Concert at Totternhoe Church, Bedfordshire
Last night was the first of our Winter concert series, this time in the lovely village Church of St Giles of Provence in Totternhoe. The Church Warden had booked us for this event after attending one of our concerts in Eaton Bray Church back in the autumn and we were delighted to be asked to perform [...]
Christmas Concert in Haddenham Church
On Friday the 17th December, we performed a second concert in St. Mary’s church, Haddenham (just outside Aylesbury on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border). It was a chilly evening which made travelling difficult as the roads were icy and several inches of snow lay on the ground - this is just one of the problems inherent in [...]
Music for a Winter’s Night - Concert in Hornchurch
On Tuesday the 14th of December we were invited to give a concert as part of Havering Council’s ‘Music for a Winter’s Night’ series at Langton’s Hall in Hornchurch, Essex. We were booked by a terrific gentleman by the name of Mark Etherington who saw the potential of the hall (as well as the potential [...]
Away in a Manger
This carol seems to have stemmed from the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther’s birth. As a possible piece of publicity, some claimed that Martin Luther himself had written ‘Away in a Manger’ as a lullaby for his own children but it seems that the carol dates from around 1883. Away in a Manger has had [...]
We Three Kings of Orient Are….
The second carol on our disc is ‘We Three Kings of Orient Are’ - a Christmas carol which first appeared in a book called ‘Carols, Hymns and Songs’ of 1863 - written by Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. It seems likely that this carol was actually written earlier in 1857 and it has endured in [...]
Christmas Party Ideas - String Quartet?
For some of us, it’s rather alarming to see tinsel and packs of Christmas cards appearing in the shops by late October, but for those planning Christmas parties or Corporate Hospitality over the festive season, this is about the time that attention starts to focus on booking entertainers and other suppliers.
For people looking to hire [...]
