Choir is elated to be back singing
The Beaufort Singers are excited to be back presenting the Boxgrove Choral Festival with a packed schedule of seven live in-person events across four days from September 2 to 5.
Festival director Joseph Wicks said: “Of those seven events, there will be three sung services and four concerts, all performed in thestunningBoxgrovePriory.
“To kick things off on September 2, there will be a service of choral evensong featuring music by Gibbons, Howells, Stanford, Rachmaninov and Philip Moore. This is free to attend as are the other two services.”
Of course, it’s a festival which comes with added significance this year. “To say thatithasbeenatoughtimefor musiciansthesepast18months would be a masterpiece of understatement.
“Inthemidstofmaddening travel restrictions for touring professionals,socialdistancing guide-lines that have made the majority of both amateur and professional projects impossible and the lack of understanding from lawmakers as to the risks associated with singing/ concert-going as compared to the risks of going to football matches, it’s been a quite appalling period, not just for singing as an industry, but for singingasapastime.
“And so, it is with utter elation that we return to choral singing, not just in front of the camera lens, but to live audiences! In my short experience of being back giving concerts this year, it seems that the concert-going public have been starved of live music for far too long and are extremely keen to return – and return they do, in great number!” Tickets: thebeaufortsingers.co.uk