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Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir April Concert

Sat 5 Apr 25
7.30pm on Saturday 5 April at the Crooked Spire Church, Chesterfield
Tickets: Adults £15, Seniors £12, full-time students and unemployed £6, U16 free. For more details check the choir website at www.chestphilchoir.org.uk Church of St Mary & All Saints (Chesterfield Crooked Spire) S40 1XJ Rossini's epic Petite Messe Solennelle. Rossini wrote this work over 30 years after retiring from composing operas. It is a missa solemnis (solemn mass) although it is neither solemn nor ‘little’ as might be expected from the title, and he described it as the last of his sins of old age. He wrote on the last page “Dear Lord, here it is finished, this poor little mass. Have I just written sacred music, or rather, sacrilegious music? I was born for opera buffa, as you well know. Not much technique, a little bit of heart, that's all. Blessings to you and grant me Paradise.” The music in all its glory is magnificent, uplifting, reflective, gentle and exciting – you won’t want to miss it! The choir will be accompanied by Jonathan Scott, “the leading British Organist” on harmonium and the choir’s accompanist Kathleen Hesford on piano. Alongside the choir there will be four professional soloists from Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music... READ MORE>

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