A Saturday morning event in Fulwell Methodist Church from 10.00 a.m. till 12 m.d.

Why not join the Society in a social event which comes with a raffle and stalls, while enjoying the tea/coffee, scones and a chat.

A Saturday evening performance in Sunderland Minster, at 7.30 p.m., conducted by David Murray.

Tickets £14.00 for Nave (£8 concessions for full-time students and on income related benefits) or £8.00 (Gallery – limited view). Accompanied under 16s free. Tickets are available from members of the Society, at the door, or on-line from http://www.wegottickets.com/BCS – who also have a direct link on the home page of this website.

Soloists: Sally Harrison – soprano and Alexander Robin Baker – baritone.

A Sea Symphony is a piece for orchestra and chorus by Ralph Vaughan Williams, written between 1903 and 1909. Vaughan Williams’ first and longest symphony, it was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1910, with the composer conducting. The symphony’s maturity belies the composer’s relative youth when it was written (he was 30 when he first began sketching it). One of the first symphonies in which a choir is used throughout the work and is an integral part of the musical texture, A Sea Symphony helped set the stage for a new era of symphonic and choral music in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.

Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’ by George Butterworth is based on the collection of poems by A.E.Housman. This newly arranged orchestration by P.Brookes is wonderfully evocative and one is left with a real sense of the tragic and futile losses in every sense resulting from the horrors of the first world war.

Bishopwearmouth Young Singers, and guest soloists, are offering a programme of Christmas delights at a concert in Ewesley Road Methodist Church, Chester Road, Sunderland on Friday December 18th 2015 at 7.30 p.m.

No tickets are required but if you would like to make a donation that will be appreciated. The concert will be followed by refreshments and a raffle. We hope that you can join us for this festive occasion.

A Saturday morning event in Fulwell Methodist Church from 10.00 a.m. till 12 m.d.

Why not join the Society in a social event which comes with a raffle and stalls, while enjoying the tea/coffee, scones and a chat.

A Saturday evening concert in Sunderland Minster, starting at 7.30 p.m., conducted by David Murray.

Tickets £14.00 for Nave (£8 concessions for full-time students and on income related benefits) or £8.00 (Gallery – limited view). Accompanied under 16s free. Tickets are available from members of the Society, at the door, or on-line from http://www.wegottickets.com/BCS – who also have a direct link on the home page of this website.

Soloists :- Anne Marie Owens, Laurie Ashworth and Adrian Powter.    Narrator :- David Timson.

Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of the Broadway and film composer Stephen Sondheim. Its title is derived from the song “Side by Side by Side” from Company. The musical had its origins when David Kernan was asked by Cleo Lane and her husband John Dankworth to put together a revue as a benefit for The Stables, a theatre they owned in Wavendon. Kernan contacted director Ned Sherrin and suggested that they do a review of Sondheim material. The producer Cameron Mackintosh saw the benefit revue, which featured Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, Kernan, and Ned Sherrin as the narrator, and agreed to produce it.

The music is in the form of a revue, with various sections tied together by being from a particular Sondheim musical, or having a common theme, and all tied together by the Narrator. He explains what show the songs are from, and in some cases provides background on why a song was written.