Andrew Throssell's Blog Entries

  • FAREWELL TO ALBION

    We may have had our last concert as Albion on the 13th August but we still have lots to give. Check out our Farwell to Albion Tumblr page. Holy Trinity 13th August Last bow. The CD's and downloads are still available as a are the sheet music to the wonderful songs composed and arranged by Fraser Wilson. Follow our website page to get there.We h... read more
  • FAREWELL TO ALBION

    We are sorry to announce disappointing, upsetting news. After 4 ½ years of ambitious, adventurous music-making, Albion is coming to an end. It’s been tremendously hard to contemplate this as a way forward, and equally so to decide on it.   In our journey of adventure, taking us through caves, real ales, festivals, bicycles, ... read more
  • ALBION at Great Addington

    SUNDAY 24 APRIL at 1.00pm ALL SAINTS CHURCH, GREAT ADDINGTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN14 4BH - website www.nenecrossings.org.uk Tickets (including wine and canapés) £10.  Call Maggie 01536 330384 or emailmm.etheridge@icloud.com
  • ALBION at Saint Andrews

    SATURDAY 23 APRIL at 7.30pm ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, BEDFORD, MK40 2PF - website www.standrewsbedford.orgTickets £10 / £8 / £4 / free.  Call 01234 216881 or email musa@saintandrewsbedford.org
  • Albion on Song

    BE PART OF IT. We present a spring evening concert with enchanting harmonies, soaring voices, and dramatic candlelit presentation ALBION ALES. Included in the ticket price is a pint of Albion real ale (from the Abbeydale Brewery)   - or a wine or soft alternative  CATCH US WHILE YOU CAN. We don't have any more Sheffield performances s... read more
  • ALBION - In Cloudless Sunshine - New CD

    In Cloudless Sunshine brings together many of Albion's favourite songs of the first few years with some of the very special pieces which have been composed more recently. In 2015, a raft of innovative and beautiful new arrangements and compositions have entered Albion’s repertoire, and the new record is perfectly timed to capture the group&... read more
  • Tom Mckinney plugs ALBION in the caves

    A recent Radio 3 plug: Tom McKinney from Radio 3 Classical Breakfast Show Sun 18th Oct 2015"I heard an incredible performance of that by the Albion choir, deep underground in Peak Cavern in Castelton Derbyshire a few weeks ago. An amazing place for choral music in deep underground in a cavern called Titan. Suddenly all these singers just emerged... read more
  • ALBION - Carols with Albion Sheffield 2015

    Carols with Albion: Sheffield 2015 Friday 18 December at 8.00pm Holy Trinity Church, MILLHOUSES, Sheffield S7 2GY We advise early booking, as last year's Carols with Albion sold out! Please scroll down to buy tickets “SUPERB. Delay in clapping due to not wanting to break the spell … Christmas can come now.” –... read more
  • ALBION - Carols with Albion Buxton 2015

    ALBION - Carols with Albion Buxton 2015 (preview) Event Date: November 27, 2015 undatedby Andrew Throssell Views: Location: England, United Kingdom Carols with Albion: Buxton 2015 Saturday 19 December at 7.00pm (note earlier time)St John's Church, Buxton, SK17 6HJ We advise early booking, as last year's Carols with Albion sold out!... read more
  • ALBION - Songs by Candlelight

    ALBION's second visit to the ancient capital of York, the first of two concerts in Holy Trinity Church on Goodramgate.   This concert is £7.50, a bargain as our concert tickets are normally £10. Hear Albion breath a new live into songs from these isles.   21st November 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Good... read more