Have a Listen!

Here are excerpts from just some of the performances we have given in the last few years.


'O Fortuna' from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

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The choir gave a sell-out performance of Carl Orff's striking work at their Spring Concert on 11 April 2015, at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings. This is the hugely famous opening chorus.

With Francis Rayner & Bernard King (pianos)
John Rockliffe, George English, Fabian Edwards, Dan Bradley, Tony Wagstaff (percussion)
'Ragazzi' led by Monica Esslin-Peard
conducted by Marcio da Silva



'Ode to Joy' from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

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This is an excerpt from a concert given at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, on 12 November 2016. It marked the debut of our sister organisation, Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, who now frequently perform with us.



Verdi's Messa da Requiem

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5 May 2018
To celebrate the choir's 90th anniversary, we invited the Kosovo Philharmonic Choir to participate with us in a very special performance of Verdi's great Messa da Requiem at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings

Susana Gaspar - Soprano
Catia Moreso - Mezzo-Soprano
Emanoel Velozo - Tenor
Edward Grint - Baritone

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra

Marcio da Silva - Conductor



'American Journey': Folk Songs from the United States and Brazil

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An extract from our Summer Concert, staged in June 2013 at St Mary in the Castle, Hasting - one of the first concerts with the our current conductor, Marcio da Silva.

Amazing Grace - Trad./Newton arr. da Silva
Deep River - Trad. arr. Secco
Were You There - Trad. arr. Luboff

Francis Rayner (piano), Marcio da Silva (conductor)



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