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14/12/2009

Dundee Choral Union - Caird Hall Sunday 13 December 2009


I attended Dundee Choral Union's Christmas Concert, earlier this evening in the Caird Hall. The programme comprised:
  • Serenade For Strings by Elgar
  • Gloria by Rutter
  • Choral Fantasy by Beethoven and
  • Mass Of The Children by Rutter.

The performers included:

  • Dundee Choral Union - comprising 34 sopranos, 38 contraltos, 11 tenors and 23 basses
  • National Youth Choir of Scotland
  • Chloe Marger, Pianist
  • Soprano and Baritone Guest Soloists and the
  • Orchestra of Scottish Opera.
Tonight's performance did not disappoint. In fact it was a wonderful musical preparation for Christmas.

The Choral Union, established in 1858, 'to practise and execute chiefly sacred music' is, I think, one of our most enduring and outstanding cultural organisations in the city.