Workshop Summer 2024: John Rutter's Feel the Spirit
Sunday 23 June 2024, Old Village Hall
Feel the Spirit is John Rutter's setting of 7 spirituals for mezzo-soprano soloist and choir:
Ian's choice of this piece just seemed to hit the spot with us singers - not too difficult and yet with enough challenges to make the day enjoyable. The Spirituals are full of emotion from joy to sadness and always excitement. We did not engage a professional mezzo, but divided the solos amongst choir members. In particular we shall long remember Clare's lovely solo in Steal Away. Richard Dunster-Sigtermans gave us a great accompaniment on the keyboard and brought the music to life with its syncopated rhythms and jazz elements.
Feel the Spirit is John Rutter's setting of 7 spirituals for mezzo-soprano soloist and choir:
- Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
- Steal away
- I got a robe
- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
- Every time I feel the spirit
- Deep river
- When the saints go marching in
Ian's choice of this piece just seemed to hit the spot with us singers - not too difficult and yet with enough challenges to make the day enjoyable. The Spirituals are full of emotion from joy to sadness and always excitement. We did not engage a professional mezzo, but divided the solos amongst choir members. In particular we shall long remember Clare's lovely solo in Steal Away. Richard Dunster-Sigtermans gave us a great accompaniment on the keyboard and brought the music to life with its syncopated rhythms and jazz elements.
