Singing with the Lady's Choir in Waggum.

 The Lady´s Choir of approx 48 singers in the church of St Petri Johannes in Waggum..

 

On Thursday evening the choir sang a programme of folk, gospel and popular songs in German and one in English.  Also included in the programme were five songs for audience participation, and I was pleased to sing again two that I already knew, "When little Fountains Flow," a traditional German folk song, and "Guten Abend, Gute Nacht," the Brahm's lullaby, which is so lovely to sing in the original German.

 

The above photo shows the whole choir, with the sopranos to the left and the altos to the right.  The choir is conducted by Rudolf Schäfer.  I´m able to sing with the choir because two of the singers are in one of the English classes I attend, and they have been inviting me to sing with them for the last four years.   At that time I was singing with the Brunsviga  Choir, who met on the same Thursday evening each week.  

 Monika, the choir´s secretary, introduces the evening´s singing.

 

A guitarist played music to accompany the audience´s singing.

 The sopranos, accompanied on the piano by the conductor.

After the concert, the Choir invited the audience to join them in nearby community centre for wine and cake.   A most enjoyable evening with many new friends.

 

The link below is in German, but if you click on Fotogalarie, it is possible to see more photos of the choir. 

Waggumer Frauenchor

www.waggumer-frauenchor.de

Der Waggumer Frauenchor - Singen ist ihr Leben ... Wir pflegen den Gesang und die Geselligkeit in harmonischer Gemeinschaft.

 A view of the nave from below the organ balcony.  I cannot find any information on the Internet about the history of the church, but I would guess it was built around 1890, probably on the site of a much older church.

 

The church tower.