{"id":1987,"date":"2025-09-14T17:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:06:51","slug":"back-at-st-barnabas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chordiality.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/back-at-st-barnabas\/","title":{"rendered":"Back at St Barnabas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chordiality will be welcomed by local church St Barnabas\u2019 in Heaton, Bradford, for a concert to raise money for church funds and admission will be FREE<\/strong> for all attending – Sunday 12 October at 3pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Barnabas\u2019 has not only a beautiful acoustic but is also the home of the 53-foot-long Heaton tapestry, created for the millennium as a timeline in 357 individual pieces telling the story of Heaton.  427 people, aged from 6 to 93, contributed to it to create a community project which crossed boundaries between churches and faiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chordiality appearing at the National Association of Choirs annual conference concert in Tadcaster celebrating ‘the best of choral singing in the region’ – photo courtesy of Stage Shots Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Admission free<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the back of its triumphant concert in July at Bradford Cathedral, the choir will entertain with a varied programme featuring some of its current repertoire with the addition of a few items returning from past years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Cathedral, Chordiality were joined by flautist Rosie Walsh and Rosie will join with the singers again as guest soloist at St Barnabas\u2019.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Flautist Rosie Walsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Alongside solo pieces, Rosie will reprise the Caccini\u2019s Ave Maria<\/em>, which was one of the favourites at the Cathedral concert.  The choir, with Rosie, made a recording of the piece back in the Covid lockdown which now appears on the Chordiality YouTube site<\/a>.  It currently has over 9800 views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the items from the July Cathedral concert to make it on to the St Barnabas\u2019 song list will be The Heavens Are Telling<\/em> from Haydn\u2019s The Creation<\/em>, Faur\u00e9\u2019s sublime Cantique De Jean Racine<\/em>, Verdi\u2019s famous Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves<\/em> and the ever-popular gospel classic Total Praise<\/em> by Richard Smallwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl Orff\u2019s dramatic O Fortuna<\/em> from his cantata Carmina Burana<\/em> will make a welcome return to the programme as will Cornish folk song Nothing Like Pilchards For Saving The Soul<\/em>, the hit song from the musical Guys And Dolls<\/em>, Sit Down You\u2019re Rocking The Boat<\/em>, and an adaptation by Mark Brymer of the Otis Redding hit Sittin\u2019 On The Dock Of A Bay<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission to the concert is free of charge.  For further information, email chordiality.choir@hotmail.com or contact a member of the choir.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chordiality will be welcomed by local church St Barnabas\u2019 in Heaton, Bradford, for a concert to raise money for church funds and admission will be FREE for all attending – Sunday 12 October at 3pm. St Barnabas\u2019 has not only a beautiful acoustic but is also the home of the 53-foot-long Heaton tapestry, created for… Continue reading Back at St Barnabas\u2019<\/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-1987","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