Oldham choir to perform in Manchester

Oldham Choral Society are getting into the spirit with an evening of dance music at the Royal Northern College of Music this weekend.

The long-established choir will be performing a lively, exciting and colourful programme that is guaranteed to lift spirits during these dark evenings.

It's on Sunday (November 17) from 7pm at the RNCM Concert Hall on Oxford Road in Manchester. 

Entitled “The Spirit of the Dance”, the programme opens with George Gershwin’s jazz classic, the  showstopping “An American in Paris” - popularised by the 1950’s film of the same name with Gene Kelly.

This will be followed by the Choral Dances from Borodin’s “Prince Igor”. Often referred to as the Polovtsian Dances, the music from this suite formed the basis of the 1950’s film musical  “Kismet” that featured such songs as a “Stranger in paradise”, and starred Howard Keel, Vic Damone and Ann Blyth.

After the interval, there will be a full scale performance of “Carmina Burana” with its primitive but exciting dance rhythms and thrilling orchestral sounds – arguably the most popular of all 20th Century choral works.

As usual, the choir will be joined by the excellent East Lancs Sinfonia, augmented on this occasion by five extra percussionists that will be such a big feature of this concert.

Soprano, Fflur Wynn (pictured), tenor Nick Hardy and leading British baritone James Cleverton will sing the challenging solo roles.

It will be conducted by Nigel P Wilkinson. 

Tickets are £15 for adults, £5 for students and £1 for accompanied children.

They are available from the Ticket Secretary by calling 0161 797 3583 and the RNCM Box Office on 0161 907 5555. 

Book online at www.rncm.ac.uk and for more information visit www.oldhamchoralsociety.org.uk or search for Oldham Choral Society on Facebook.