Hayes (Kent) Philharmonic Choir
The choir has been making music in Hayes since 1945.
We give two major and two smaller concerts each year.
A registered charity. Affiliated to Making Music and the Bromley Arts Council.
Concerts 2008-09
Saturday 22 November 2008 7.45pm
Messa di Gloria
Puccini & solo pieces
Saturday 20 December 2008 7.45pm
Proceeds to the BROMLEY CASSETTE
Christmas Carols with audience participation
Saturday 25 April 2009 7.45pm
Programme to include:
Zadok the Priest
George Frideric Handel
Stabat Mater
Joseph Haydn
Te Deum
Henry Purcell
Hayes Free Church
Saturday 27 June 2009 at 7.45pm
THE PITT CONCERT A concert of
predominantly c18 British music for the 250th anniversary of
the birth of William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister,
in Hayes in May 1759
Hayes Parish Church, Hayes Street, Hayes, Kent
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You are very welcome to join us
- No auditions - though we expect you to be able to sing in tune.
Some sight-reading experience is helpful.
- A rehearsal venue local to Hayes - the Old Church Schools,
86 Hayes Street (next to the Stephen James Car Showrooms).
We meet on Wednesdays from 8.00pm until 9.45pm.
- Rehearsals 10 September until 17 December 2008
14 January 2009 until 22 April
then from 6 May until 24 June
- 3 free rehearsals for new members before subscriptions are required.
- We are very happy to welcome new singers in mid-year.
- For more information ring 07989 192928
Saturday 27th June at 7:45
Concert at the
Hayes Parish Church Hayes Street, Hayes, Kent
Thomas Arne (1710-1778) Rule, Britannia.
Dr Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) In summer's cool shade; Magnificat and nunc dimittis.
Dr Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793) Hark, the Lark; In the Merry Month of May;
Like as the Hart; The Mouse's Petition.
Dr William Hayes (1708-1777) Southport PM (Gray's Elegy).
William Tans'ur (1700-1783) Where'er the sun doth rise or set.
Garret Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, the Duke of Wellington's father (1735-1781)
As it fell upon a day; Here, in cool grot and mossy cell; O bird of Eve; Rest, Warrior, Rest.