With the Harrodian School Choirs and Special Guest Isabel Suckling, Sunday 8th December.
A big thank you to my good friend Charles Haswell for all his help in organise this concert at St. Mary’s Church in Barnes! He had the wonderful idea of inviting the Harrodian School Choirs along to join me and I was delighted when they agreed!
Along with the Harrodian School Choirs, I was also joined by Isabel Suckling as my special guest. She has a stunning choral voice and sung Schubert’s Ave Maria, and Christmas Day; a beautiful song by Robin and RJ Gibb’s which she sang for their Titanic Requiem album.
The evening consisted of a few songs to track, as well as songs accompanied by Christina Hizon on piano and Greg Platt Lake on guitar. Stand As One filled the Church in the second half with the help of the Senior Choir from the Harrodian School, making it sound truly epic! Another collaboration was a performance of a new song by Don Black which has never been recorded, it is called How Much Does a Rainbow Weigh? and it was lovely to sing this with the Junior Choir! Isabel also joined me in song and we sang my own arrangement of Walking in the Air; it was an absolute pleasure to sing with Isabel and I felt that our voices really complimented each other.
“Another wonderful concert on Sunday evening. Mary-Jess sang to a packed church, with support from two choirs (different age groups) from the Harrodian School, and special guest — Isabel Suckling (The Choirgirl).
Stand As One, with the senior choir, was sensational, and ‘How Much Does a Rainbow Weigh?’ with the junior choir was delightful. Isabel and Mary-Jess sang ‘Walking in the Air’ in a new arrangement with lovely harmonies. But the highlight of the evening was the final song in Chinese!”