SOME RECENT ARCHIVED EVENTS
EPIPHANY WEEKEND IN DURHAM CATHEDRAL
Durham Cathedral, 5 and 6 January 2019
Saturday Evensong – 5:15 pm
Responses: William Smith
Psalm 97 (Stainer)
Magnificat: Fauxbourdons, William Byrd
Nunc Dimittis: Fauxbourdons, William Byrd
Anthem: Lux Aurumque, Eric Whitacre
Sunday, Matins, 10 am
Responses: William Smith
Psalm 132 (Maunder, Massey)
Te Deum – Stanford in B flat
Benedictus - Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Star in the South, arr. Malcolm Sargent (1895 – 1967)
Hymns: 52, 48
Holy Communion 11:15 am
Nicene Creed - Merbecke
Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Anthem: Lo Star led Chiefs, William Crotch
Sunday at 1.30 pm in the nave
VITA HOMINUM
Sung in Latin, Words by Bede (672/3 – 26 May 735)
Music by Edmund Hunt
English translations by Christopher Hunwick and Gabriele Wright
Soloists: Lindsey Nicholls (soprano) Martin Lay (tenor)
The performance will last about 20 minutes
Sunday Evensong – 3:30 pm
Responses - William Smith
Psalm 98 (Randall), 100 (Day)
Magnificat: Primi toni, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Nunc Dimittis: Gustav Holst
Anthem: Omnes de Saba, Jacob Handl
CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS 2018
Our
annual Christmas with The Singers Concert took place on 15
December 2018 in St George's Church, Jesmond. Guest Northumbrian Piper
James Clark; world premiere of Vita Hominum by Edmund Hunt and lots of
beautiful carols. Recorded by BBC Radio 3. Download programme here.
EPIPHANY HIGH MASS in DURHAM CATHEDRAL 2018
Saturday 6 January 2018 at 5.15 pm
Darke in E
Poulenc: Videntes Stellam
CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS
Saturday 16 December 2017 at 7 pm
Download programme from here.
Saturday and Sunday 22 & 23 July 2017 The Singers at Blackburn Cathedral Our organist was Shaun Turnbull, Assistant Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral. SATURDAY 22 JULY 2017
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER'S EVENING 7.30 pm A Concert of Beautiful Choral Music Admission £10 (under 16 free)
O sing joyfully - Adrian Batten
Non moriar sed vivam - Martin Luther
Richte mich, Gott - Mendelssohn
Ave Verum Corpus - Peter Philips
The Gallant Weaver - James MacMillan
My bonny lad (Northumbrian folksong)
Stars - Ēriks Ešenvalds
Amazing Grace - arr. Ēriks Ešenvalds
Kyrie and Gloria from Missa Rigensis (2003) - Ugis Praulinš
The Road Home - arr. Stephen Paulus SUNDAY 23 JULY 2017
10.30 am Eucharist
Mass setting: Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei only from
Missa Rigensis (2003) - Ugis Praulinš (b. 17 June 1957)
Communion motets
Ave verum corpus - Peter Philips (c.1560 – 1628)
Panis Angelicus - César Franck (1822 - 1890)
Psalm 86 from verse 11 (chant tba)
4 pm Evensong
Introit: Open Thy Gates - Julius Harrison (1885 - 1963)
Preces and Responses: Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
Psalm 67 (chant tba)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - Stanford in A
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father - S S Wesley (1810 - 1876)
The Singers at Wakefield Cathedral
Sunday 23 April 2017 – St George’s Day
The Singers
Conductor Donald Halliday
Organist Sachin Gunga
11am The Eucharist
Gradual: Iste sanctus - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus - Peter Philips
Communion setting: Darke in E
3.30pm Choral Evensong
Preces and Reponses: Kenneth Leighton
Psalm 30, 1 - 5 (Wesley)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Stanford in A
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father - S S Wesley
High Mass for Epiphany Durham
Cathedral
6 January 2017 7.30
pm Ugis Praulinš: Missa Rigensis - Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei
Crotch Lo! Star led Chiefs
Organist: Kris Thomsett
Conductor: Donald Halliday
The Singers visit Cologne 2016
This
Spring The Singers will be making their third visit to Cologne. A
highlight of the visit will be Choral Vespers in Cologne Cathedral. The
Singers will also be continuing their project to sing in all twelve
Romanesque churches in Cologne and will be singing in St Ursula and St
Kunibert for the first time.
