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St Mary's packed for an English Passion
We thoroughly enjoyed our concert on Saturday. Ishirini were joined by the Chamber Players Baroque and soloists from Genesis Sixteen to sing Bach's St John Passion in English. The Evangelist, Tom Kelly, told the story with an effortless panache and the baroque instruments accompanied with feeling and verve. The church was packed and we must extend our heartfelt thanks to Sarah Butcher for all her hard work in organising it.
St John Passion in Welwyn
Our next concert is on Saturday!
The St John Passion is one of the most extraordinary works of the eighteenth century; please join us for a very special evening of music making.
We will be accompanied by The Chamber Players Baroque, which is led by Alison Bury and includes members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gabrieli Consort and English Baroque soloists. Soloists are from the ranks of The Sixteen.
Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival
The second annual contemporary music festival in Stoke Newington will take place in Old St. Mary's Church from the 1st to the 3rd of November, 2013.
Ishirini will be performing an afternoon concert on the 3rd of November, and will be featuring several of the pieces we have commissioned for previous tours.
More details coming soon.
Ishirini in Walton-on-Thames
Ishirini will be performing in Walton-on-Thames on the 14th of April. For full details of our programme and how to buy tickets, please see the concert page.
August festival with Palestinian choirs
Ishirini is delighted to be joining the Palestinian Choral Festival in August. Organised by the Choir of London, who have extensive experience in the region, the week-long festival will feature a number of visiting and local choirs, ending with a gala joint performance.
More details coming soon...
Choir and Organ On Tour
Ishirini is featured in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Choir and Organ as part of a new series 'On Tour'.
Getting in to rural areas away from the usual tourist routes and forging relationships with local choirs is central to the Ishirini ethos.
Tour report from Jordan
Our recent trip to Jordan was hugely enjoyable.
Jordan Times Preview
The Aswatuna Festival is previewed in the Jordan Times:
At a time when people in the Arab world are trying to make their voices heard, we have chosen to express ourselves the way we know best—in song.
Aswatuna preview
This video gives an explanation behind the Aswatuna: Arab Sing concert that Ishirini will join in just a few days time.
£800 raised for Cancer Research
We are delighted that proceeds from ticket sales and donations after our concert in Stanford-in-the-Vale raised £800 for Cancer Research. Many thanks to Joyce and Philippa Gardner for all their work in making that possible.
Extremely warm welcome from Strzyżówski choir
We have just returned from a short trip to Poland, organised by our partner choir from Strzyżów. The two choirs joined forces for two concerts in Rzeszów and Kraków where we sang some of our own repertoire as well as some joint pieces including the new commission written specially for the tour by choir-member Owen Leech.
We are very grateful for all the help given to us by the members of Strzyżówski Choir, and were very impressed by how quickly they adapted to singing with us. We were also very impressed by the warmth of their reception and their encyclopaedic knowledge of songs which made the post-concert parties go with a swing!
The choir very much enjoyed our brief visit to Poland, taking in the salt-mines at Bochnia, the splendour of the Mariacki church in Kraków and the cafés on the beautiful town square in Rzeszów as well as singing in two concerts and a service in just 4 days.
