World AIDS Day
A letter from The Mayor
24/02/08 21:34
After our very successful World
AIDS Day concert, we received this letter from the Mayor who
attended.
Mayor Letter
Mayor Letter
Our concert on the theme of "Freedom"
01/12/07 22:13
This year we continued our
longstanding tradition of marking World AIDS Day in Brighton and
Hove and the theme of the evening was "Freedom" and included songs
and music from around the globe based on this theme. As it was the
last full (and packed!) concert of our 10th Anniversary Year we
were also very pleased to welcome the The Right Worshipful the
Mayor of the City of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Carol Theobald
who lit the first candle of our commemorative
vigil.
We had 'two' special guests; our friends The City of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus (counting them as one!) who performed their 'AIDS Trilogy', taking us musically through the stages of the development of AIDS in the gay community so far .
We were also pleased to have the inspirational Thandi Haruperi, who came to talk to us about her personal experience of
being a black woman
with HIV, giving us a broader perspective than we are used
to.
We were delighted that Marco Nardi offered Sign Language Interpretation for the first time at one of our concerts and as I'm sure everyone would agree, he not only provided an obvious benefit for non-hearing members of our audience, but provided every one of us with a new and enjoyable angle on the performances.
The candlelit vigil, led by Madame Mayor, gave the opportunity for everyone to contribute to the evening in their own personal way.
We had some beautiful duets, solos, the women's section and two full choirs and after such enthusiastic performances it was an honour to receive a standing ovation from the audience. We gave an encore of 'Change In My Life' which had the audience joining in too! A great end to the evening.
The proceeds from this concert will be going to the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Click here to see the programme.
We had 'two' special guests; our friends The City of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus (counting them as one!) who performed their 'AIDS Trilogy', taking us musically through the stages of the development of AIDS in the gay community so far .
We were also pleased to have the inspirational Thandi Haruperi, who came to talk to us about her personal experience of
We were delighted that Marco Nardi offered Sign Language Interpretation for the first time at one of our concerts and as I'm sure everyone would agree, he not only provided an obvious benefit for non-hearing members of our audience, but provided every one of us with a new and enjoyable angle on the performances.
The candlelit vigil, led by Madame Mayor, gave the opportunity for everyone to contribute to the evening in their own personal way.
We had some beautiful duets, solos, the women's section and two full choirs and after such enthusiastic performances it was an honour to receive a standing ovation from the audience. We gave an encore of 'Change In My Life' which had the audience joining in too! A great end to the evening.
The proceeds from this concert will be going to the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Click here to see the programme.
A performance of Fauré's Requiem for World AIDS Day
02/12/06 09:27
Another sell-out performance, this
time for our Concert for World AIDS Day. This was a beautiful
evening with some fine solo performances by choir members,
culminating in an ensemble and full organ accompanied performance
of Fauré's Requiem.
There's an article from our local paper about the performance here.
You can see pictures from the concert here.
You can see page 1 of the concert programme here and page 2 here.
Donations were made to local HIV/AIDS charities from the proceedings.
There's an article from our local paper about the performance here.
You can see pictures from the concert here.
You can see page 1 of the concert programme here and page 2 here.
Donations were made to local HIV/AIDS charities from the proceedings.
World AIDS Day concert 2005
02/12/05 19:30
For this we performed a selection
of English music - Warlock, Skempton, Britten and others.
As Liam, our chair at the time said afterwards, "We had an avalanche of positive feedback from audience members saying how well the choir had sung, what an interesting and varied repertoire it was, and how professional and polished the whole evening was."
We also welcomed the City of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus as our guests.
As Liam, our chair at the time said afterwards, "We had an avalanche of positive feedback from audience members saying how well the choir had sung, what an interesting and varied repertoire it was, and how professional and polished the whole evening was."
We also welcomed the City of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus as our guests.
Carmina Burana for World AIDS Day 2004
04/12/04 19:30
Encouraged by the success of our
rendition of Vivaldi's Gloria, we took on the challenge of
performing Carl Orff's extraordinary Carmina Burana, and judging by
the standing ovation we received at the end, we pulled it off. The
music was exciting enough, but an added frisson was provided by the
fear that due to the precarious state of the electrics we wondered
whether the entire venue would be lunged into darkness at any
second. Edge of your seat stuff ...
The performance took place in the beautiful, but chilly, St. Andrew's Church in Waterloo Street, Hove, a building being preserved on behalf of the nation by the Churches Conservation Trust. We used Orff's two piano and percussion arrangement: Matthew Pollard was Musical Director, Basil Richmond and Glen Capra played piano whilst Will Fry, Adam Bushell and Tom Norrell played percussion. We were also graced with two fine soloists - Soprano Elisabeth Wingfield and Baritone Ian Macdonald.
