Wakefield Cathedral

 

Concert and Service List for 2008

Sunday, 10th February

Services sung in Wakefield Cathedral

11am Eucharist

4pm Evensong

Includes music by Farrant, Holt,

Lauridsen, Lotti, North and Poulenc

Visit to Belgium: 24th—30th March

Concerts sung in the Cathedrals of Bruges, Ghent and Brussels and in The Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Friday, 25th April at 7.30pm

GALA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

Wakefield Cathedral

Old 100^th                         arr Vaughan Williams

Coronation Gloria and Te Deum in B flat          Stanford

Cantus                           Rutter

See the conqu’ring hero comes (from Judas Maccabaeus)                                     Handel

Motets from America and Russia and part-songs and motets from Britain and France

Also music for trumpet and organ

Tom Moore   Organ

Anthony Thompson    Trumpet

Saturday, 28th June at 7.45pm

Concert in St. Mary’s Church, Garforth, Leeds

This concert will be part of the Garforth Arts Festival

A  varied programme of music featuring:

Childhood Lyrics                              Rutter

Three Hungarian Folk Songs            Seiber 

Saturday, 27th September at 7.30pm

GALA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

Wakefield Cathedral

I was glad                                                  Parry

Zadok the Priest                                       Handel

“The Easter Hymn” from Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni

Hallelujah Chorus                           Handel

Also includes favourite music from the choir’s extensive repertoire as well as music for woodwind ensemble and organ.

Tom Moore                Organ

The Leeds Woodwind Trio

Wednesday, 15th October at 7.30pm

SILVER JUBILEE SERVICE

Wakefield Cathedral

Followed by a drinks reception

Includes a first performance of “Tu es Petrus” by Michael Yates

Monday, 15th December at 7.30pm

Carol Concert in Dewsbury Baptist Church

In aid of Macmillan CR

Wednesday, 17th December at 7.30pm

SUBSCRIPTION CAROL CONCERT

St. Mary’s Church, Horbury Junction

Admission includes mulled wine and mince pies

 

The Silver Jubilee year begins in February in Wakefield Cathedral with the singing of the Sunday services on the first Sunday in Lent.  Music from the sixteenth century to the present day will be sung, including The Consort Service, written for the choir by John Holt, to celebrate the choir’s twentieth year and a first performance of the Preces, Responses and Lord’s Prayer by the choir’s director, composed for the Silver Jubilee.

In April, the Consort’s Belgian tour takes place with four concerts arranged in some of the country’s most famous churches.  The concert in Brussels Cathedral, the national church of Belgium, is eagerly anticipated.

At the end of April, the first of two Subscription Gala Concerts is to be held in Wakefield Cathedral.  The excellent trumpeter, Anthony Thompson, will make a welcome return to join the choir in an exciting programme of music.  The second in September will feature the Leeds Woodwind Trio and more wonderful music.  The trio received much praise following their performance with the choir in 2007.  Tom Moore, the choir’s major accompanist since 2003, will again use his tremendous keyboard skills to enhance the music making at these two concerts.    

In between these events is a June concert in St. Mary’s Church, Garforth when St. Peter’s Consort has been invited to perform as part of the ever-growing Garforth Arts Festival.  

The October service in Wakefield Cathedral to mark the Silver Jubilee will be a wonderful way to celebrate the choir’s twenty five years of music making.  During the service, which will be a celebration of the Consort’s work in music and words, there is to be a first performance of “Tu es Petrus” by Michael Yates.

The twenty fifth year ends with carol concerts in the same way as the first year began in 1983.  In December 1983, the choir’s first concert took place in Clifton Parish Church, Brighouse.  This was followed with a carol concert the next day in the chapel of St. Peter’s Convent, Horbury, from where the choir got its name and the home of the choir from 1983 to 1989.  It is fitting that following the annual Macmillan carol concert in Dewsbury, the final concert of 2008 is in Horbury.

Over the years, thousands of pounds have been raised for charity and local church funds.  By the end of 2008, the choir will have given 172 concerts and sung 107 services: a remarkable achievement!