St Peter's Singers of Leeds 2011 12 season brochure
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Chairman: Tim Burleigh [email protected] Secretary: Patricia Rose [email protected] Concerts Secretary: Quentin Brown [email protected] Treasurer: Jonathan Morrish Dr Simon Lindley The Leeds organist and conductor, Dr Simon Lindley (Master of the Music at Leeds Parish Church and Leeds City Organist) is Music Director of St Peter’s Singers – a position he has held since the Choir’s foundation over thirty years ago. Before moving to Leeds in 1975, Dr Lindley held posts at Westminster and St Albans Cathedrals and at St Albans School as well as organistships in the City of London. He was the first full-time assistant to Dr Peter Hurford at St Albans. Simon retains strong links with the City of London, where his career began over forty years ago. He is a long-serving Churchwarden of the National Musicians’ Church, St Sepulchre-without-Newgate and has also served since 2003 as Chairman of the Friends of the Musicians’ Chapel at St Sepulchre’s in succession to Dr Lionel Dakers. St Peter’s Singers is a Registered Charity No 507174 www.stpeters-singers.org.uk Founded by Harry Fearnley in the Spring of 1977, St Peter’s Singers is one of England’s leading Chamber Choirs. Based at Leeds Parish Church, the Singers strive to combine excellence and enterprise. The Choir comprises adult singers, mostly amateur musicians, but including a number of professional singers in its ranks. Students and young people are always welcome and St Peter’s Singers takes pride in its role as a cultural bridge between ‘town’ and ‘gown’. The Singers sustain an enviable reputation for performances of Bach and Handel, with Continental polyphony and English music also at the heart of the Choir’s repertoire. Music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Purcell and S S Wesley has featured in recent commemoration concerts. In the 2010/2011 season the Singers took part in the award-winning live BBC TV production of Frankenstein’s Wedding at Kirkstall Abbey as well as recording Dominic Haslam’s music for the acclaimed West Yorkshire Playhouse production of John Ford’s ‘Tis pity she’s a whore. Critics’ assessment of each production paid warm tribute to the Singers’ involvement. SPS member Jessi Pywell served as choral director for Frankenstein’s Wedding. In addition to regular commitments in and around Leeds, St Peter’s Singers have in recent years performed at the Minsters of York, Doncaster and Dewsbury, and the Cathedrals of Derby, Ely, Guildford, Leicester, London’s St Paul’s, Ripon and Worcester. Overseas tours to Romania, Mallorca and Brittany attracted large audiences and considerable acclaim. The Singers also appear at the special Harvey Nichols seasonal events held within Leeds’ spectacular Victoria Quarter. About St Peter’s Singers Concert Season Please also visit the St Peter’s Singers website: www.stpeters-singers.org.uk and the Choir’s Facebook Group page: St Peter’s Singers of Leeds Both are regularly updated with more details of these and the Singers’ other 2011/2012 concerts, recitals and services. ST PETER’S SINGERS OF LEEDS Librarian: James Carter Public Relations & Publicity Officer: David Hawkin [email protected] Music Director: Dr Simon Lindley 07860 293 591 [email protected] St Peter’s Chamber Orchestra St Peter’s Chamber Orchestra accompanies many St Peter’s Singers events and is now led by Mary Huby. The Orchestra was involved in the earliest concerts arranged by the Singers in 1977 and 1978. David Houlder David Houlder (Sub Organist and Director of the Girl Choristers at Leeds Parish Church) is strongly committed to the regular activity of St Peter’s Singers and is our esteemed organist for concerts. David moved to Leeds in 2003 after twenty years of music- making on Merseyside as Director of Music to Liverpool’s historic Bluecoat School and Sub-Organist of Liverpool Cathedral. This season Mr Houlder is our guest conductor for the first of the year’s choral concerts at the Parish Church. www.stpeters-singers.org.uk A Chamber Choir founded in 1977 by Harry Fearnley David Houlder organist Dr Simon Lindley director 2011/2012 Cover photo: St Peter’s Singers at York Minster, October 2008. By kind permission of the Dean & Chapter of York British music and spectacular Baroque masterpieces – including Bach’s incomparable Mass in B minor – are featured in the Singers’ 35th season, which also includes seldom-heard music from the great Venetian tradition and a very rare liturgical performance of Tomas Luis de Victoria’s beautiful Requiem, the Officium Defunctorum. Sat 26th May 2012 7.30pm DEWSBURY MINSTER Vicarage Road, Dewsbury WF12 8DD The Glories of Venice A recital of some of the finest music from the great Venetian choral tradition, in support of Dewsbury Minster and its ministry. St Peter’s Singers St Peter’s Chamber Players David Houlder organ Dr Simon Lindley director Alberti O Jesu, Salvator Gabrieli In ecclesiis Grandi