West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival

Subject: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Arcane Lag
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 08:40 AM

A West Gallery workshop and concert called "Murdered Anthems & Improper Psalms" will be held at Warburton (near Lymm Cheshire) next Saturday. All are welcome to come and sing music from eighteenth century English parish churches and nonconformist chapels including melancholic metrical psalms, exuberant fuguing tunes and Primitive Methodist rants, and Sheffield pub carols etc.
A chance for those who enjoy harmony singing, and those who want to try it, to join in and raise the roof.

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,AlanG at work
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 09:24 AM

Here's a link tl the website Murdere anthems and Improper psalms

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: John J
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 12:31 PM

2nd July, afternoon: I'm up for this - can I buy a ticket on the door or do I need to buy in advance?

JJ

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 12:53 PM

I'll be there too - just bought my tickets online. Thanks for the reminder Mr Arcane Lag. Are you sure "exuberant fuguing" is legal?

Matthew

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Arcane Lag
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 02:57 PM

John
The website says that tickets are available on the door for most events, so you should be ok. Otherwise we could stand outside the door and give them a few "Murdered shanties and Improper sea songs"

Matthew
Good on you Matthew,look forward to seeing you. I don't know of anything much more exuberant than "Hail Smiling Morn" and I think it's one that's on the list.

Yvonne says that she's comming but only to the concert - unless you can persuade her otherwise.

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 03:22 PM

They'd like you to buy tickets in advance so to know how many sets of music to print

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 03:25 PM

You can find out more about the Grace Darling Singers at www.gracedarlingsiners.org.uk

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 03:27 PM

Sorry! Mistyped!

www.gracedarlingsingers.org.uk

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 03:31 PM

Doesn't seem to have generated the link properly. Let's try this:


www.gracedarlingsingers.org.uk


But link or no link, it's www.gracedarlingsingers.org.uk

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 03:32 PM

I knew it all along - they are really the Grace Darling Sinners!

I love 'Hail Smiling Morn' - it has got such gorgeous bass runs in it!

"Darkness flies away!"

Matthew

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,AlanG at work
Date: 28 Jun 11 - 07:40 AM

Howard
I can't get either of the links to the Grace Darling Singers' website to work. So I'l try a blue clicky here

Alan

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Arcane Lag
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 09:00 AM

Lymm Festival – 2nd July 2011

Here's a list of the pieces that are included in the workshop

Seal: Psalm 100: 'All people that on earth do dwell'
Anon: 'Come and taste'
Anon: Trumpet 'Blow ye the trumpet, blow'
Beesly: Psalm 8 'O Thou to whom all creatures bow'
Clark: Cranbrook 'While shepherds watched'
Cooke: Canon 'Heav'n and earth'
Grundy: Kirby Lonsdale 'Why do we mourn departing friends'
Lonsdale: Gilgal 'Glory to Thee'
Owens: Psalm the 15th or the Funeral Hymn 'Weep not for me'
Purcell: Westminster 'Love divine'
Wainwright: Psalm the 24th 'Ye gates and everlasting doors'
Leach, arr.Beaumont: Jacob's Well 'At Jacob's well a Stranger sought'
Sankey: The Christian's Good-Night 'Sleep on beloved'
Spofforth: 'Hail smiling morn'

Additional pieces at the concert:
Campion: On the Joys of Heaven 'Never weather beaten sail'
Davenport: An Anthem taken out of the 150th Psalm 'O praise God in His holiness'
Harwood: The Dying Christian 'Vital spark'
Schultz: Christmas 'Thou Child Devine'

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,Yvonne
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 01:28 PM

Hi Alan

I would love to come to the workshop and concert. The chap I work for would also love to do the workshop and concert and Mike will perhaps do the concert later. Can all pay on the door?

Thanks

Yvonne x

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,AlanG cookieless
Date: 29 Jun 11 - 07:30 PM

Hello Yvonne

Yes you can pay at the door and I've checked the website and there are still some tickets left. Howard (I think he was Guest abive)likes to know how many are coming so he doesn't have to print too much music. I'll let him know you (and anyone else who posts to this thread) are comming.

Alan

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Arcane Lag
Date: 01 Jul 11 - 04:15 PM

It's on tomorrow
Some tickets are still available, or you can pay at the door.

Hope to see you there.

Alan

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,Yvonne
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 04:20 PM

What a lovely afternoon of music it was.

Though it did feel a bit odd singing 'While Shepperd's Watched' as the hot sun cracked the paving slabs outside.

Thank you to The Grace Darling Singers.

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Arcane Lag
Date: 02 Jul 11 - 06:51 PM

Glad you could come Yvonne, it was good to see so many friends there.

If we're asked back next year we'll be doing American music from the same period and tapping into the shape note tradition.

See you on Thursday at Lymm Folk Club.

Alan

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: Matthew Edwards
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 08:01 AM

I really enjoyed the workshop and concert - the old church of St Werburgh's in Warburton made a lovely setting for the songs. I very much liked the settings of 'Dying Christian/Vital Spark' and 'The Christian's Goodnight'- but maybe that just shows what morbid tastes I've got!

Thanks to Sally Drage and all the Grace Darling Singers for an excellent afternoon.

Matthew

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: John J
Date: 03 Jul 11 - 08:32 AM

I'll drink to that!

JJ

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,AlanG at work
Date: 04 Jul 11 - 06:03 AM

But you'd drink to anything John!

We were very pleased at the turnout. We had to send for extra chairs, the queued for half a mile - oops, sorry I slipped into the wrong song.
There's been a lot of positive feedback, I've had quite a few PMs. Glad so many came and enjoyed it.

Alan

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: John J
Date: 04 Jul 11 - 10:11 AM

Ah, I've been rumbled.

It was a good do, my voice really had a work-out.

JJ

Subject: RE: West Gallery Music at Lymm Festival
From: GUEST,Yvonne
Date: 04 Jul 11 - 12:27 PM

See you all at Lymm Folk Club on Thursday.

Yvonne