Mary Doyle from Hospice was delighted recently to receive the amount of ?2,839.87 from the Isle of Man Choral Society. This terrific amount was raised as a result of the Brahms Requiem concert held on Sunday 17th March at the Villa Marina, Douglas. At this concert the Isle of Man Choral Society, conducted by Julian Power, was supported by the Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra under its leader Tom Field. The concert was sponsored by Tower Insurance which covered most of the Villa Marina expenses and enabled the Society to donate this amount to Hospice Isle of Man.
Mary thanked the Choral Society for their contribution to the charity when the cheque was handed over at the Society’s first rehearsal on 12th September.
The Isle of Man Choral Society will present at its next concert [again sponsored by Tower Insurance] in March 2014, during the Island of Culture 2014 celebrations, two works – Poulenc’s Gloria and Jenkins’s The Armed Man. The latter was last performed by the Society in 2006 under the baton of Pam Duchars then Director of Music and who sadly died recently. This work was originally chosen for its poignancy as being an anti-war mass and 2014 being the centenary of the commencement of World War 1.
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