{"id":77,"date":"2025-02-28T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-gildenburgh-choir-108bb39.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:19:37","slug":"what-we-sing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"What We Sing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52b864f0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk\">What Do We Sing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-4f2ccadb\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-background-color has-background\">The Choir has established a reputation for performing a wide repertoire encompassing a broad range of styles, catering for all tastes of both audience and singers alike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0bbbce0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Spring Term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Recent choral works have included performances of &#8216;The Land&#8217; by local composer Patrick Hawes, &#8216;Requiems&#8217; by Mozart, Faur\u00e9 and Rutter; &#8216;Masses&#8217; by Vivaldi, Gounod and Schubert and &#8216;Armed Man Mass (suite)&#8217; by Karl Jenkins. This style of repertoire is usually performed in the spring term and sometimes includes soloists and an orchestra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Summer Term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Our summer term concerts are very different, with music ranging from popular folk music like Londonderry Air, to songs from shows like Les Mis\u00e9rables and Guys and Dolls, Beatles numbers, firm favourites such as Moon River and The Rhythm of Life and much, much more. These concerts are presented in a relaxed style, with cabaret style seating for the audience and include a buffet in the interval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-e3d1c41b wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-asterisk has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Winter Term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Our Christmas concerts include well known carols and a number of lesser known lighter pieces.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How far is it to Bethlehem (Harris) - A Christmas Concert\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQe_tXH5MUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tourdion (trad. 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The Choir has established a reputation for performing a wide repertoire encompassing a broad range of styles, catering for all tastes of both audience and singers alike. Spring Term Recent choral works have included performances of &#8216;The Land&#8217; by local composer Patrick Hawes, &#8216;Requiems&#8217; by Mozart, Faur\u00e9 and Rutter; &#8216;Masses&#8217; by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gildenburghchoir.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}