Following the afternoon concert, Chordiality invited its current adopted charity, the Bradford Baby Bank, to make a closing collection and over \u00a3400 was raised on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The choir were joined at the concert by guest artists, wind and saxophone quartet Notability. The singers and musicians have worked together in a number of recent concerts and combined to thrill their audience with a superb rendition of Duke Ellington\u2019s jazz standard It Don\u2019t Mean A Thing<\/em> and a dramatic closing medley from Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s The Phantom Of The Opera<\/em>, which brought the house to their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Standout favourites with the audience were the Hallelujah Chorus<\/em>, from Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em>, the spiritual (Dem) Dry Bones<\/em>, arranged by Mark Hayes, and the traditional New Zealand sea shanty Wellerman<\/em>, arranged by Craig McLeish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Control and precision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The singers explored new heights in their performance of a programme that they knew well. Particular highlights for Peter Sherlock were the choir\u2019s performance of Ola Gjeilo\u2019s The Ground<\/em>, taken from the composer\u2019s Sunrise Mass<\/em>, and Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s sublime Cantique De Jean Racine<\/em>. Both challenging pieces that demand a high level of vocal dexterity and finesse from the performers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Said Peter: \u201cThe overall quality of our singing has improved so much in recent years and this really showed in these two pieces, probably the best we\u2019ve delivered them. We explored a real deftness of control, particular in the quiet sections, such that the pieces rose to a whole new level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was really impressed with the venue, which offered a rich, warm acoustic and really enhanced the sound. A standing ovation was a truly fitting reward for a fabulous performance by both singers and musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The elegance of Keighley\u2019s famous Cliffe Castle Museum resounded to a magnificent performance by the Chordiality singers. A full house, with standing room only, greeted the choir in the grandeur of the Museum\u2019s acoustically-beautiful art gallery, the Bracewell Smith Hall. The singers returned the compliment with a tremendous display that was only surpassed by the… Continue reading A standing ovation in Keighley<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","eb_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chordiality-at-Cliffe-Castle-Museum-1024x683.jpg\")