Forthcoming Events
2019
2019 TOUR CONCERTS
St Andrew’s Church, Sedbergh, Saturday 19 October and St Mary’s, Beverley, Saturday 26 October
Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740) is known to choral singers for one work: the wonderful 8-part setting of the Crucifixus. This piece comes from a complete setting of the mass Missa Sancti Christophori, – a magnificent baroque masterpiece.
The award-winning Levens Choir from South Cumbria will sing this work in the first half of their annual tour concert, followed with Lux Aeterna by the contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen. This atmospheric choral work uses sections of the Requiem mass along with other sacred Latin texts, delivering the ultimately uplifting promise of ‘Eternal Light’.
One critic described the choir’s recent performance of Lauridsen as ‘a revelation’ and another that ‘the choir really excelled... the performance was spell-binding. Intense, committed and with unwavering focus.’
Alongside these two pieces the choir will sing three works in praise of the Virgin Mary by the 19th century Anton Bruckner and the renaissance composers Francisco Guerrero and Tomas Luis de Victoria. Herbert Sumsion’s moving tribute to They that go down to the sea in ships, a triumph of 20th century English cathedral music, completes the programme.
Organ accompaniment is by Andy Plowman, a distinguished player from Lancaster who has performed in many of the country’s great cathedrals.
Tickets
Sedbergh: Beverley:
Sedbergh Information Centre
or at the door Free entry with retiring collection
£10
Children and Students free
.
15th December, Carver Uniting Church, Windermere:
Lotti Missa Sancti Christophori;
Finzi In Terra Pax;
carols
2020
28th March, St Thomas’s Kendal & 31st Holy Trinity Casterton:
‘Beyond the Planets’: the music of Gustav and Imogen Holst.
7th July, Arkholme Village Hall:
‘A Field full of Folk’ – celebrating British folk music.
22nd November: ‘For St Cecilia’ – music by Finzi, Britten, Handel and Howells.
If you would like further details of any or all of our activities, please contact our Musical Director, Ian Jones on 01539 720168.
2019 TOUR CONCERTS
St Andrew’s Church, Sedbergh, Saturday 19 October and St Mary’s, Beverley, Saturday 26 October
Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740) is known to choral singers for one work: the wonderful 8-part setting of the Crucifixus. This piece comes from a complete setting of the mass Missa Sancti Christophori, – a magnificent baroque masterpiece.
The award-winning Levens Choir from South Cumbria will sing this work in the first half of their annual tour concert, followed with Lux Aeterna by the contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen. This atmospheric choral work uses sections of the Requiem mass along with other sacred Latin texts, delivering the ultimately uplifting promise of ‘Eternal Light’.
One critic described the choir’s recent performance of Lauridsen as ‘a revelation’ and another that ‘the choir really excelled... the performance was spell-binding. Intense, committed and with unwavering focus.’
Alongside these two pieces the choir will sing three works in praise of the Virgin Mary by the 19th century Anton Bruckner and the renaissance composers Francisco Guerrero and Tomas Luis de Victoria. Herbert Sumsion’s moving tribute to They that go down to the sea in ships, a triumph of 20th century English cathedral music, completes the programme.
Organ accompaniment is by Andy Plowman, a distinguished player from Lancaster who has performed in many of the country’s great cathedrals.
Tickets
Sedbergh: Beverley:
Sedbergh Information Centre
or at the door Free entry with retiring collection
£10
Children and Students free
.
15th December, Carver Uniting Church, Windermere:
Lotti Missa Sancti Christophori;
Finzi In Terra Pax;
carols
2020
28th March, St Thomas’s Kendal & 31st Holy Trinity Casterton:
‘Beyond the Planets’: the music of Gustav and Imogen Holst.
7th July, Arkholme Village Hall:
‘A Field full of Folk’ – celebrating British folk music.
22nd November: ‘For St Cecilia’ – music by Finzi, Britten, Handel and Howells.
If you would like further details of any or all of our activities, please contact our Musical Director, Ian Jones on 01539 720168.