Saturday 9
April 2016
3 pm St.
Vincenz-Haus - Private
Concert in the Festsaal
5.30 pm
Evening Mass in St Kunibert
Sunday 10
April 2016
10:00 am
Morning Mass in St Ursula
11:30 am
Morning Service in St Aposteln
6:00 pm
Choral Vespers in Cologne Cathedral
Spring Concert in Morpeth
The King Edward VI School Choir
KEVI Community Orchestra
The Singers
Saturday 19
March 2016
7.30 pm
St James’ Church, Morpeth
Admission: £6
(£3 for students/children)
Draft
Programme
KEVI
Community Orchestra
Elgar: Pomp and
Circumstance No. 4
Bizet: Symphony
in C, First Movement
Vaughan
Williams: Fantasia
on Greensleeves
John
Williams: Music
from the film Jurassic Park
Interval
The Singers
Peter
Philips: Tibi laus
Eric Esenwalds: Stars
KEVI Chamber
Choir
Bruckner:
Locus Iste
Joint Choirs
Rutter:
What Sweeter Music
Tippett: Nobody
Knows from
A Child of Our Time
Handel: And
The Glory of the Lord from
Messiah
Handel: Hallelujah
Chorus from
Messiah
Wednesday 6 January 2016
High
Mass for Epiphany
Durham
Cathedral
7.30
pm
Communion
Setting: Missa ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib) - George Malcolm
Anthem: Here is the Little Door
- Herbert Howells
Saturday
19 December 2015
Christmas
with The Singers
7.00 pm St Georges Church,
Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
Sunday
6 September 2015
The Singers in Liverpool
Anglican Cathedral
Conductor: Donald
Halliday
Organist:
Nick Miller
10.30
am Choral Eucharist
At
the Nave Altar
Preacher - The Venerable Peter Bradley, Archdeacon of Warrington
Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Psalm 146 (Harris)
Anthem: Euntes ibant et flebant - Gorecki
Hymns 334, 466, 415 (tune 346), 376
3.00
pm Choral Evensong
Open thy gates - Julius
Harrison (sung at the back of the nave)
Procession to choir stalls during Organ Improvisation
Responses Leighton
Psalm 119. 49 - 56 (Elvey)
Magnificat Primi Toni - Victoria
Nunc Dimittis - Holst
Locus Iste - Bruckner
Hymns: 452, 401
Sunday
19 July 2015
The Singers in St
Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
The
Singers sang the services while the St Giles Singers were on a foreign
tour.
Conductor:
Donald Halliday
Organist: Robert Harris, Organ Scholar
10.00 Morning Communion
Introit: O come ye servants of the Lord - Christopher Tye
Communion setting: Kyrie and Gloria -
Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Communion motet: We shall walk through the valley in peace arr. Moses
Hogan
11.30
Morning Service
Introit:
Lord, for Thy tender mercies sake - Richard Farrant
Responses – Kenneth Leighton
Psalm 23 – chant: Herrick Bunney
Anthem – Locus Iste - Tariq O'Regan
Saturday
9 May 2015, 2.00 pm
The
Singers at Home
St Mary's, Longbenton
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Great music, a great afternoon
tea, and great fun - this was a sell out last year!
This is the second concert by
The Singers in their new rehearsal home. More information, and a
downloadable programme, soon.
The music will include
- Only in Sleep and Stars
by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds
- some Shakespeare songs in
settings
by Matthew Harris
- folk songs arranged by
Whittaker, Vaughan
Williams, Holst and John Byrt.
This event will be attended by
the Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Mayor of North Tyneside.
Admission £5 (children £2, but
not suitable for children under 6) includes performance and afternoon
tea. All welcome.
Tuesday
6 January 2015, 7.30 pm
Eucharist
for Epiphany Evensong
Durham Cathedral
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Organist:
Mark Mawhinney
Communion
Service: Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Anthem: Omnes de Saba - Jacob Handl
Hymns from NEH:
47 As with gladness men of old
48 Bethlehem, of noblest cities
52 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
49 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, tune Epiphany
CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS
An
evening of festive carols old and new
with guest instrumentalists, mulled wine and mince pies.
Tickets available at the door.
