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Concert by Durham Cathedral Choir, Lavenham, 21st June

Author: Durham Cathedral Choir

Published: 19th June 2013 08:13

Durham Cathedral Choir

Concert by Durham Cathedral Choir, Lavenham Parish Church, Friday 21st June

Francesca Massey organ
James Lancelot director

About Durham Cathedral Choir

The Cathedral Choir consists of 20 boy Choristers and probationer-choristers, 20 girl Choristers and probationer-choristers, 7 student Choral Scholars, 5 professional Lay Clerks, and 3 Organists.

The Choristers all attend the Chorister School, a preparatory and pre-preparatory school in the Cathedral precincts which numbers just over 200 pupils, and which maintains the special atmosphere which membership of the cathedral community gives to it. They take a full part in the life of the school, not only in music but also in drama and in sports. All of them learn the piano, and most learn a second instrument, too. The Choral Scholars are full-time students of the University, reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The Lay Clerks pursue careers such as music teaching or postgraduate study.

The Evening Songs

Hosanna to the Son of David                     Thomas Weelkes (c 1575-1623)
Ave Maria                                                   Robert Parsons (died 1570)
Ego sum panis vivus                                   William Byrd (?1543-1623)
Alleluia.  I heard a voice                            Thomas Weelkes

Organ solo

Abide with me (Bist du bei mir)                  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei          Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Interval

Os justi meditabitur sapientiam                    Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Hear my prayer                                             Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Organ solo

My beloved spake                                                    Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
And I saw a new heaven                                          Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)
Agnus Dei (Missa Dunelmi)                                       James MacMillan (born 1959)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?         Richard Lloyd (born 1933)
Jubilate Deo in C                                                       Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Tickets on the Door

Lavenham Parish Church

music@durhamcathedral.co.uk or 0191 374 4066

 

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