Christ Church, Penrith

The Dalston Male Voice Choir, gave a concert "On the Wings of Song" to an appreciative audience at Christ Church in Penrith on 15th June 2013. The choir, under the leadership of Michael Deakin gave a varied and entertaining performance delivered with enthusiasm and ability.

The programme included some well known tunes, such as Irving Berlin's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and Puccini's Nessun Dorma and some less well known tunes such as Gwahoddiad was originally the English-language hymn "I hear thy welcome voice", the words and tune of which were written in 1872 by the American Methodist minister and hymn writer Lewis Hartsough The theme of on wings of song included ‘Yellow Bird’, ‘You Raise Me Up’, and ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.

The choir have a policy of highlighting and encouraging young talent and this evening they included a programme from Hannah Scotson. Hannah is 19 years of age and is currently studying for a BA in Performing Arts from the University of Cumbria. She gave an accomplished performance of six songs, including ‘I Don't Know How to Love Him’ and the crowd pleasing ‘The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music" from the musical of the same name.

The choir was ably accompanied by Lorraine Gash and announcer Michael Williams helped the evening along with entertaining and amusing links to introduce and link the various pieces of music.

Our thanks go to the choir for a superb evening of music and entertainment. We enjoyed the highly accomplished performance and were cheered by a choir who clearly enjoyed signing and performing.

We will look forward to hopefully a return performance sometime very soon.