Head's Newsletter 14 December 2018

The Tiffin Boys’ Choir have had an even busier time of it lately than they normally do, performing in La Bohème at the Coliseum with the English National Opera and in Carmen at the Royal Opera House. Here are the boys (and girls from another choir) having had a Secret Santa visit on their final night at ENO.

the choir. The choir sang part one of this well-loved work, which tells the Christmas story through settings of both old and new testament texts. The quintet of orchestral players accompanied the choir and soloists through the many rapid, joyful movements which make up this work. Whilst technically challenging arias such as ‘Comfort Ye’, ‘Ev’ry valley’ and ‘O Thou That Tellest’ are familiar to us through performances given by experienced adults, the standard achieved in a few weeks by the young soloists performing these and other movements was outstanding.

And here they are preparing for the opening night of Carmen at the Royal Opera House.

The Choir’s monthly choral evensong at St. Luke’s Church was replaced, this December, with an unusually impressive offering: a performance of Handel’s Messiah, with period instruments and, most notably, student soloists from within