Southern Cathedrals Festival in Chichester
The Festival is an annual celebration of cathedral music that brings together the renowned choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals. The 2016 Festival will be in Chichester until July 24, where music will be performed both in concerts and within worship.
80 choristers and 30 lay clerks (adult singers) from all three Cathedrals will be performing together and separately, and will be complemented by a number of accomplished visiting performers.
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Hide AdThe eclectic programme promises choral classics, alongside some rarities, plus a fusion of old and new styles.
Music lovers can visit the Cathedral website to see the full programme and to book tickets: www.chichestercathedral.org.uk
FRIDAY 22 JULY
10am Mattins
The boy choristers and lay vicars of Salisbury Cathedral
Responses Radcliffe
Sumsion Te Deum in G
Howells Collegium Regale (Jubilate)
Wesley Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
2.30pm Songs and Sonnets: Shakespeare and Friends
Pallant House Gallery
Mark Wilde tenor
David Owen-Norris piano
Parry Four Sonnets of Shakespeare
Sterndale Bennett from Six Songs, Op.23 and Op.35
Battison Haynes Elizabethan Lyrics
Tickets £15 unreserved (includes admission to Gallery)
5pm Evensong
The boy choristers and lay clerks of Winchester Cathedral
Responses Smith
Murrill in E
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7pm Concert - Angel Voices
Music for choir, tenor and harp
The girl choristers of Salisbury and Winchester and the combined lay clerks
Mark Wilde tenor
Lucy Wakeford harp
Wood Hail! Gladdening light
Gowers Viri Galilei
Messiaen Transports de joie
Howells Sequence for St Michael
Britten Canticle 5
Grieg Ave Maris stella
Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Djevo
Ned Bigham Music to hear (SCF 2016 Commission)
Janácek Otce nas
Tickets £21 centre nave £15 side aisles (restricted view)
8.15pm Fringe Jazz Club
The Old Kitchen, Bishop’s Palace
Lucy Cronin voice
Sam James piano
Jazz for all tastes, excellent food and drink, and a relaxing and convivial atmosphere. The Fringe Jazz Club is the perfect way to round off you day at the Festival.
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SATURDAY 23 JULY
11am Festival Eucharist
The combined boy choristers and lay clerks
Kodály Missa brevis
Sharpe Venite commedite
Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
2.45pm Brighton Festival Youth Choir
St Paul’s Church
James Bingham conductor
Among the country’s leading youth choirs, BFYC performs an exciting programme including works by Lauridsen and Franck.
Tickets £10 unreserved
6pm Concert - Touches of Sweet Harmony
The combined boy choristers and lay clerks
Southern Sinfonia
Bozidar Smiljanic bass baritone
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Dvorak Mass in D
Tickets £25 centre nave £18 side aisles (restricted view)
£12 south transept
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