The
Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
The Armstrong Quartet
Jonathan
Trevor, violin
Paul Robert Amos, violin
Tony Webb, viola
Katie
Hall, cello
with
Alison
Rudd, flute
and
Northumbrian
Pipers
from Robson's Choice
Marian Downs
Nick Leeming
Catherine Robson
Louise Woodman
Saturday
23 August and Sunday 24 August
AUGUST
BANK HOLIDAY CHORAL SERVICES
Southwark Cathedral, London
PROVISIONAL
MUSIC LIST
Saturday 4 pm Choral Evensong
Introit: Bruckner
– Locus
iste
Responses: Leighton
Psalm 97 [chant: Parratt]
Service: Sumsion in G
Anthem: Samuel Sebastian Wesley –
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Sunday
11 am Choral Eucharist
Communion Service: Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Responsorial Psalm: 145 vv 1 – 8
Offertory: arr. Hogan – De blin' man stood on de road an'
cried
Anthem: Mozart – Ave verum Corpus
Sunday
3 pm Choral Evensong
Introit: Julius Harrison – Open Thy gates
Responses: Leighton
Psalm 91 [chant: Hopkins]
Service: Purcell in G minor
Anthem: Stuart Murray – Crux Fidelis
Saturday 10 May 2014
CONCERT and AFTERNOON TEA
St
Mary Magdalene, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
2 pm
Tickets:
£5 (children £2) from 0191
266 2326 or 0191
270 1879
All Welcome. Futher details to follow.
Directions to St Mary Magdalene, Longbenton
- Post
code: NE12 8ST
- St
Mary Magdalene is on the corner of Blackfriars Way and West Farm
Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8ST
-
Nearest metro: Longbenton
- See:
www.achurchnearyou.com
- See:
facebook
- Need
a map? See Google maps
Provisional
programme
Now is the month of Maying Thomas
Morley
Allan Water arr. Henry
Elliot Button
Annie Laurie trad.
Ye banks and braes arr.
Liddell
O magnum mysterium Kjell
Mørk Karlsen
Love walked in Gershwin,
arr. Zegree
Bogoroditse Devo Rachmaninov
We shall walk through the valley in peace arr. Moses Hogan
Ezekiel saw de wheel arr.
Moses Hogan
The Road Home Stephen
Paulus
Londonderry air
My bonny lad
Bobby Shaftoe
Sunday
23 March 2014
6 pm
MUSIC
AT SIX
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
A sequence of music for a Spring
twilight
Music to include:
Ola
Gjeilo: Serenity
René
Clausen: Tonight Eternity Alone
Kjell
Mørk
Karlsen: O magnum mysterium
and music by Moses Hogan, Victoria, Philips, and Mozart.
The full programme can be downloaded from here.
Monday 6 January 2014
HIGH
MASS for EPIPHANY
Durham Cathedral
7:30 pm
Music:
Ugis Praulinš: Missa
Rigensis
Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings
Organist: Mark Mawhinney
Saturday 21 December 2013
CHRISTMAS with THE SINGERS
St George's, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
7:30
pm
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Emily Hoile, harp
Donald Robinson, cello
Northumbrian Pipers from
Robson's Choice
Other guest instrumentalists to be announced.
A concert of seasonal music including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.
Tickets for this event are now on sale online or at JG Windows
More information at: christmaswiththesingers.com
and on Facebook
Saturday
20 April 2013, 3.00 pm
Brinkburn
Priory Concert
The
Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
An informal afternoon concert
of music for Spring and,
to link with the wedding exhibition, some music for a wedding.
The concert will last about 1
hour and is free [admission charges to the site may apply].
A great opportunity to spend a
Spring afternoon in the magnificent surroundings of Brinkburn Priory.
By kind permission of English
Heritage [see: Brinkburn Priory]
The
programme will include music for choir by Purcell, Morley, Britten
(Choral Dances from Gloriana),
Whitacre (This Marriage), etc.
The full programme is available
here.
Saturday
16 February 2013, 5.15 pm
Choral
Evensong
Durham Cathedral
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Organ: James Lancelot
Responses:
Leighton
Psalm: 84, Parry
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Stanford in C
Anthem: Hear my prayer/O for the wings of a dove - Mendelssohn
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Tuesday
6 January 2015, 7.30 pm
Eucharist
for Epiphany Evensong
Durham Cathedral
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Organist:
Mark Mawhinney
Communion
Service: Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Anthem: Omnes de Saba - Jacob Handl
Hymns from NEH:
47 As with gladness men of old
48 Bethlehem, of noblest cities
52 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
49 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, tune Epiphany
CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS
An
evening of festive carols old and new
with guest instrumentalists, mulled wine and mince pies.
