‘Nine Lessons & Carols’, by Music Ministry Choir
View(s):Two weeks before the much-awaited Christmas recital by the Music Ministry choir, Neranjan de Silva and Ishan de Lanerolle are in Neranjan’s home studio listening intently to a recording of the choir rehearsing earlier that week at St. Paul’s Church on Kynsey Road. A sudden loud clap of thunder matches the majestic sounds of the organ, causing Neranjan and Ishan to break into laughter while deep in discussion over the balance of sound.
Such is the intense collaboration between the two which precedes their Christmas offering ‘Nine Lessons & Carols’ presented by their Music Ministry Choir on Saturday, November 30 at St Paul’s Church, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8 at 6.30 p.m.
At practices: The Music Ministry Choir
Master organist Neranjan de Silva and Ishan de Lanerolle need no introduction in Colombo’s music scene. The Music Ministry Choir, they founded last year will be at full strength for this significant service heralding the Christmas season and the congregation can look forward to Bible readings of the Nativity, those time-honoured Christmas carols such as The First Noel and other favourites among them Vivaldi’s triumphant ‘Ode to Joy’.
A highlight, no doubt, will be the De Lanerolle Brothers – Rohan joining Ishan singing ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘The Holy City’.
Tokens for entrance (required for logistical purposes though entrance is free) can be obtained from the Common Coffee House.
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