Day 9, Sunday 16th August, and this is an especially poignant song for people from Littondale and Upper Wharfedale. It was recorded to mark the departure of our vicar for…
Day 8: Total Praise
Day 8, Saturday 15th August, and we’ve something more secular today. Sit back and enjoy the gorgeous harmonies. Total Praise Richard Smallwood Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the…
Day 7: What a Wonderful World
Day 7, Friday 14th August, and this is a song that should need no introduction to those of us of a certain generation. We’re lucky up here in the Dales…
Day 6: Rhythm of Life
Day 6, Thursday 13th August, and we’ve got a song you might recognise from adverts for a certain Irish beverage, but given the Buckden Singers’ own treatment. I defy you…
Day 5: The Rose
Day 5, Wednesday 12th August, and today the ladies of Buckden Singers perform a poignant classic made popular by Bette Midler and many others since. This one always goes down…
Day 4: You raise me up
Day 4, Tuesday 11th August, and today is one of my favourites in the Buckden Singers repertoire, a song made popular by Josh Groban. The lyrics express so well the…
Day 3: A flower remembered
Day 3, Monday 10th August, and today the Buckden Singers are performing a recent piece by John Rutter. A flower remembered John Rutter A flower remembered can never wither;Forever blooming…
Day 2: National Anthem of South Africa
Day 2, Sunday 9th August, and we’re lucky enough to have a second piece of music from Buckden Singers today. You might wonder why we might feature the national anthem…
Day 2: Abendsegen (Evening Benediction)
Day 2, Sunday 9th August, and today the Buckden Singers are bringing us this well-known piece from the opera Hänsel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. Abendsegen (Evening Benediction) Engelbert Humperdinck…
Day 1: As Long As I Have Music
Day 1, Saturday 8th August, and Buckden Singers are starting us off with a popular piece of choral music that is at the heart of their life as a choir….
About Buckden Singers
By Anne Vetch Buckden Singers is a non -auditioned Community choir open to all. A group of twelve villagers came together in January 2007, simply to enjoy the experience of…