Concerts at All Saints

Regular Concerts

We run a weekly Wednesday lunch time series Soundbites (details below) and a monthly Saturday morning Coffee Concert series Heavenly Harmonies (details below) ourselves. Our church is also used regularly for concerts by other organisations such as Hertford Choral Society, Hertford Symphony Orchestra and Hertfordshire Festival of Music

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Hertford Choral Society
2nd November19:30

Hertford Choral Society present Mass in Ab Schubert, "Unfinished" Symphony Schubert and Dances of Time Chilcott on Saturday 2nd November, 7:30pm - 9:45pm at All Saints Church, Hertford (SG13 8AE)

Alexandra Stephenson (soprano)
Janet Shell (alto)
Matthew Spillett (tenor)
Thomas Humphreys (bass)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra

Directed by Derek Harrison

Tickets: £16 reserved, £12 unreserved, £4 children/students under 25.

To book:

HCS Box Office call 07936 719498; email tickets@hertfordchoral.org.uk; visit Hertford Town & Tourist Information Centre, 10 The Wash or book on-line.

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Heavenly Harmonies

Coffee, Cake and Choral Classics

Heavenly Harmonies is a monthly Saturday morning concert series, exploring well-loved classics of the sacred choral repertoire though word and song.

Refreshments from 10.45 with a 45-minute concert from 11.15 to 12.00 noon. Free Admission with Retiring Collection in aid of Church Funds.

Our October Concert explores the Agricultural Year from Plough Sunday (January) to Harvest (October). The programme is as follows:

Intro	For the Beauty of the Earth	Rutter
	Praise & thanksgiving	Hymn 272
Plough	Ploughboy's Dream	Harmonised RVW born 12/10/1872
Rogation	Spring Carol	Britten
	Thou visiteth the earth	Greene
Lammas	Ego sum panis vivus	Byrd
	Verily, verily	Tallis
	Panis Angelicus	Franck
Harvest	Cibavit eos	Byrd
	We plough the fields and scatter	Hymn 275
	The heavens are telling	Haydn

Each of the following concerts has an appropriate seasonal theme:

	November 9th:	Remembering
	December 7th:	Advent
	January 11th:	The Wise Men
	February 8th:	Simeon & Anna
	March 7th:	Lent and Passiontide
	May 9th:	VE 75 day
	June 13th:	Pentecost and Trinity
	July 11th:	Weddings

Please tell your friends and do come along yourselves. If you have a favourite seasonal piece do tell us and we will try to include it.

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Soundbites

Wednesday Lunchtime Concerts

Soundbites, as its name suggests, combines a selection of soups, rolls, sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks available from 12:00 with a short (35-45 mins), unticketed, admission free concert at 1:00 pm. These concerts are run to contribute to the Music Development Fund, which supports our musical work with young people in the town. Concert series dates normally match school term-times.

Our 2019 Autumn Season runs from 11th September to 4th December.

Autumn Season 2019

Sept 11th	The Ellis Ensemble
	Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano
Sept 18th	Daniel Garvin
	Violin
	Daniel is a young musician currently studying at the Purcell School. He will include music by Bach & Grieg in his programme
Sept 25th	Kate Allsop	Róza Bene
	Recorder	Harpsichord
	Kate and Róza perform their 'London 1700' programme focussing on the music of French, Italian and English composers working in London during the 18th century when the recorder was enjoying huge popularity
	Dieupart, Barsanti, Babell, Croft
Oct 2nd	Duo Fiammant
	Antonio and Fiammetta De Innocentis
	Guitar & Voice Duo
	Antonio will perform a selection of solo guitar pieces and songs with his daughter Fiammetta.
Oct 9th	Julian Jacobsen & Mariko Brown
	Piano Duo
	Gershwin 2nd Rhapsody Ravel Suite "Mother Goose" & Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue,
Oct 16th	Courtyard Quartet
	Vocal Ensemble
	Introducing new soprano Gabriella Buckland, the Courtyard Quartet returns to Soundbites with 'Songs Down the Centuries', a programme of songs from every century since the 13th celebrating Hertford Museum's acquisition of a 13th century silver gilt coin brooch recently discovered near Hertford. Composers include Dowland, Handel, Walmisly and Vaughan Williams.
Oct 23rd	David Kirby	Lawrence Durkin	Christopher Benham
	Clarinet	Cello	Piano
	Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114
Oct 30th	Jane Rose	Catherine Wild	Barbara Manning
	Flute	Oboe	Piano
Nov 6th	Catherine Ennis
	Organ
Nov 13th	Pegari Ensemble
	Haydn Trio No.45 Schumann
Nov 20th	David Zucchi	Inigo Mikeleiz Berrade
	Saxophone	Accordion
	David and Inigo are recent graduates of the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music. Their new collaboration of accordion and saxophone looks to expand the traditional associations of their instruments, and to explore and re-interpret works of standard repertoire, as well as explore new and uncharted territory. Individually, they have performed extensively in Europe and the U.K., and as a duo they made their international debut at the Vale de Cambra Music Festival in Portugal in April.
Nov 27th	Adrian Oldland
	Piano
Dec 4th
	Festive Finale

We look forward to welcoming you to one or more of these concerts

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