

Jonathan Stone Chairman/Principal Cello – Liverpool Mozart Orchestra

Wow Event!

Liverpool Welsh Choral braved the elements to bring some of Verdi’s Requiem to the shoppers of Liverpool ahead of the big concert scheduled in April.

Festive Fanfare

Liverpool Welsh Choral (conductor Keith Orrell) and Stephen Hargreaves (accompanist) joined forces once again with Northop Silver Band (conductor Daniel Brooks/Gareth Brindle) for a spectacular Christmas concert, full of festive cheer, humour, beauty and charm. The choir sang many favourite carols, with contemporary twists of original pieces.

The ever-popular Christmas collaboration of the choir with the Northop Silver Band, renewed once more, was a delightful evening filled with festive spirit.

The choir create a stir at Strawberry Fields singing seasonal carols

During the festive period, in addition to preparing for our Christmas concert, we have been busy singing Christmas carols in the Liverpool area. 4 sessions at Sudley House over the weekend of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December, delighted young and old attending the traditional Victorian Christmas event and Friday 8th saw us serenading diners in the Strawberry Fields café.

Our final carol singing session will be at The Old School House Project in Huyton on Tuesday 12th December at 1pm before we join the brilliant Northop Silver Band at the Tung Auditorium on the 16th for our fantastic Festive Fanfare!!

A grand night of musical majesty at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

The audience were transported into a world of sublime musical splendour at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, one of the most iconic and awe-inspiring venues.  It became the stage for a magnificent concert which featured an ensemble of no less than four choirs and 300 voices, a renowned orchestra, and four gifted soloists, all coming together to perform Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless masterpiece, the Requiem.  These remarkable artists performed one of Verdi’s most operatic and passionate pieces.

Written in memory of his friend, the novelist Manzoni, Requiem was a personal statement of Verdi’s grief and was first performed in Milan in May 1874.

Feedback from an audience member (Darren Niman) received after the sell out concert:

“The standard of singing was beyond excellent, absolutely top shelf material, professional, dignified with a great emphasis on diction, tone and expression.  The orchestral playing was absolutely magnificent which is what you would expect from Manchester Camerata.”

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125th Anniversary Concert