Saturday Night's Concert

Not sure why it's taken this long for me to comment on this concert, it was a great night and I am sure that both the performers and the audience got a lot out of it. This was my first proper Christmas concert so maybe I am reluctant to bring Christmas on too soon.

The All Souls Orchestra, the Christmas Praise Choir, Graham Kendrick, and Michelle Todd came together under the baton of Noel Tredinnick at Croydon's Fairfield hall. The programme started with the finale from Saint -Saens' Organ Symphony and concluded with Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride, via some of Nutcracker, a few of the Carnival of the Animals, a good selection of Christmas worship songs and the Chicken Reel.

The Fairfield is a great hall, as well as being my local hall it is still one of the best in the UK, it is always a joy to me to play here, it is so familiar yet still manages to be a special event each time. Added to that it is a real privilege to be on the same platform as such special talents as Graham Kendrick and Michelle Todd












Graham Kendrick

Michelle Todd

We will be repeating the concert next Saturday at All Souls Church with a different audience and choir, but I am sure it will still be a "joyous sound"

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