The members of the choir were:
Sopranos - Jen Green, Sharon Krummel and Amanda Spooner
Counter-Tenor - Michael Gough
Altos - Jill Cannon, Tanya Izzard, Hannah Latham and Gillian Stevenson
Tenors - Russell Brewerton, Adam Clarke, Iain Fleming, Angela Goodall, Simon Hincks, Daniel Kirwan, Scott McPherson, David Pitts and Stephen Watson
Basses - David Caffery, Sam Chambers, Matthew Cook, Gordon Ferguson, Luc Harvengt, John Hood, David Hoyle, Liam O'Shea and Craig Thomas
The programme was:
Happy Together - Full Choir
Joanna - Ian Macdonald
The Vain Desire - Ian Macdonald
Aria: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Elisabeth Wingfield
Duet: O Soave Fanciulla - Elisabeth Wingfield and Ian Macdonald
Fie Nay Prithee John & Pox on You for a Fop - Matthew Cook, Gordon Ferguson and David Hoyle
The Night - Full Choir
Peace - Full Choir
INTERVAL
Carmina Burana - Full Choir, Elisabeth Wingfield and Ian Macdonald
You can hear a couple of tracks from this performance here.
We made a donation of £1,000 to the Sussex Beacon from the proceeds of this concert. Nice one.
The performance took place in the beautiful, but chilly, St. Andrew's Church in Waterloo Street, Hove, a building being preserved on behalf of the nation by the Churches Conservation Trust. We used Orff's two piano and percussion arrangement: Matthew Pollard was Musical Director, Basil Richmond and Glen Capra played piano whilst Will Fry, Adam Bushell and Tom Norrell played percussion. We were also graced with two fine soloists - Soprano Elisabeth Wingfield and Baritone Ian Macdonald.
The members of the choir were:
Sopranos - Jen Green, Sharon Krummel and Amanda Spooner
Counter-Tenor - Michael Gough
Altos - Jill Cannon, Tanya Izzard, Hannah Latham and Gillian Stevenson
Tenors - Russell Brewerton, Adam Clarke, Iain Fleming, Angela Goodall, Simon Hincks, Daniel Kirwan, Scott McPherson, David Pitts and Stephen Watson
Basses - David Caffery, Sam Chambers, Matthew Cook, Gordon Ferguson, Luc Harvengt, John Hood, David Hoyle, Liam O'Shea and Craig Thomas
The programme was:
Happy Together - Full Choir
Joanna - Ian Macdonald
The Vain Desire - Ian Macdonald
Aria: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Elisabeth Wingfield
Duet: O Soave Fanciulla - Elisabeth Wingfield and Ian Macdonald
Fie Nay Prithee John & Pox on You for a Fop - Matthew Cook, Gordon Ferguson and David Hoyle
The Night - Full Choir
Peace - Full Choir
INTERVAL
Carmina Burana - Full Choir, Elisabeth Wingfield and Ian Macdonald
You can hear a couple of tracks from this performance here.
We made a donation of £1,000 to the Sussex Beacon from the proceeds of this concert. Nice one.
At the Theatre Royal, Brighton with the London Gay Men's Chorus for World AIDS Day
30/11/03 19:30
The superb, and large, London Gay
Men's Chorus finished their UK tour 'Tying the Knot' with a special
WAD performance at Brighton's Theatre Royal. They invited us to
perform a solo spot and then to join with them on the finale, so,
always open to a wonderful opportunity, we accepted. Proceeds from
the concert went to Brighton Cares.
We had a solo spot where we sang, California Dreamin', John Taverner's "Prayer for the healing of the Sick" and Money, Money, Money. Finally, we joined forces with local choir Hullabaloo to increase the on stage numbers to around 120 for the finale performance of Coming and Going. Someone wrote to our chair later saying the following "I shall always remember the World Aids Day segment, the minutes silence was particularly poignant and Coming and Going that followed was so powerful. The first set of Hiyahi's [in Coming & Going] was so powerful I felt thrown back into my seat and a smile a mile wide came over my face. You could see the whole audience experience such powerful singing and be moved by it."
You can hear a couple of tracks from this performance here.
Rehearsal
Some of us popped into the pub next door before the performance (just a little drink of course ...)
Our solo performance
The roof-raising finale
We had a solo spot where we sang, California Dreamin', John Taverner's "Prayer for the healing of the Sick" and Money, Money, Money. Finally, we joined forces with local choir Hullabaloo to increase the on stage numbers to around 120 for the finale performance of Coming and Going. Someone wrote to our chair later saying the following "I shall always remember the World Aids Day segment, the minutes silence was particularly poignant and Coming and Going that followed was so powerful. The first set of Hiyahi's [in Coming & Going] was so powerful I felt thrown back into my seat and a smile a mile wide came over my face. You could see the whole audience experience such powerful singing and be moved by it."
You can hear a couple of tracks from this performance here.
Rehearsal
Some of us popped into the pub next door before the performance (just a little drink of course ...)
Our solo performance
The roof-raising finale
World AIDS Day
02/12/02 20:00
Apologies for the sideways
presentation, but it would be too small to read
otherwise.
"Brother's Keeper" at the Sallis Benny Theatre, Grand Parade, Brighton
01/12/01 17:00
A World AIDS Day Concert intending
to embrace all aspects of the local community.
A Rainbow Chorus
04/12/99 19:30
Apologies for the sideways
presentation but it would be too small the right way round
...
Programme outside
Programme inside
Programme outside
Programme inside
"A Requiem for Those Who Die Young"
05/12/98 19:00
The
world premiere of this moving performance was presented for World
AIDS Day and was written by Toby Colins with words by Peter
McLachlan. All profits were in aid of the World AIDS Day fund for
Brighton.