Tickets available at the door.
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
The Armstrong Quartet
Jonathan
Trevor, violin
Paul Robert Amos, violin
Tony Webb, viola
Katie
Hall, cello
with
Alison
Rudd, flute
and
Northumbrian
Pipers
from Robson's Choice
Marian Downs
Nick Leeming
Catherine Robson
Louise Woodman
Saturday
23 August and Sunday 24 August
AUGUST
BANK HOLIDAY CHORAL SERVICES
Southwark Cathedral, London
PROVISIONAL
MUSIC LIST
Saturday 4 pm Choral Evensong
Introit: Bruckner
– Locus
iste
Responses: Leighton
Psalm 97 [chant: Parratt]
Service: Sumsion in G
Anthem: Samuel Sebastian Wesley –
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Sunday 11 am
Choral Eucharist
Communion Service: Darke in E (Collegium Regale)
Responsorial Psalm: 145 vv 1 – 8
Offertory: arr. Hogan – De blin' man stood on de road an'
cried
Anthem: Mozart – Ave verum Corpus
Sunday 3 pm
Choral Evensong
Introit: Julius Harrison – Open Thy gates
Responses: Leighton
Psalm 91 [chant: Hopkins]
Service: Purcell in G minor
Anthem: Stuart Murray – Crux Fidelis
Saturday 10 May 2014
CONCERT and AFTERNOON TEA
St
Mary Magdalene, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
2 pm
Tickets:
£5 (children £2) from 0191
266 2326 or 0191
270 1879
All Welcome. Futher details to follow.
Directions to St Mary Magdalene, Longbenton
- Post
code: NE12 8ST
- St
Mary Magdalene is on the corner of Blackfriars Way and West Farm
Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8ST
-
Nearest metro: Longbenton
- See:
www.achurchnearyou.com
- See:
facebook
- Need
a map? See Google maps
Provisional
programme
Now is the month of Maying Thomas
Morley
Allan Water arr. Henry
Elliot Button
Annie Laurie trad.
Ye banks and braes arr.
Liddell
O magnum mysterium Kjell
Mørk Karlsen
Love walked in Gershwin,
arr. Zegree
Bogoroditse Devo Rachmaninov
We shall walk through the valley in peace arr. Moses Hogan
Ezekiel saw de wheel arr.
Moses Hogan
The Road Home Stephen
Paulus
Londonderry air
My bonny lad
Bobby Shaftoe
Sunday
23 March 2014
6 pm
MUSIC
AT SIX
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
A sequence of music for a Spring
twilight
Music to include:
Ola
Gjeilo: Serenity
René
Clausen: Tonight Eternity Alone
Kjell
Mørk
Karlsen: O magnum mysterium
and music by Moses Hogan, Victoria, Philips, and Mozart.
The full programme can be downloaded from here.
Monday 6 January 2014
HIGH MASS for EPIPHANY
Durham
Cathedral
7:30 pm
Music:
Ugis Praulinš: Missa
Rigensis
Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings
Organist: Mark Mawhinney
Saturday 21 December 2013
CHRISTMAS with THE SINGERS
St George's, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
7:30
pm
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Emily Hoile, harp
Donald Robinson, cello
Northumbrian Pipers from
Robson's Choice
Other guest instrumentalists to be announced.
A concert of seasonal music including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.
Tickets for this event are now on sale online or at JG Windows
More information at: christmaswiththesingers.com
and on Facebook
Saturday
20 April 2013, 3.00 pm
Brinkburn
Priory Concert
The
Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
An informal afternoon concert
of music for Spring and,
to link with the wedding exhibition, some music for a wedding.
The concert will last about 1
hour and is free [admission charges to the site may apply].
A great opportunity to spend a
Spring afternoon in the magnificent surroundings of Brinkburn Priory.
By kind permission of English
Heritage [see: Brinkburn Priory]
The
programme will include music for choir by Purcell, Morley, Britten
(Choral Dances from Gloriana),
Whitacre (This Marriage), etc.
The full programme is available
here.
Saturday
16 February 2013, 5.15 pm
Choral
Evensong
Durham Cathedral
The Singers
Conductor: Donald Halliday
Organ: James Lancelot
Responses:
Leighton
Psalm: 84, Parry
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Stanford in C
Anthem: Hear my prayer/O for the wings of a dove - Mendelssohn
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