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2019 Winter Concert
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30th November 2019
Lancaster Priory, Priory Close, Lancaster LA1 1YZ 7:30 pm Tickets: £15 Benefit Recipients/Students: £12 Schoolchildren 18 & under: Free Online ticketing (Click the button below)
Tickets also available from Visitor Information Centres:
Lancaster 01524 582394 or Morecambe 01524 582808 |
Handel’s Messiah
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We return to the Lancaster Priory for a performance of Handel’s sacred oratorio Messiah as part of our 2019 Christmas celebrations.
Handel’s Messiah has featured on our programme every three years or so and is a true tradition of ours, featuring the sublime voices of our special guest vocalists, combined with the majestic sounds of a live orchestra. The magic of a full choir singing this beloved masterpiece in the majestic Lancaster Priory makes Handel’s Messiah a Christmas concert not to be missed! |
George Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759
Worthy is the Lamb
- Original Score
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Conductor: John Perrin |
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Orchestra Leader: Jill Jackson |
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Soloists: |
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Soprano - Emily Robinson |
Mezzo Soprano - Anna Burford |
Tenor - Christopher Steele |
Bass - Anthony Cunningham |
Emily Robinson - Soprano
Emily enjoys singing with the Encore Opera Group, in addition to her solo work with other local choirs and performance groups and as a street performer. She works at Kendal College and privately as a singing teacher, and has a passion for musical direction, directing three local choirs: Endmoor Community Choir, the male voice choir FELLas, and co-directing Carnforth Community Choir alongside Dr Andy Knox.
Emily enjoys singing with the Encore Opera Group, in addition to her solo work with other local choirs and performance groups and as a street performer. She works at Kendal College and privately as a singing teacher, and has a passion for musical direction, directing three local choirs: Endmoor Community Choir, the male voice choir FELLas, and co-directing Carnforth Community Choir alongside Dr Andy Knox.
Anna Burford - Mezzo Soprano
Anna performs extensively in concert, her repertory ranging from Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh) to Berio’s Folksongs (Antwerp). Her other concert repertory includes Britten’s Spring Symphony, Tippett’s A Child of Our Timeand De Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat. She has also sung in many concert performances of opera, including Merope (Oedipe) and Puck (Oberon) for Scottish Opera and Margret (Wozzeck) in Paris and London with the Philharmonia.
Anna performs extensively in concert, her repertory ranging from Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh) to Berio’s Folksongs (Antwerp). Her other concert repertory includes Britten’s Spring Symphony, Tippett’s A Child of Our Timeand De Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat. She has also sung in many concert performances of opera, including Merope (Oedipe) and Puck (Oberon) for Scottish Opera and Margret (Wozzeck) in Paris and London with the Philharmonia.
Christopher Steele - Tenor
Christopher studied at RCM and NOS and sang as a principal artist for most of the UK's leading opera companies and in oratorio in many of the country's largest venues. Christopher now teaches voice at Sedbergh School and Lancaster Royal Grammar School and for Lancaster Priory. He performs regularly in oratorio in the north of England and enjoys giving recitals of classical art song and leading pedagogical choral workshops.
Christopher studied at RCM and NOS and sang as a principal artist for most of the UK's leading opera companies and in oratorio in many of the country's largest venues. Christopher now teaches voice at Sedbergh School and Lancaster Royal Grammar School and for Lancaster Priory. He performs regularly in oratorio in the north of England and enjoys giving recitals of classical art song and leading pedagogical choral workshops.
John Anthony Cunningham - Bass Baritone
John, a Lancastrian, has sung with English National Opera and Opera North in many diverse roles. His career has taken him to the Metropolitan Opera (New York), the Bolshoi (Moscow) and theatres throughout the UK. In 2010 John made his debut as a principal guest artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and he has appeared there regularly ever since. John performs frequently on the concert platform in oratorio and is very happy to return to Lancaster.
John, a Lancastrian, has sung with English National Opera and Opera North in many diverse roles. His career has taken him to the Metropolitan Opera (New York), the Bolshoi (Moscow) and theatres throughout the UK. In 2010 John made his debut as a principal guest artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and he has appeared there regularly ever since. John performs frequently on the concert platform in oratorio and is very happy to return to Lancaster.
2020 Spring Concert
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Saturday 4th April 2020
Ashton Hall, George Street, Lancaster LA1 1PL 7:30 pm |
Nelson Mass - Joseph Haydn
The Nelson Mass ('Mass In Time Of Fear') is arguably Haydn's most dramatic and exciting mass - famous for its striking scoring, fine fugal writing and the thrilling syncopated 'amens' building to a shattering climax.
The Nelson Mass ('Mass In Time Of Fear') is arguably Haydn's most dramatic and exciting mass - famous for its striking scoring, fine fugal writing and the thrilling syncopated 'amens' building to a shattering climax.
Joseph Haydn
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Lord Nelson, for whom the
mass is nicknamed
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Mass in G - Franz Schubert
By far his most well‐known and frequently performed sacred work today is his second mass, the Mass in G Major, which he composed in less than a week in March of 1815. It is a relatively small-scale work accompanied strings and organ. It is musically also relatively simple, but fresh and bright and cheeky with plenty of tunes and panache. |
Franz Schubert
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Gloria - Karl Jenkins
Gloria is high on drama, with Jenkins' predilection for the sounds of ethnic and Third World cultures very much in evidence. The third movement in particular, a setting of Psalm 150, brings to mind his ever-popular Adiemus, with its primeval-sounding harmonies, declamatory choral style and pounding drummed rhythms. This is music that engages, whips up and then soothes the listener. Gloria will probably keep Jenkins at the top of most-performed polls for some time to come. |
Karl Jenkins
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