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On 29th March 2008 we held a special concert to celebrate our 25th anniversary. The venue was the historic parish church of St Germans which dates back to 1185 when it was the Mother Church of the original Diocese of Cornwall. We were joined for the concert by members of three overseas choirs, with which we have enjoyed a long association, Chorale Chanterelle from Guipavas in Brittany, Kantorei Barsbuttel from Germany and Bindslev-Koret from Denmark. The combined choirs sang Mozart's Missa Brevis in C and Vivaldi's Gloria with further contributions by each of the individual choirs. Further details of the visiting choirs can be found below. |
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| The Callington Singers and violin soloist Margaret Morris |
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CHORALE CHANTERELLE from France More recently before starting rehearsals for Vivaldi’s “Gloria” they had given concerts of Russian Music and Negro Spirituals. Plans included a programme of Sea Shanties for the 2008 Festival of the Sea in Brest and a more complex work for their own twenty fifth anniversary in 2009. |
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KANTOREI BARSBUTTEL from Germany Originally the choir performed music mainly from the Baroque era by Schutz, Praetorius or members of the Bach family, and music from the Romantic period by composers such as Mendelssohn. In the past few years sacred works by Mozart and Michael Haydn have been added to their repertoire. The Callington Singers first visited Barsbuttel in 1988; the Kantorei first singing in Callington the following year. Since then a number of reciprocal visits have further strengthened the bonds of friendship between the two choirs. |
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BINDSLEV KORET from Denmark The Bindslev Koret sing Danish folksongs, ballads, and church music and they also sing sometimes in English, Swedish and Latin. They have given concerts in churches and music halls locally as well as in Northern Germany, Norway and elsewhere in Jutland. This was their third visit to Callington since the Callington Singers first travelled to Denmark to meet them and to sing together in 1989. |
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![]() Chorale Chanterelle |
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ABSENT FRIENDS It was not practical for all our friends from choirs abroad to join us for our celebration concert and amongst those who weren't able to do so were the Avoca Singers – from the real life Ballykissangel! Italy, too, has always been one of the Callington Singers favourite overseas venues. We have a long standing relationship there with La Pia Societa Corale S Cecilia from Empoli and a more recent association with Quodlibet from San Casciano near Florence. Neither, unfortunately were able to join us on this occasion. |
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THE PARTY |
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With personal friendships between members of the different choirs stretching back twenty years there was, of course, a party after the concert. |
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