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Vale Royal Singers are a talented Chamber Choir based near Tarporley and with their Director Margaret Corlett and accompanist Brian Heald, have often been involved in fund-raising events for Tarporley Hospital. During this Advent we are all too aware that so many people are missing the usual choice of wonderful carol concerts, and many charities are therefore also not able to benefit from this form of fund-raising. So, they have put together a Choral Advent Calendar, with 24 carol excerpts which we hope you will enjoy, some very well-known and others less so. These are not professional recordings, and were made during several different concerts and rehearsals.
If you enjoy the Idea and the music, please help the choir raise funds to help Tarporley Hospital by making an online donation.
Dec 1: Deck the Halls in rehearsal.
https://youtu.be/gj7VIzQY_YI
Dec 2: an extract from rehearsal of Bob Chilcott's beautiful "In the bleak midwinter"
https://youtu.be/fqcizLsnFGU
Dec 3: A Maiden Most Gentle arr. Andrew Carter
https://youtu.be/mQKDUtYDk5I
Dec 4: "Once as I remember" arr. Charles Wood at St Werburgh's Roman Catholic church, Chester
https://youtu.be/UYahmxPWXFY
Dec 5: "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson
https://youtu.be/xTPr8dyAtTg
Dec 6: A Babe is born, by William Mathias at St Werburgh's Roman Catholic church, Chester
https://youtu.be/QD3L2EqnPUs
Dec 7: The beginning of Will Todd's beautiful a capella carol "My Lord has come"
https://youtu.be/vCeie_pc9rA
Dec 8: An extract from "Ding Dong Merrily on High" arr. David Willcocks
https://youtu.be/b2qSCm9NoBA
Dec 9: Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day, by John Gardner at St Werburgh's, Chester
https://youtu.be/BJytdaaqpB8
Dec 10: Part of "Hodie, hodie", by J.P.Sweelinck
https://youtu.be/kA_DoBz1zXQ
Dec 11: Once in Royal David's City. Carol singing at the Christmas Tree Festival at Kelsall Methodist Church
https://youtu.be/o8ZWOzEjPns
Dec 12: White Christmas
https://youtu.be/fKjeJudIYn0
Dec 13: A serene extract from our concert at St Werburgh's, O magnum mysterium, by Morten Lauridsen
https://youtu.be/yxQKeD8gDBw
Dec 14:The "Coventry Carol" arr. Martin Shaw. A request from the audience!
https://youtu.be/Lssecu7ANNo
Dec 15: "Good King Wenceslas"
https://youtu.be/48qpSdgELjs
Dec 16: "Blow, blow, thou winter wind" from Shakespeare's "As You Like It". Taken from When Icicles hang, by John Rutter
https://youtu.be/PfWgPwTmvhU
Dec 17: A short extract from "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" in a setting by Daniel Johann Grimm (1719 - 1760)
https://youtu.be/W2EHTXtA7uk
Dec 18: "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" by John Rutter. We performed this carol at our concert for the Frodsham Arts Club
https://youtu.be/AWj5sJF4Xj8
Dec 19: An extract from John Rutter's beautiful "Candlelight Carol" recorded in Kelsall Methodist Church, with pictures from the Kelsall Christmas Tree Festival.
https://youtu.be/lCizTgTbLQo
Dec 20: The First Nowell
https://youtu.be/GQgyteiZTVY
Dec 21: A traditional German carol, "Still, still, still" arr. Philip Ledger
https://youtu.be/kT4s7GEUd2k
Dec 22:The last two verses of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing!"
https://youtu.be/hApz9-zvuT4
Dec 23: The Sussex Carol - a traditional English carol arranged by David Willcocks
https://youtu.be/GPwhYJHEnmM
Dec 24: For Christmas Eve - "We wish you a merry Christmas"
https://youtu.be/Lh-kEqo6mTM
For direct contact with the Choir: www.valeroyalsingers.org.uk
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