Awake my Soul
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Edward Elgar Te Deum
John Rutter Mass of the Children
Thomas Hewitt Jones Seasons (first performance)
Don Besig As long as I have Music
Engelbert Humperdink Evening Prayer, from Hansel and Gretel
Jay Althouse Jubilate Deo
Stephen Schwartz When You Believe, from Prince of Egypt
Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society join forces with Broadland Youth choir to perform John Rutter’s Mass of the Children alongside the world premiere of Seasons which was especially commissioned from Thomas Hewitt Jones and is dedicated to the choral society and to the memory of Barbara Proctor. Barbara, a long-standing member of the choir, gifted funds in her will to the Society. This concert is given in her memory.
Te Deum
The first of Elgar’s major works intended for a church service was the Te Deum and Benedictus of 1897, and it was commissioned for that year’s Three Choirs’ Festival at Hereford. Apart from purely musical considerations, the work is significant in that it brought Elgar into contact with two individuals who were later to become friends associated with the Enigma Variations: George Robertson Sinclair and August Jaeger. Sinclair was the organist at Hereford Cathedral, to whom Elgar dedicated the work and who conducted its first performance on 12 September 1897. Jaeger was the publishing office manager at Novello’s who was to champion Elgar’s work at Novello’s and whose efforts Elgar was to recognise in Nimrod, the greatest of the variations. At the time of the commission, Elgar’s reputation was far from established and it is somewhat surprising that he had been chosen to write a large work with orchestra and organ intended to be the centrepiece of the festival’s opening service, with its ceremonial and civic pomp. There was, however, a safeguard: Elgar had to run through the piece for Sinclair’s approval for it to be accepted for the festival. Fortunately, and somewhat hesitantly, Sinclair declared “It is very, very modern, but I think it will do.” It “did” to such an extent it was repeated in the next Hereford Festival in 1900, and Novello’s offered 15 guineas for the copyright.
Mass of the Children
This work was written at the invitation of Peter Tiboris and MidAmerica Productions and first performed on 13 February 2003 in Carnegie Hall, New York, conducted by the composer.
As well as including traditional Latin texts the Mass also includes verse by Thomas Ken (1637- 1711), William Blake (1757 – 1827) and others.
Seasons
A cycle of movements about the seasons of the year using the words of four poets: D H Lawrence, William Shakespeare, Emily Brontë and Paul Williamson. It covers the themes of passing time and life’s perpetual cyclic nature.
Broadland Youth Choir

“It’s fun, it’s dynamic, it’s friendly and being part of a choir teaches you much more than singing.”
Broadland Youth Choir is directed by Zaira Palumbo who is also our Soprano soloist for this performance.
Since beginning in 1992, Broadland Youth Choir has provided young singers with the opportunity to come together in making music. The choir comprises of children between the ages of 7-18 and performs music in a variety of genres including popular classical pieces, musical theatre songs, popular ballads and folk repertoire.
We have been lucky enough to be selected to perform with touring Bill Kenwright productions such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Evita, Whistle Down the Wind and Jesus Christ Superstar. We regulary take part in local and national competitions including Music for Youth, Llangollen Interntional Musical Eisteddfod and the Norfolk County Music Festival. We have also made appearances on BBC Song’s of Praise, and more recently as part of the international film ‘Romantic Guide to Lost Places’.
The choir regularly perform in local churches and concert venues and often perform to support charities such as The Big C Appeal, The Wroxham & Hoveton Lions Club and North Walsham Hospital.
More details, including news of upcoming performances can be found on their website
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Performers
- Zaira Palumbo, Soprano
- Isaac Cooper, Baritone
- Broadland Youth Choir
- Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society
- Sheringham and Cromer Chamber Ensemble
- Philip Adams, Accompanist
- Jodie Ballard, flute
- David Ballard, Conductor
Venue Information

Cromer Parish Church
Church Street
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9ES


