Choral Societies: Amabile Choirs of London, Canada, Auckland Choral Society, Bel Canto Singers, Boston Cecilia, Bradford Festival Choral Society, Bris
- ISBN-10
- 1230810854
- ISBN-13
- 9781230810850
- Pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Booksllc.Net
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Amabile Choirs of London, Canada, Auckland Choral Society, Bel Canto Singers, Boston Cecilia, Bradford Festival Choral Society, Bristol Choral Society, Canberra Choral Society, Cathedral Choral Society, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, City of Birmingham Choir, Delaware Sangerbund, Derby Choral Union, GALA Choruses, Huddersfield Choral Society, Kendal Choral Society, Leeds Festival Chorus, Mendelssohn Club, Mendelssohn Glee Club, Mormon Choral Organizations of America, Norwegian Student Choral Society, Oratorio Society of Queens, Oxford Harmonic Society, Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus, Radcliffe Choral Society, Reading Choral Society, Royal Choral Society, San Francisco Choral Society, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Singing City, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, Southampton Philharmonic Choir, Stoughton Musical Society, Sydney University Musical Society, The Halifax Choral Society, Washington Saengerbund, Westmoreland Choral Society. Excerpt: The Leeds Festival Chorus is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has 170 singing members in soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections. Presenting classical choral music of a professional standard in Yorkshire and elsewhere in Britain, including at the BBC Proms and Manchester Arena, the Chorus is broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3. The Chorus works with several orchestras, including the Halle Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, the Northern Sinfonia, St. John's Smith Square, the Orchestra of Opera North and the English Chamber Orchestra. The Leeds Festival Chorus was first formed in 1858 (the year Queen Victoria opened the Leeds Town Hall) to sing at the first Leeds Musical Festival, and was reformed for each succeeding one. The Chorus became independent in 1985. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008 with a performance of a specially-commissioned...
