Choir Repertoire and Future Programme

2008 - Good Friday March 21st 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Beverley, North Bar Within - tickets now available from Beverley tourist office (01482 867430)

The Crucifixion - Stainer

Soloists: Alexander Grove - tenor, Kevin Ormond - baritone

Ian Cocklerline - organist

Alexander Grove is one of the most exciting and versatile up and coming operatic tenors in the UK, equally at home in opera, operetta, oratorio, recital and musical theatre.

Kevin Ormond has entertained audiences in oratorios at many prestigious venues thoughout the UK. More recently he has developed operatic roles, particularly the baritone roles of Verdi and performed at theatres in Leeds, York and Manchester.

Miserere - Allegri

Nolo mortem peccatoris - Morley
Jesu dulcis memoria - Victoria
Christus factus est - Anerio
Thou knowest, Lord - Purcell

St Mary's Church

1998 - 2007 - Since it was formed in 1998 the choir has performed very successfully in many prestigious venues including Hull City Hall, York Minster, Ripon Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and most recently, Worcester Cathedral and Malvern Priory.

The choir’s repertoire is wide and varied. Works already successfully performed include:

Hedges - The Lamp of Liberty, world premiere of cantata celebrating the bicentenary of the end of slavery in Britain; performed with the Hull Philharmonic Orcehstra

Beethoven - 9th Symphony

Britten - A Ceremony of Carols

Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets

Vivaldi – Gloria
Allegri – Miserere
Handel – Messiah
Haydn – St Nicholas Mass
Schubert – Mass in E flat

Schubert - Masss in G
Fauré – Requiem
Rutter – Requiem
Elgar – Dream of Gerontius
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Stainer - Crucifixion
Rutter - Gloria
Mozart - Mass in C

Charpentier - Messe de Minuit

Anthems, Services and Motets by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Purcell, Finzi, Mozart, Gabrieli, Howells, Ireland, Stanford, Wood, Harris, Parry, Oldroyd, Victoria, Palestrina, Viadana, Britten, Franck, Rachmaninov etc. etc.

The choir also performs secular works ranging from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sir Paul McCartney.

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The choir is available to give concerts given adequate notice. Contact should initially be made by phone, letter or e-mail to:

Alan Binnington

11 Grovehill Road

Beverley

East Yorkshire

HU17 0EA

Tel: 01482 882748

e-mail