Favourite memories of the year:
SPEM IN ALIUM was a once in a lifetime opportunity for present choir members to join forces with former members to create a huge choir approaching 120 voices! Jamal conducted from the centre of the chapel and we formed an enormous circle around him, and the audience! The acoustic worked its magic and this ancient work found its wings and flew! Unforgettable.
GALA CONCERT was so much fun (especially at the after-party!) but also, the performance with Endelienta Baroque was a real treat for us as singers - Jamal had coached us to new levels of detail and interpretation of these well-loved pieces and once again St Paul's was full to the gunnels.
The WELLS WEEKEND was amazing. It re-connected us socially and bound us together, cementing friendship and creating new. We were heartened to find that we had a very good audience even in Somerset! And the choice of music was exceptional - we will never forget the Howells sung in that collegiate setting. Very special indeed and what a privilege.
The anniversary also prompted us to form new links: we launched our Choral Scholarship scheme successfully in September and also our online newsletter for our supporters and an opportunity to fully support us and join us with our Friends' Programme. We had terrific sponsorship from D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust and the Winchester Round Table.
Below you will find each concert as it was listed at the time together with the subsequent review. Enjoy!
Spem in Alium
Saturday 23rd March 2024, 7:30pm
Chapel of St Cross, Winchester
What better piece is there to celebrate 40 years of music making than Thomas Tallis’s monumental 40-part motet Spem in alium. 40 years for 40 voices? This is a work that celebrates the real art of composition, a polyphonic masterpiece that is cleverly crafted to create a surround-sound effect in which the audience is centre stage.
Other works in this programme have been chosen for their celebratory nature, both of glorious music-making and compositional genius.
Come & Sing!
Saturday 4th May 2024, 10am-4pm
St Paul's Church, Winchester
Come and celebrate with us the joy of singing, the joy of music-making and the joy of coming together to immerse ourselves in all that is wonderful about the English Choral Tradition. You will have a special chance to sing with Southern Voices under Jamal Sutton, who will coach us in some favourite joyous pieces, both secular and sacred, which can be crafted into a performance within the timescale available.
I hope you will find the members of Southern Voices a wonderful group of committed and friendly musicians, with a collective aim to perform to the best of their ability. So why not come and join us to sing joyous music from across the ages?
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Gala Concert
Saturday 13th July 2024, 6pm
St Paul's Church, Winchester
Southern Voices is thrilled to be celebrating 40 years in 2024 and we are truly looking forward to delighting audiences with our year-long programme of concerts. The Gala Concert is indeed the centrepiece of our year of celebration and, if you can only make one occasion, make it this one – wonderful music, wonderful musicians, performing the timeless classics of Vivaldi’s Gloria and JS Bach’s Magnificat.
Our Gala concert will be followed by a Gala Reception with wine, song, and canapes. What more could you possibly ask for?
Wells Cathedral Weekend of Services
Friday 25th - Sunday 27th October
Well's Cathedral
Southern Voices are on the road! In a break from the concert stage, and heading to one of the UK’s finest Cathedrals, we shall be helping to guide the Cathedral through its worship in service and concert through the weekend. The choir will sing the offices of Evensong and Eucharist, including a lunchtime concert.
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Christmas with Southern Voices
Saturday 21st December, 7:30pm
Chapel of St Cross, Winchester
Christmas is always the most magical of times and Southern Voices intends to make our 40th Anniversary Christmas celebration that bit more special this year. Join us for our annual Christmas Concert in the glorious Chapel of St Cross for a festive programme of Christmas Music including the Britten Ceremony of Carols for mixed choir.
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