Hywel Choir looking forward to presenting The Town Remembers at St Elli Parish Church
Further to a fun ABBA Challenge Performance Workshop at the Ffwrnes, Llanelli, last weekend with participants from 13 schools across the region, the Hywel Choir look forward to presenting The Town Remembers at St Elli Parish Church, Llanelli on Saturday 4 October where they will be joined by the Llanelli Choral Society and tenor Aled Hall for the WW1 Centenary event.
Highlights of the event will include 100 remembrance lanterns scattered around the grounds of the church and 100 candles burning inside the church as well as the church internally theatrically lit for the event.
Highlights of the event will include 100 remembrance lanterns scattered around the grounds of the church and 100 candles burning inside the church as well as the church internally theatrically lit for the event.
A central simple shrine will see six candles, each representing the millions of lives lost, periodically extinguished by young choristers as the night progresses.
Narrations will be given by Nia Griffiths MP, The Hon. Robin Lewis OBE, The Town Mayor Roger T Price, Warrant Officer Stuart Millson 10 year old Chloe Millson and speaker Jeremy Hywel. Musical highlights will include favourite WW1 singalongs with the Hywel Choir in full WW1 costumes, Hymn to the Fallen, Abide with Me, Last Post, highlights from The Armed Man, Jerusalem, I Vow to Thee my Country and The Old Hundredth.
The Hywel Choir will continue their busy season with a return performance to the Wales Festival of Remembrance with singing sensation Katherine Jenkins at St David’s Hall London (1 November), a return solo performance at the Royal Albert Hall London (27 November), the album launch performance with Welsh opera star Gary Griffiths to launch Gary’s album with leading voices from Wales including Rebecca Evans, the Hywel Choir and the Pontarddulais Male Choir (22 November) and the exciting Christmas Fantasia with the Hywel Choir’s resident orchestra, the British Sinfonietta and a 175-voice massed choir.
Narrations will be given by Nia Griffiths MP, The Hon. Robin Lewis OBE, The Town Mayor Roger T Price, Warrant Officer Stuart Millson 10 year old Chloe Millson and speaker Jeremy Hywel. Musical highlights will include favourite WW1 singalongs with the Hywel Choir in full WW1 costumes, Hymn to the Fallen, Abide with Me, Last Post, highlights from The Armed Man, Jerusalem, I Vow to Thee my Country and The Old Hundredth.
The Hywel Choir will continue their busy season with a return performance to the Wales Festival of Remembrance with singing sensation Katherine Jenkins at St David’s Hall London (1 November), a return solo performance at the Royal Albert Hall London (27 November), the album launch performance with Welsh opera star Gary Griffiths to launch Gary’s album with leading voices from Wales including Rebecca Evans, the Hywel Choir and the Pontarddulais Male Choir (22 November) and the exciting Christmas Fantasia with the Hywel Choir’s resident orchestra, the British Sinfonietta and a 175-voice massed choir.
The Hywel Choir will also be joining forces with Aled Jones in the new year in Llanelli for an exclusive night called “Spirit of Song.”
The Llanelli Choral Society look forward to performing at the town’s forthcoming civic WW1 commemorative performance “The Town Remembers” on 4 October and then at the Brangwyn Hall Swansea for the West Wales Festival of Remembrance (8 November), before joining forces again with the Hywel Choir for an exciting night of sensational Christmas music with the British Sinfonietta on 6 December.
The Llanelli Choral Society look forward to performing at the town’s forthcoming civic WW1 commemorative performance “The Town Remembers” on 4 October and then at the Brangwyn Hall Swansea for the West Wales Festival of Remembrance (8 November), before joining forces again with the Hywel Choir for an exciting night of sensational Christmas music with the British Sinfonietta on 6 December.
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