CELEBRATING the joy of Christmas and continuing the festivities for its 75th Anniversary Season, the Watford Philharmonic Society will once again present an annual festival of carols at Watford Colosseum on Wednesday, December 16, at 7.30pm.
The choir and orchestra will perform a mixture of Christmas songs and carols, together with some beautiful, but less well known pieces, and there will be plenty of opportunity for the audience to join in.
A special mention should be made of a performance of Brother Heinrich’s Christmas – a fable with music by John Rutter and narrated by the Watford Philharmonic’s vice president, Richard Baker OBE. The concert will also feature the choir from Kingsway Junior School.
Former conductor Graham Garton is a special guest. Now aged 80, Graham first sang with the Watford Philharmonic at the age of 18 and in 1967, became only the second conductor in the society’s history; a post he held for 23 years.
The concert will be hosted and conducted by Terry Edwards, who studied at Trinity College of Music and taught at Rickmansworth Grammar School before working as chorus director at the Royal Opera House for some 12 years.
Tickets: 07546 112321, www.watfordphilharmonic.co.uk
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