O porta coeli Donati Alleluia! Haec dies Monteverdi Beatus vir Laudate Dominum O beatae viae Scarlatti Miserere Tickets from Dewsbury Minster available from 1st April Sat 16th June 2012 7.30pm PATELEY BRIDGE ST CUTHBERT’S PARISH CHURCH New Church Street, Pateley Bridge HG3 5LQ A Panorama of Sacred Choral Classics and Organ Solos St Peter’s Singers David Houlder organist Dr Simon Lindley director Further details available in early 2012. Sun 22nd April 2012 4.00pm ST AIDAN’S PARISH CHURCH Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5QD Music for Eastertide Solemn Evensong, sung to Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s stirring setting in A major and Benediction of the Blessèd Sacrament is followed by a short recital of music for Eastertide taking in Vaughan Williams’ fabulous settings for baritone and choir of texts by George Herbert, the Five Mystical Songs first heard at the Worcester Three Choirs’ Festival just over a century ago. St Peter’s Singers Quentin Brown baritone David Houlder organist Dr Simon Lindley director St Peter's Brochure 99x210 8pp.indd 1-4 08/08/2011 12:16
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St Peter's Singers of Leeds present British music and spectacular Baroque masterpieces – including Bach’s incomparable Mass in B minor – are featured in the Singers’ 35th season, which also includes seldom-heard music from the great Venetian tradition and a very rare liturgical performance of Tomas Luis de Victoria’s beautiful Requiem, the Officium Defunctorum.
Transcript of St Peter's Singers of Leeds 2011 12 season brochure
Chairman:Tim [email protected]
Secretary:Patricia [email protected]
Concerts Secretary:Quentin [email protected]
Treasurer:Jonathan Morrish
Dr Simon LindleyThe Leeds organist and conductor, Dr Simon Lindley (Master of the Music at Leeds Parish Church and Leeds City Organist) is Music Director of St Peter’s Singers –a position he has held since the Choir’s foundation over thirty years ago. Before moving to Leeds in 1975, Dr Lindley held posts at Westminster and St Albans Cathedrals and at St Albans School as well as organistships in the City of London. He was the first full-time assistant to Dr Peter Hurford at St Albans. Simon retains strong links with the City of London, where his career began over forty years ago. He is a long-serving Churchwarden of the National Musicians’ Church, St Sepulchre-without-Newgate and has also served since 2003 as Chairman of the Friends of the Musicians’ Chapel at St Sepulchre’s in succession to Dr Lionel Dakers.
St Peter’s Singers is a Registered Charity No 507174
www.stpeters-singers.org.uk
Founded by Harry Fearnley in the Spring of 1977, St Peter’s Singers is one of England’s leading Chamber Choirs. Based at Leeds Parish Church, the Singers strive to combine excellence and enterprise.
The Choir comprises adult singers, mostly amateur musicians, but including a number of professional singers in its ranks. Students and young people are always welcome and St Peter’s Singers takes pride in its role as a cultural bridge between ‘town’ and ‘gown’.
The Singers sustain an enviable reputation for performances of Bach and Handel, with Continental polyphony and English music also at the heart of the Choir’s repertoire. Music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Purcell and S S Wesley has featured in recent commemoration concerts.
In the 2010/2011 season the Singers took part in the award-winninglive BBC TV production of Frankenstein’s Wedding at Kirkstall Abbeyas well as recording Dominic Haslam’s music for the acclaimed West Yorkshire Playhouse production of John Ford’s ‘Tis pity she’s a whore. Critics’ assessment of each production paid warm tribute to the Singers’ involvement. SPS member Jessi Pywell served as choral director for Frankenstein’s Wedding.
In addition to regular commitments in and around Leeds, St Peter’s Singers have in recent years performed at the Minsters of York, Doncaster and Dewsbury, and the Cathedrals of Derby, Ely, Guildford, Leicester, London’s St Paul’s, Ripon and Worcester. Overseas tours to Romania, Mallorca and Brittany attracted large audiences and considerable acclaim. The Singers also appear at the special Harvey Nichols seasonal events held within Leeds’ spectacular Victoria Quarter.
About St Peter’s Singers
Concert Season
Please also visit theSt Peter’s Singers website:www.stpeters-singers.org.uk
and the Choir’s Facebook Group page: St Peter’s Singers of Leeds
Both are regularly updated with more details of these and the Singers’ other 2011/2012 concerts, recitals and services.
ST PETER’S SINGERS
O F L E E D S
Librarian:James Carter
Public Relations & Publicity Officer:David [email protected]
Music Director:Dr Simon Lindley07860 293 [email protected]
St Peter’sChamber OrchestraSt Peter’s Chamber Orchestra accompanies many St Peter’s Singers events and is now led by Mary Huby. The Orchestra was involved in the earliest concerts arranged by the Singers in 1977 and 1978.
