A SMALL baby at a Christmas concert created a memorable moment for both the listeners and the choir performing.
As a carol written as a lullaby for the infant Jesus came to an end, a baby in the audience at St Marys Church, Twyford made everyone smile as it let out a burbling call.
Twyford Singers’ Christmas concert, which drew a large audience, started atmospherically with a 7th century hymn sung unaccompanied and performed by candlelight.
Other highlights included Scots Nativity written by Alan Bullard in 2001, a jazz version of Good King Wenceslas, a reading by Elaine Cowling and John Miller of The Twelve Days of Christmas (Correspondence) which raised laughter, and traditional carols and Christmas songs, which the audience joined in with enthusiastically.
A regular Twyford Singers audience member said it was one of the singers’ best concerts.
St Mary’s Vicar the Rev Mark Gould thanked the singers for the ‘amazing’ concert, and musical director Helen Styles, who led the choir and audience through the evening of reverence and jollity, said it had gone ‘really well.’
Skilled musicians accompanied the performances, with the choir’s regular accompanist Judith Creighton on the organ, Simon Davie on the trumpet and Beth Styles on percussion and electric bass guitar.
The choir resumes rehearsals at St Mary’s Church, Twyford, on Tuesday, January 7 at 7.45pm.
New singers are welcomed.
For information, visit: twyford-singers.org.uk
