Concerts and Events – Do come to our next concert Music for a Summer’s Evening in Thirsk, in aid of three charities!
Music for a Summer’s Evening
Saturday 29 June 2019, 7:30 pm
St Mary’s Church, Thirsk
Director: Benjamin Morris
Join us for our second Summer Celebration in the beautiful town of Thirsk! Experience the heady passions of a glorious summer day through the exquisite genius of some of our finest romantic composers, with an evening of sublime music, beautiful a cappella voices and brilliant organ interludes, including the famous Widor Toccata.
This is a charity concert in aid of the Chapter House Choir, St Mary’s Church Thirsk and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for students. Buy in advance using the button below, or on the door.
Programme
- Country Gardens – Percy GRAINGER
- Two Flower Songs – Benjamin BRITTEN
- The Bluebird – Charles Villiers STANFORD
- Marriage to my Lady Poverty – Bob CHILCOTT
- Organ: Chanson de Nuit – Edward ELGAR
- Three Shakespeare Songs – Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
- The Shower – Edward ELGAR
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – arr. Tony PARKINSON
- Summertime – George GERSHWIN arr. William STICKLES
- To be sung of a summer night – Frederick DELIUS
- There is sweet music – Edward ELGAR
- Owls – Edward ELGAR
- Organ: Toccata (Symphonie No 5 in F minor) – Charles Marie WIDOR
- Midsummer Song – Frederick DELIUS
- i thank you God – Eric WHITACRE
- The good-bye jazz – Tom CUNNINGHAM
Bob Chilcott (photo: John Bellars)
Come and Sing with Bob Chilcott
Saturday 28th September 2019, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
The Shepherd Hall, St Olave’s School, Queen Anne’s Road, York
YO30 7WA
Director: Bob Chilcott
Accompanist: Benjamin Morris
After last year’s successful event, we’re delighted to be hosting another of the hugely popular Bob Chilcott choral workshops, ‘Come and Sing’. Here’s why we hope you’ll join us:
Bob Chilcott has that very rare combination – a fantastic global performing pedigree AND unparalleled talent as a composer and coach. And as a former member of the Kings Singers, Bob is uniquely placed to share some of their exquisite musicianship and wonderful good humour with enthusiastic singers around the country. Delightfully entertaining and always encouraging, Bob will take us through some great singing techniques that really work! And he’ll draw on some of his finest compositions to inspire us through the day.
Tickets cost £20 for adults, £5 for under 18s and students, available from Eventbrite using the Buy Tickets button below.
Autumn Concert with the Chapter House Youth Choir
Saturday 16 November 2019, 7:30 pm
The Chapter House, York Minster
Director: Benjamin Morris
Christmas Carol Concert with the Chapter House Youth Choir
Saturday 14 December 2019, 7:30 pm
St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York
Director: Benjamin Morris
Carols by Candlelight with the Handbell Ringers of the Chapter House Choir
Wednesday 18 December 2019, 7:30 pm
The Chapter House, York Minster
Director: Benjamin Morris
Concerts and Events Earlier This Season
Sounds of Summer
Saturday 22 June 2019, 7:30 pm
St Chad’s Church, York
Director: Benjamin Morris
Celebrate summer with the Chapter House Choir! Immerse yourself in a delicious musical evocation of a traditional English summer day, with sublime music, beautiful a cappella voices and interval drinks. A musical feast of the finest romantic English composers, spiced with a touch of French frisson and transatlantic blues – featuring Elgar, Gershwin, Delius, Finzi, Vaughan Williams – and more!
Programme
- Country Gardens – Percy GRAINGER
- Two Flower Songs – Benjamin BRITTEN
- The Bluebird – Charles Villiers STANFORD
- Marriage to my Lady Poverty – Bob CHILCOTT
- Three Shakespeare Songs – Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
- As torrents in summer – Edward ELGAR
- The Shower – Edward ELGAR
- Nightingales – Gerald FINZI
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – arr. Tony PARKINSON
- Summertime – George GERSHWIN arr. William STICKLES
- To be sung of a summer night – Frederick DELIUS
- Calme des nuits – Camille SAINT-SAENS
- Les fleurs et les arbres – Camille SAINT-SAENS
- Midsummer Song – Frederick DELIUS
- i thank you God – Eric WHITACRE
- There is sweet music – Edward ELGAR
- Owls – Edward ELGAR
- The long day closes – Arthur SULLIVAN
- The good-bye jazz – Tom CUNNINGHAM
Under the Shadow of his Wing
Saturday 23rd March 2019, 7:30pm
St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
Director: Benjamin Morris
This concert comprised a complete performance of Jonathan Rathbone’s Under the Shadow of His Wing, a wonderful extended setting of the service of Vespers, in the presence of the composer.
Under the Shadow of His Wing – Jonathan Rathbone
- Te Lucis Ante Terminum
- Now that the Sun hath Veiled His Light
- Jesu, Salvator Sæculi
- Magnificat
- Nunc Dimittis
- O Nata Lux
- Close Thine Eyes (Upon a Quiet Conscience)
- Christe Qui Lux es et Dies
- In Pace, in Idipsum
- Blessed is the Man
- Glory To Thee
- Care Charming Sleep
- Into Thy Hands
- Hail Gladdening Light
- Recessional (Te Lucis & Amens)
- Abide With Me
Carols by Candlelight
Wednesday 19th December 2018, 7:30pm
The Chapter House, York Minster
Director: Benjamin Morris
The Chapter House Choir’s trademark traditional Carols by Candlelight with The Handbell Ringers of the Chapter House Choir in the wonderful Chapter House of York Minster.
Mirabile Mysterium
Friday 21st December 2018, 7:30pm
St Michael-le-Belfrey Church, York
Director: Benjamin Morris
Chapter House Youth Choir Director: Charlie Gower-Smith
A celebration of the festive season with carols old and new! The Chapter House Choir performed alongside the Chapter House Youth Choir and The Handbell Ringers of the Chapter House Choir.
Open Rehearsal
Tuesday 23rd October 2018, 7.15–9.15 pm
The Belfrey Hall, 52A Stonegate, York YO1 8AS
Director: Benjamin Morris
Nearest parking: Bootham Row Car Park.
It was brilliant to welcome nearly 40 extra singers to our open rehearsal, who came just to listen or to join us in singing as we prepared for our Carols by Candlelight concert! There was an opportunity to meet and talk to choir members and our director during the break. Refreshments were provided.
Nineteen Eighteen
Saturday 13th October 2018, 7:30pm
The Chapter House, York Minster
Director: Benjamin Morris
Chapter House Youth Choir Director: Charlie Gower-Smith
The final concert from our series on the theme of exile, reconciliation and peace marks three significant 100-year anniversaries: Hubert Parry’s death, the granting of women’s suffrage and later the right for women to be elected to parliament, and the forthcoming 100th anniversary on 11/11/18 of the armistice in the First World War.
- The Chapter House Choir
- Never weather-beaten sail – Hubert PARRY
- Psalm 23 – Ivor GURNEY
- The Chapter House Youth Choir
- Call to remembrance – Richard FARRANT
- They are at rest – Edward ELGAR
- The Chapter House Choir
- A Short Requiem – Henry WALFORD DAVIES
- There is an old belief – Hubert PARRY
- At the round earth’s imagined corners – Hubert PARRY
- The Chapter House Youth Choir
- Ubi Caritas – Ola GJEILO
- Crossing the bar – Hubert PARRY
- Mother of God, here I stand – John TAVENER
- Combined Choirs
- The Pankhurst Anthem – Lucy PANKHURST
- The Chapter House Choir
- Magnificat – Charles Villiers STANFORD