David HoulderDavid Houlder (Sub Organist and Director of the Girl Choristers at Leeds Parish Church) is strongly committed to the regular activity of St Peter’s Singers and is our esteemed organist for concerts. David moved to Leeds in 2003 after twenty years of music-making on Merseyside as Director of Music to Liverpool’s historic Bluecoat School and Sub-Organist of Liverpool Cathedral.This season Mr Houlder is our guest conductor for the first of the year’s choral concerts at the Parish Church.
www.stpeters-singers.org.uk
A Chamber Choir founded in 1977 by Harry Fearnley
David Houlderorganist
Dr Simon Lindleydirector
2011/2012
Cover photo: St Peter’s Singers at York Minster, October 2008.By kind permission of the Dean & Chapter of York
British music and spectacular Baroque masterpieces – including Bach’s incomparable Mass in B minor – are featured in the Singers’ 35th season, which also includes seldom-heard
music from the great Venetian tradition and a very rare liturgical performance of Tomas Luis de Victoria’s beautiful
Requiem, the Officium Defunctorum.
Sat 26th May 20127.30pm DEWSBURY MINSTERVicarage Road, DewsburyWF12 8DD
The Gloriesof VeniceA recital of some of the finest music from the great Venetian choral tradition, in support of Dewsbury Minster and its ministry.
St Peter’s SingersSt Peter’s Chamber PlayersDavid Houlder organDr Simon Lindley directorAlbertiO Jesu, SalvatorGabrieli In ecclesiisGrandi O porta coeliDonati Alleluia! Haec diesMonteverdiBeatus virLaudate DominumO beatae viaeScarlattiMiserereTickets from Dewsbury Minsteravailable from 1st April
Sat 16th June 20127.30pmPATELEY BRIDGEST CUTHBERT’S PARISHCHURCHNew Church Street, Pateley Bridge HG3 5LQ
A Panorama of SacredChoral Classics and Organ SolosSt Peter’s SingersDavid Houlder organistDr Simon Lindley directorFurther details available in early 2012.
Sun 22nd April 20124.00pmST AIDAN’S PARISH CHURCHRoundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5QD
Music for EastertideSolemn Evensong, sung to Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s stirring setting in A major and Benediction of the Blessèd Sacrament is followed by a short recital of music for Eastertide taking in Vaughan Williams’ fabulous settings for baritone and choir of texts by George Herbert, the Five Mystical Songs first heard at the Worcester Three Choirs’ Festival just over a century ago.
St Peter’s SingersQuentin Brown baritoneDavid Houlder organistDr Simon Lindley director
St Peter's Brochure 99x210 8pp.indd 1-4 08/08/2011 12:16
Mon 29th August 20113.00pmTHE MORAVIAN CHURCH,FULNECKPudsey, Leeds LS28 8NTby kind invitation
Bach:Mass in B minorArguably the greatest musical work of all, Bach’s masterpiece was compiled by its creator at pretty much the same time as the earliest brethren and sisters of the Moravian settlement at Fulneck were establishing themselves just South of Pudsey.
St Peter’s SingersSt Peter’s Chamber OrchestraMary Huby leaderKristina James sopranoAnita Wiencelewski sopranoLucy Appleyard altoToby Ward tenorQuentin Brown bassAlan Horsey continuoDr Simon Lindley directorFree admission (Retiring Collection)
Sun 4th September 201110.30am & 6.30pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
10.30amDedicationFestival EucharistThis year’s Dedication Festival Eucharist music celebrates the 90th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ haunting Mass in G minor, with Evensong featuring some of the finest liturgical music from the Restoration, including a rare outing for Maurice Greene’s monumental Evensong canticles.
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minorVictoriaO quam metuendus est
6.30pmDedicationFestival EvensongGreeneMagnificat & Nunc dimittis in CReadingResponsesPurcellO God, Thou art my God
St Peter’s SingersDr Simon Lindley directorDavid Houlder organist
Wed 2nd November 20117.30pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
VictoriaMissa pro defunctisA complete liturgical performance of Tomas Luis de Victoria’s stunning 6-voice setting of the Requiem provides a fitting conclusion to the Singers’ commemoration of the 400th anniversary year of this great composer’s death.
St Peter’s SingersDr Simon Lindley director
Sun 6th November 20118.15pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
British Music for RemembrancetideDavid Houlder and the Singers explore some of the finest British music appropriate to Remembrancetide and looking forward to Advent. Holst’s impact-laden miniature Festival Te Deum is a real gem, and the concert concludes with the wonderful prose of Walt Whitman set memorably by Vaughan Williams in his Dona nobis pacem.
