Easter Messiah sets tone for Easter Celebrations

On the Tuesday of Holy Week (7 April 2009) an audience of around 150 people gathered to listen to the Cradley Heath Messiah Chorus perform George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Parts the Second and Third. These excerpts from the well-loved oratorio relate to the Easter story – Christ’s servanthood, death and resurrection and the hope we [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Messiah Tickets on Sale

Tickets for our two performances of Handel’s Messiah go on sale from the Open Door Coffee Shop at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath and from Holy Trinity Church, Halesowen Road, Old Hill, Cradley from Wednesday 18 March 2009. They are priced at £5.00 each and will support the work of the Cradley Heath [...]

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 [...]

UPDATE: Events Calendar

Our current schedule and diary of forthcoming events have now been migrated to a calendar format.  You can view them all here. The following updates have been made: Tuesday 7 April 2009 – Our concert of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, Part the Second will take place at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP. [...]

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 [...]

Easter Messiah

During the Christmas break, Songster Leader Rob Westwood-Payne was listening to Handel’s oratorio, Messiah.  It prompted him to consider asking the Songsters and other singers from the local community around Cradley Heath to consider performing the Easter part of the oratorio during Holy Week 2009. They eagerly accepted the challenge and on Thursday 15 January [...]