Advent Concerts 2017
The Ashburton Singers warmly invite you to raise your voices with choir and organ in several well-known Advent Carols during our concerts of varied and evocative music for Advent.
Composers and musicians have for centuries found inspiration in the seasonal texts of Prophecy and the Virgin birth and consequently there is a wealth of magnificent music in which to celebrate this time of year.
The Singers present a programme of European sacred music, both accompanied and unaccompanied, from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries accompanied on the organ by Stephen Tanner.
From the joyful “Angelus ad Virginem” in a lively setting by Andrew Carter to the contemplative “How beautiful upon the mountains” by John Stainer, the concert includes music by the German Renaissance composers Michael Praetorius and Johannes Eccard and hymns to the Virgin by Arvo Part and Sergei Rachmaninov.
There will also be the opportunity to join with choir and organ in well-loved Advent hymns such as “On Jordan’s Bank” and “Hills of the North, Rejoice!”
Saturday 25th November
With Stephen Tanner Organ
St. Luke’s Church, Buckfastleigh
Interval refreshments include mince pies, mulled wine and mulled apple juice.
Entrance free – retiring collection
Saturday 16th December
Ipplepen Methodist Church
Interval refreshments
Entrance free – retiring collection
Proceeds to the building fund
All concerts start at 7.30 pm