Adrian King (that really should be King Adrian) arrived on the Sunshine Coast from the UK back in 2006 with his wife Helen. He joined Noosa Chorale as a tenor (and Helen as a soprano) before taking over the baton in 2007 from retiring music director Leonard Spira OAM.
And as they say… the rest is history. Sixteen wonderful years later, he has decided to retire, and the choir’s annual Christmas Cheer concert next month will be his final bow.
Chorale singers are setting aside their sadness at losing Adrian to concentrate on bringing a truly joyous programme of Christmas carols to our audiences at the angelically decorated J Theatre.
Among the festive songs and carols are some of Adrian’s all-time favourites and the choir is responding to his delight in conducting these by producing the most angelic of sounds—and yes, even the basses are sounding like angels at practice.
Many of the chosen pieces are by one of the best-loved, living choral composers, John Rutter who, along with David Willcocks, edited the collection that choirs everywhere tend to think of as their Christmas carols bible, “100 Carols for Choirs”.
Along with the less well-known carols will be traditional ones like “The First Nowell” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” for the audience to sing along with the choir.
Noosa deputy mayor Frank Wilkie is MC and, as in previous years, will bring his characteristic wit and charm to the event.
An Angelic Christmas.The J, Friday December 16, 7pm,tickets, $39 adults, $20 student/child
www.thej.com.au/an-angelic-christmas
