Choir Concert Tour of East Anglia Saturday 21 – Wednesday 25 October 2017
Waltham Abbey Church; Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich; Ely Cathedral; St Edmundsbury Cathedral; Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Peterborough
St Peter’s Singers will be touring East Anglia from Saturday 21 October until Wednesday 25 October 2017. Hear this renowned chamber choir, celebrating its fortieth anniversary year, singing glorious English and Continental choral music featuring composers for whom 2017 also marks a significant anniversary. The Leeds based chamber choir will be visiting some of the East of England’s most beautiful cathedrals and churches. St Peter’s Singers have a busy schedule of four concerts and two services of choral evensong on their short tour of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
The choir will also be performing music by Lotti, Mathias and Monteverdi and not least Dr Francis Jackson – a great friend of this choir, born on 2 October 1917 whose hundredth birthday was celebrated with great style in York and elsewhere earlier this month. E J Moeran’s glorious Songs of Springtime which was sung at the very first concert by St Peter’s Singers in June 1977 will also feature in a recital at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich on Sunday 22 October at 1.00pm. Choral Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral on Tuesday 24 October at 5.30pm will be dedicated to music by composers who have served as Organist at York Minster.
WALTHAM ABBEY
Saturday 21 October
Recital at 12.30pm
This year is a significant anniversary for Lotti, Mathias and Monteverdi and not least Dr Francis Jackson – a great friend of this choir – who celebrated his 100th birthday in style on 2 October.
CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NORWICH
Sunday 22 October
Recital at 1.00pm
St Peter’s Singers are well known for their performances of Bach and Handel, and today’s recital includes two of Handel’s magnificent Coronation Anthems, composed in 1727. These are complemented by a selection from EJ Moeran’s beautiful Songs of Springtime which featured in the choir’s inaugural concert in 1977 and again in the 40th Anniversary concert earlier this year.
ELY CATHEDRAL
Monday 23 October
Choral Evensong at 5.30pm
St Peter’s Singers will sing Choral Evensong to music by composers with a significant anniversary this year: Francis Jackson, who celebrated his 100th birthday earlier in October, and Claudio Monteverdi (born 1567).
ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL
Tuesday 24 October
Recital at 1.10pm
St Peter’s Singers’ performance of Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved Requiem anticipates the upcoming celebrations of the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls as well as Remembrancetide.
ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL
Tuesday 24 October
Choral Evensong at 5.30pm
St Peter’s Singers will sing Choral Evensong to music by composers who have served as Organist at York Minster.
PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, PETERBOROUGH
Wednesday 25 October
Recital at 1.00pm
St Peter’s Singers’ final recital of their 2017 tour of East Anglia brings them to St.John’s, the lovely Parish Church of Peterborough. The programme continues the theme of musical anniversaries, mixed in with other well-loved sacred choral music favourites.
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