Hogarth Singer's Spring Concert This Sunday

Local choir performing a programme featuring French composers

As Spring makes her appearance in Chiswick, and days lengthen, thoughts turn to an appropriate musical accompaniment.

Hogarth Singers will be performing their Spring concert on Saturday 16 March at 7.30pm at their usual concert venue, St Michael and All Angels, Bath Road, W4 1TT.

The programme features French composers Faure, Saint-Saens and Vierne, who were all writing in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. Faure's Pavane will be familiar to many readers, there are passages of Saint-Saens's Requiem that may sound that you have heard before but can't quite place, and you may not have previously heard Vierne's Messe Solennelle. The choir will be directed by Rupert Gill and accompanied by Andrew Wells.

Tickets are £13, and are available from members of the choir, or call 07555 721662, or visit their website. Under 16's are free.

Hogarth Singers is a chamber choir in Chiswick, which evolved from a choir set up in IBM called The Meistersingers in the early 1980s. It is a registered charity with the intention of promoting a love of choral music and developing public education in the art and science of music in all its aspects by presenting public concerts and recitals.

Membership ranges between 50 – 60 people and they sing a wide range of choral music, both sacred and secular. They sing three concerts each year but also organise other activities which enable the choir to sing in a new setting and to enjoy some more sociable experiences not always involving singing.

They are a non-auditioning choir although the music director will check any new member’s voice. It is, however, very useful to have some choral experience and the ability to read music is most beneficial.

If you would like to join contact hogarthsingers@gmail.com, or call Sue on  07880 600991.

March 11, 2019