Transitions

Joyful Company of Singers

Choral works reflecting life’s transitions and voyages of all kinds, with readings by poet Katrina Porteous.

St Paul's Catholic Church

The Joyful Company of Singers - JCS - is one of Britain’s leading amateur chamber choirs, committed to performing a wide and challenging repertoire.This concert's programme of choral works by British composers includes arrangements of Northumbrian folksongs plus pieces by John Casken, James MacMillan, Charles Hubert Parry, John Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Judith Bingham.For this performance we will be joined by poet and author Katrina Porteous, a long-term resident of Northumbria. Katrina will be reading some of her poems and writings interleaved with the music in the programme.For details of our other performances in Northumbria in May 2024, visit www.jcos.co.uk/performancesTickets:JCS is committed to reaching as wide an audience as possible:<ul><li>Our Standard ticket price is intended for those who have access to a regular disposable income or savings and can afford it.</li><li>Our Adult Concession, Youth U30 Concession and Child U12 rates are offered to anyone who needs them to make being in our audience affordable.</li></ul> Programme:The springtime of the year, Just as the tide was flowing - Ralph Vaughan WilliamsSt. Brendan and the Fishes - Paul ReadeREADINGO Radiant Dawn, ….fiat mihi… - Sir James MacMillanREADINGUncertain Sea - John CaskenINTERVALDistant Thunder - Judith BinghamMy Soul, there is a country, Never weather-beaten sail, There is an old belief - Sir Hubert ParrySunrising - John CaskenREADINGSong for Athene - Sir John TavenerREADINGThe Water of Tyne, Bobby Shaftoe - Trad. arr W.G. WhittakerMaa Bonny Lad, Dance ti thy Daddy - Trad. arr Derek Hobbs

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