St Peter’s SingersKristina James sopranoPhilip Wilcox bassDr Simon Lindley organDavid Houlder director
HolstShort Festival Te DeumVaughan WilliamsThree Hymn Preludes on Welsh Hymn Melodies (organ solo)MathiasAve RexVaughan WilliamsDona nobis pacemFree Admission (Retiring Collection)
Sat 3rd December 20117.30pmTHE VENUE,LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSICQuarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD
Music of the AngelsThis concert brings the festive season to life through some of the best-loved and spiritually uplifting works of the Baroque period. Vivaldi's Gloria sets the tone, with Corelli's glittering Christmas Concerto providing an orchestral showpiece. Charpentier's Midnight Mass, founded on French carol melodies, is followed by Bach's thrilling double-choir motet Singet dem Herrn, and the concert concludes with Handel's spectacular setting of the Vesper Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus.
St Peter’s SingersSt Peter’s Chamber Orchestra Mary Huby leaderKristina James sopranoSarah Potter sopranoLucy Appleyard altoToby Ward tenorPhilip Wilcox bassAlan Horsey harpsichord David Houlder organ Dr Simon Lindley director
VivaldiGloriaCorelliChristmas ConcertoBachSinget dem Herrn, S225CharpentierMesse de Minuit sur les airs de NoëlHandelDixit DominusTickets: £12 (£8 concessions,Leeds school children free)Available from 1st October fromThe Venue Box Office 0113 222 3434and at the door.
Mon 13th February 20121.05pmLEEDS TOWN HALLThe Headrow LS1 3AD
British Musicin honour ofHM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee YearThe Singers set off Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a special concert of glorious romantic music for choir and organ, much of it set to exquisiteverbal texts from earlier times.
St Peter’s SingersKristina James sopranoPaul Dutton tenorDavid Houlder organDr Simon Lindley director
Parry Two Songs of Farewell Never weather-beaten sail& My soul, there is a countryOldroyd Spiritual Rhapsody(Text of Richard Rolle of Hampole)DysonHierusalem (1956)ParryCoronation Anthem: I was glad (1902)Free admission (Retiring Collection)
Sat 3rd March 20127.00pmHALIFAX MINSTERChurch Street, Halifax HX1 1QL
Bach:Mass in B minorSt Peter’s SingersSt Peter’s Chamber OrchestraMary Huby leaderKristina James sopranoAnita Wiencelewski sopranoLucy Appleyard altoPaul Dutton tenorQuentin Brown bassAlan Horsey continuoDavid Houlder organDr Simon Lindley directorTickets: £12 (£8 concessions,Halifax school children free)Available from 1st December by post from The Secretary, St Peter’s Singers,c/o 5 St Peter’s House, Kirkgate, LS2 7DJ, from Halifax Minster and at the door.
Sun 18th March 20126.30pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Maunder:Olivet to CalvaryLondon organist John Henry Maunder’s cantatas once enjoyed more frequent hearings than they receive today. Olivet to Calvary alone survives in regular use.Rich in melody as well as harmony, Maunder’s music sets the scene of the first Palm Sunday and the remaining drama of Holy Week.
St Peter’s SingersPaul Dutton tenorPhilip Wilcox bassDavid Houlder organDr Simon Lindley directorFree admission (Retiring Collection)
Good Friday 2nd April 20127.00pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Handel:MessiahThe centenary of the birth in Bradford in 1911 of the great British musical scholar Watkins Shaw reminded us of the debt owed by so many to this intensely practical musicologist, whose trail-blazing work on a new edition of Messiah over sixty years ago re-kindled in many a desire to perform the work in accordance with the composer’s own practice.
St Peter’s SingersNational Festival OrchestraSally Robinson leaderSarah Potter sopranoLucy Appleyard altoPaul Dutton tenorQuentin Brown bassAlan Horsey harpsichordDavid Houlder organDr Simon Lindley directorTickets: £12 (£8 concessions)Available from 1st March from City Centre Box Office, The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD,0113 224 3801 and at the door.
Wed 14th December 20117.00pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Carols for aChoral FutureThe Parish Church’s annual Carol Concert – in aid of the Church’s Bridging the Gap initiative.
St Peter’s SingersThe Choir ofLeeds Parish ChurchLeeds College of Music Community Choral SocietyRothwell Temperance BandDavid Houlder organistDr Simon Lindley directorTickets: £5 adults, £2.50 under-16s Available 1st October from City Centre Box Office 0113 224 3801 and at the door.
Sun 2nd October 20113.00pmLEEDS PARISH CHURCHKirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Friends of the Music Festival EvensongThe Choir of Leeds Parish ChurchSt Peter’s SingersBlairMagnificat & Nunc dimittisin B minorRoseResponsesStanfordFor lo! I raise upTippettSteal away to Jesus (Introit)
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