Auckland Welsh Choir to Perform Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols
The Auckland Welsh Choir presents its annual collaboration with the Devonport Chamber Orchestra. The concert will
showcase Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, a 1912 work for baritone, choir and orchestra.
First performed at Hereford Cathedral, it consists of the English folk carols ‘The truth sent from above’, ‘Come all you
worthy gentlemen’ and ‘On Christmas night all Christians sing’ (the Sussex Carol) – all folk songs collected in southern
England by Vaughan Williams and his friend Cecil Sharp. These are interposed with brief orchestral quotations from other
carols, such as the First Nowell. Though sometimes performed in piano score only, Auckland Welsh Choir’s collaboration
with the Devonport Chamber Orchestra is an excellent opportunity to experience the original work with the choir’s
baritones Philip Morgan Rees and Vanya Boikov.
The Devonport Chamber Orchestra will also play Ottorino Respighi’s Orchestral Suite No 1, on Ancient Airs and Dances,
his popular arrangement for orchestra or early Italian lute music. Adding to the content, the choir will perform some of
their best loved and newest choral repertoire, including songs arranged by John Rutter.
Tickets for this concert are limited with the venue. All profits from the concert will be donated to the Child Poverty
Action Group.
What: The Auckland Welsh Choir’s Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
When: Saturday 15 November 2014, 3pm
Where: Somervell Church, cnr Remuera Road and Greenlane Road, Remuera, Auckland
Tickets: Can be purchased for $25 by phoning (09) 361 1000, or through iTicket www.iticket.co.nz (incurs service fee), or at the door (children under 14 are free).
Concessions are available for student rush and group bookings.
About the Auckland Welsh Choir
Côr Cymreig Auckland, New Zealand’s only Welsh Choir, is proud to be associated with the Welsh musical tradition and to
maintain a generous slice of Welsh music and language as a cornerstone of the choir's existence in New Zealand.
The Choir is an accomplished 40 strong, four part, mixed choir. The musical repertoire ranges from its cornerstone Welsh
to the lyrical and sacred, performed in English, Welsh, Latin and German, and sung a capella, accompanied and with
orchestra. To check out the choir see www.aucklandwelshchoir.co.nz. and contact us on secawc@gmail.com. Rehearsals are on Thursday, St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden, 7.30pm.
Concerts are community fundraising based, providing a platform for established musicians as well as up and coming young
performers, soloists and choristers. We aim for concerts of variety and style, up to six in any one year, and these take
place throughout the country.
About Child Action Poverty Group - CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is an independent charity working to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand through
research, education and advocacy.
Children need the right conditions to grow into healthy adults. They thrive when they have the basics: nutritious food;
a warm, safe home; medical attention if they are sick and a good education. Sadly, too many children in New Zealand
don’t have the basics.
In a country like New Zealand, with ample resources, child poverty could be eliminated completely. It’s all about
choice.
CPAG speaks out on behalf of the thousands of children (285,000) in New Zealand whose meagre standard of living
compromises their health, education and well-being. The group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising
level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. Its guiding principle is the right of every child to
security, food, shelter, education and healthcare.
CPAG has nearly 3000 members and supporters across New Zealand including leading academics, doctors, teachers, health
workers, community workers and many other people concerned about the poorest children in New Zealand society. It has
regional networks in Whangarei, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and also works closely with other child-focused
organisations.
CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It looks
carefully at how Government policies affect children. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale
research projects to achieve its goals.
CPAG is an independent, registered charity, funded entirely by grants from charitable trusts and donations from the
public. It does not accept funding from the proceeds of the gambling industry.
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