Pop, folk and love songs at Voices concert
A CAPACITY audience at Christ Church, Mountsorrel, was treated to a delightful mixture of love songs, folk songs and pop songs in the Charnwood Voices’ Ticket to Ride concert.
In contrast to the choir’s familiar programme of sacred music, this concert was full of ‘sing along’ tunes and melodies.
From Cole Porter’s Anything Goes to the novelty song A Windmill in Old Amsterdam through to Lennon/McCartney’s Ticket to Ride, the choir entertained the audience with close harmo- nies and rousing choruses.
The choir looked resplendent in their new attire as they started the concert with John David’s New Day.
More reflective moments were in the choir’s rendition of Shenandoah and Gershwin’s Summertime with soloists giving great poignancy to the pieces.
The choir’s musical director, Nicholas (Nick) Scott-Burt, gave three piano pieces over the evening starting with Michel Legrand’s What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life, followed by Don’t Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Elling- ton and finally giving the audience lessons on Jazz composition as an introduction to his dazzling piano performance of Eric Garner’s Misty.
The choir’s final offering was Tony Hatch’s Downtown but there was nothing down about the audience’s appreciation and applause of a highly entertaining evening.
The next concert by the choir is their Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 16 at St John the Baptist, Church Street, Belton.
Report by Ray Rue