New Year … New Music

Cradley Heath Salvation Army Songsters will meet on Thursday 21 January 2010 at 7:15pm for their first rehearsal of the New Year.  Songster Leader Rob Westwood-Payne has spent the past few weeks sourcing new music for the new year: Nothing but thy blood Richard Slater was a prolific Salvation Army composer, writing over five hundred songs during his lifetime.  [...]

Messiah Rehearsal Day : Saturday 21 March 2009

Plans are well in hand for our rehearsal day to be held at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath on Saturday 21 March 2009.  Our timetable is as follows: – 10:00am  Warm Up (Together) Sectional Rehearsals – Ladies/Men 10:10  But Thanks be to God 10:30  Their Sound is Gone Out 10:50  He Trusted in [...]

Messiah Rehearsal Preview : Thursday 19 March 2009

Last week’s rehearsal was very encouraging.  A number of us thought that the music was coming together as we rehearsed And With His Stripes, Behold the Lamb of God, The Lord Gave the Word and But Thanks be to God.  It has been hard work up until this point, but it should be remembered we [...]

Messiah Rehearsal Preview: 12 March 2009

This week we reach the “five rehearsals and counting” mark before our first performance of Handel’s Messiah – Part the Second (Easter) on Tuesday 7 April 2009 at 7.30pm at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP.  Our second performance is at Holy Trinity Church, Old Hill on Saturday 18 April 2009 at [...]

Messiah Rehearsal Reflection : 26 February 2009

The songsters, along with other singers from around the Cradley Heath area, met together on Thursday evening for our sixth rehearsal for our Easter performances of Handel’s Messiah, Part the Second. We’re becoming firm friends now with both our extra singers and the music! We began with the Hallelujah Chorus, which, because of it’s familiarity, [...]

Rehearsal – 19 February 2009

Rehearsals for Handel’s Messiah continued this week.  We looked in detail at And With His Stripes We Are Healed, The Lord Gave The Word, But Thanks Be To God and Behold The Lamb Of God. We had fun trying to learn the melismas in The Lord Gave The Word (even with the cheat Rob gave [...]