Reviews...
Hereford G&S Society at The Courtyard (The Hereford Times )(April 2010)
Added - 17. Apr. 2010 - 15:32

THERE are echoes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, the current production from Hereford Gilbert & Sullivan Society at The Courtyard.

Love is in the air when young Alexis (played by tenor Russell Painter) feeds a love potion to everyone in his village so that they can share the bliss he enjoys with his fiancee Aline, but of course it all goes wrong when inappropriate pairings result. And then goes even further wrong when he persuades Aline to drink the potion, too, declaring that a refusal on her part demonstrates a lack of love for him ... and she promptly falls desperately for the vicar.

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Out of Africa at Cranmer Methodist Church, Wolverhampton (March 2010)
Added - 20. Mar. 2010 - 21:47
Yet another example of the diverse musical scene offered by local amateur groups came in this delightful programme by the Chamber Choir on Saturday.
 
The Missa Luba is a blend of the Christian Mass and exciting African rhythms, and its Sanctus became well known as the soundtrack for the anarchic 1968 film If- which saw the debut of Malcolm McDowell.
 
Tenor Russell Painter confidently and colourfully led the call and response pattern, well supported by the choristers and the percussion accompaniment so ably provided by Adam Morris and Richard Hubbard.
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Music for a Summer’s Evening, All Saints Church, Wribbenhall (Kidderminster Shuttle) (June 2009)
Added - 24. Jun. 2009 - 22:56
ONCE again, local artistes provided a first class evening of entertainment, when Kidderminster Male Choir, plus Russell Painter and David Morgan treated us to a couple of hours of relaxing music.
 
The choir,sang superbly throughout, as always, including Robbie Williams’ Angels and the ever popular Alexander’s Ragtime Band and also Deus Salutis, a hymn which male choirs throughout the country are performing this year at the centenery of the death of its composer, GH Jones.
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