STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL Ralph Jamieson Conductor Blair Cargill Piano and Keyboard (Organ and Harpsichord) Ruth Kalitski and Megan McNicoll Violins PROGRAMME: Christmas Music and Carols: James Macmillan, William Mathias, Sarah Quartel, Michael Head, Toby Young, Benjamin Britten, Stephen Coker, Eric Whitacre, Peter Warlock Choral Seasonal Music: Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934) The Snow J. S. Bach […]

STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847) ELIJAH The Stonehaven ChorusAberdeen Sinfonietta (Leader Bryan Dargie)Ralph Jamieson conductor Ross Cumming bassMatthew McKinney tenorSusan McNaught sopranoSarah Shorter alto Supplementary Soloists From The Choir:Amanda Ferguson sopranoFiona Armstrong alto In order to prepare myself for Stonehaven Chorus’s performance of Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah, first performed in Birmingham in August […]

ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH, STONEHAVEN The Stonehaven Chorus under conductor Ralph Jamieson were in fine voice for their Spring Concert 2022. They performed to a full house audience in St. James’ Episcopal Church. The Chorus opened with ebullient enthusiasm as they sang ‘A Prayer For Ukraine’ in the Ukrainian language. It sounded good to me. […]

STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL Sunday evening’s performance of Bach’s St. John Passion by The Stonehaven Chorus was one of their best ever. The only regret was that their conductor Ralph Jamieson was unable to take part in the performance owing to a recent tragic death in the family. We send him our deepest condolences. Fortunately, one […]

St. JAMES’ CHURCH, STONEHAVEN The Stonehaven Chorus were in particularly fine voice in St James’ Church on Sunday for their annual Spring Concert, part of their ongoing 70th Anniversary Celebrations.Their sheer enthusiasm blazed forth in the opening piece, a setting of Psalm 150, in Latin, Laudate Dominum, composed by the choir’s conductor Ralph Jamieson. It […]

St JAMES’ CHURCH, STONEHAVEN “From Scotland to Hungary, a musical journey”, was the title of this year’s Spring Concert from The Stonehaven Chorus conducted by Ralph Jamieson. Later this year, in mid-October, the choir will visit Budapest in Hungary where they will give concerts, hence today’s programme which was a preparation for their exciting mid-European […]

STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL This year’s Christmas Concert from The Stonehaven Chorus conducted by Ralph Jamieson offered an attractive selection of music ranging from top flight choral classics by composers like Bach, William Byrd, Buxtehude or Haydn along with works by contemporary composers like the American choral master Morten Lauridsen or our own John Hearne who […]

STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL Over many years, the Stonehaven Chorus have built a reputation for fine performances of challenging contemporary music often by composers with a Nordic background. Conductor Ralph Jamieson continued that tradition on Sunday with a remarkably successful performance of A Solstice of Light by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Strictly speaking, Maxwell Davies is […]

STONEHAVEN TOWN HALL Stonehaven Town Hall was packed on Saturday when the Stonehaven Chorus presented one of their superbly imaginative and ever popular Scottish programmes. The conducting honours were shared between Dr John Hearne and Ralph Jamieson, a past conductor of the choir, while Drew Tulloch was as ever on hand to provide colourful keyboard […]

St. JAMES’S CHURCH, STONEHAVEN Given that the previous concert by the Stonehaven Chorus in December last year was for Homecoming Scotland rather than their traditional Christmas Fare there were no popular carols for the audience to join in singing. Their latest concert in St. James’s Church on Sunday corrected that omission with the opportunity for […]