The Earth Trembled

We hope you enjoy this afternoon’s programme

My Soul, There is a Country – Parry

O Radiant Dawn – MacMillan

Clear and Gentle Stream – Finzi

Somewhere Only We Know – Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes arr. Perry

The Hills – Ireland

Terra Tremuit – Byrd

Hew Round the Tree – Dett

There is an Old Belief – Parry

Brief interval

Abendlied – Rheinberger

I Thank You God – Whitacre

Sing to the Moon – Mvula

For the Beauty of the Earth – Rutter

Kasar Mie La Gaji – Grau

Colours of the Wind – arr. Kirby Shaw

Please join us for tea, coffee and cakes after the performance

Please note: toilets are located a short walk away at The Old Horns Inn

Musical Director: Charlie Perry

Charlie is a conductor, arranger, singer and composer based in the North West. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 2018 with a First Class degree and since then has been working as a freelance musician. Current posts are: Director of Music at the Manchester Oratory; Musical Director of Stafford Choral Society; Cantores Olicanae, Ilkley and Assistant Conductor of Stockport Youth Orchestra. Charlie has conducted the likes of Kantos Chamber Choir, Crouch End Festival Chorus and Chester Festival Chorus; as well as being a conductor/workshop leader for the Hallé’s Education Programme. 

As a singer he is a member of Kantos Chamber Choir which has involved singing a number of times on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Daily Service’ programme including a tour of Rome and Assisi with the BBC in 2018 and a recording with the RLPO for Decca Classics. Charlie has also had engagements with the BBC Daily Service Singers, Hallé Choir and Manchester Renaissance Ensemble.

Whilst at University Charlie was heavily involved in singing in both University choir and Chamber Choir as well as acting as Chorus Master for the 2018 Opera Concert and joint Choral and orchestral tour. Not restricting himself to exclusively classical music, Charlie was also Musical Director of a number of musical productions including Sondheim’s Into the Woods and a premiere of a student-written musical The Clockmakers Tale. In 2019 he also Musically Directed a production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Edinburgh Fringe with Manchester-based company Delicious Theatre.

Aside from conducting and singing, Charlie is also a keen composer and arranger frequently producing music for his numerous musical groups, covering a diverse variety of genres. Not restricting himself to the Choral world, Charlie is also working as Musical Supervisor for the development of a new theatrical production, Erainn, which is involving co-composing, arranging and orchestrating its music.

Thank you for supporting us this afternoon.

We look forward to welcoming you again soon!