CATHEDRAL CONCERTS    ___________________ LIVERPOOL - European Capital of Culture 2008
 

ARCHIVE OF THE 2002-2003 PROGRAMME OF CONCERTS
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6 July 2003
15 June 2003
  7 June 2003
10 May  2003
5 May  2003
1 May 2003
22 April 2003
25 April 2003
26 April 2003
27 April 2003
15 March 2003
1 March 2003
8 February 2003
21 December 2002
14 December 2002
Beethoven 
Sunday Serenades
Messe Solenelle    
Strings concert  
Organ Recital
May Day Dawn
Cantata Recital 
Recital
Mass
Service & Concert
Music for Lent
Mittel Europe - 
Mozart & Vorisek
Traditional Christmas Songs
Christmas Concert
in the Cathedral
at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
in the Cathedral 
Christ Church Waterloo
in the Cathedral 
at Hope in Everton
Neston Parish Church   Wirral
Notre Dame Paris
St Eustache   Paris 
The American Church  Paris
in the Cathedral 
Concert Room 
in the Concert Room
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum 
in the Cathedral

Christmas Concert in the Cathedral     14 December 2002 @ 7:30pm

Carols for choirs, audience and orchestra;
Fenby: Rossini on Ilkely Moor
Anderson Sleigh Ride
and other seasonal works

Cathedral Orchestra,  Cantata Choir, Childrens Choir
Dominic Wise conductor  
David Barclay director

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Traditional Christmas Songs
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum Slatey Road Birkenhead 0151 652 4177
21 December 2002 @ 1pm
                                                                                    Location Map

A short recital by members of the Cantata Choir                                                         top of page   


Mozart & Vorisek in the Concert Room  8 February 2003 @7:30 

Mozart:  Overture "The Impressario"
Mozart:  Piano Concerto No 19 in F K 459
Vorisek: Sinfonia

Timothy Horton Piano
Cathedral Orchestra
Stephen Pratt conductor

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Mittel Europe in the Concert Room  1 March 2003 @ 7:30pm

(click here for Sound and Pictures of the Cantata Choir taken during the Concert)

Dvorak: Songs of Nature op 63; Serenade
Schubert (arr Brahms): Ellen's Second Song
Brahms: Three Folk Songs for Chorus
Schumann: Beim Abshiedt
Bartôk: Four Slovak Folk Songs
Kodàly: Matra Pictures; Kallo Folk Dances

Cantata Choir,
Cathedral Wind Band,
Stephen Pratt conductor   
David Barclay director       

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Music for Lent in the Cathedral at 7:30 on 15 March '03

Durufle: Requiem
Allegri : Miserere
and seasonal motets

Cathedral Chamber Choir,
David Barclay director           
Richard Lea organ                                                                                                     top of page


New  Tuesday 22 April 2003          
pre European Concert Tour Recital 
Church of St. Mary and St. Helen Neston Wirral  map
7:30  pm  -  Retiring Collection 
Recital of Music by Byrd Tallis Gibbons Tavener Saint-Saëns and Walton

The Cathedral Cantata Choir is to travel to Paris to perform at a Service at St. Eustache and at the American Church, and a Concert at Notre Dame.  This recital will include items from the tour programme. 

Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director
Chris Jewell, Organ                                                                                                                                       top of page

Friday 25 April 2003           
European Concert Tour Recital 
Notre Dame Paris
2:00  pm  
Recital of Music by Byrd Tallis Vaughan-Williams  Healey-Willan Moseley Tavener and Duruflé
Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                                                                top of page

Sunday 26 April 2003          
Mass at St Eustache   Paris 
7:30  pm 
Chichester Mass     Allbright
Ave Verum    Saint-Saëns 
Ave Maria    Arcadelt
Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                                                                top of page

Sunday 27 April 2003          
Worship Service and post Service Concert
The American Church  Paris 
11:00 pm
A stillness unresolved    Moseley
O Nata Lux de Lumine    Tallis
Drop drop slow tears    Gibbons
Set me as a seal    Walton
Song for Athene    Tavener
Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                                                            top of page   

Thursday 1 May 2003
May Day Dawn 
Hope in Everton
7:30  am 

The Cathedral Cantata Choir sang Madrigals to greet the May Day Dawn. 
Part of this recital was broadcast live on Radio Merseyside

Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                                                                top of page

5 May  '03             
ORGAN RECITAL - LIVERPOOL ORGAN DAY
Cathedral
3.30pm  Recital  by Roger Fisher

March "Orb & Sceptre" :William Walton
Chorale Prelude: "Herr Jesu Christ" (BWV655): J S Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A minor (BWV543): J S Bach
Allegretto - Folk Tune - Scherzetto (from Five Short Pieces ) : Percy Whitlock
Sonata in C minor on the 94th Psalm Julius Reubke

The successful annual feast of organ music continues for another year with recitals at other venues across Liverpool including the Anglican Cathedral at 11.15am and St George's Hall at 7.30pm. Details of repertoire and performers to be announced.                                                                        top of page   


Saturday 10th May
The Strings of the Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra 
Christ Church Waterloo, on the corner of Crosby Road South and Alexandra Road
7:30pm    Ticket Prices: £6 (concessions £3.50) - available on the door

Profits from this Concert are to go to the Christ Church funds

Dominic Wyse, violin 
Melanie Hill , violin 

Sir Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Battalia
Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in G minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

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Saturday 7th June 2003
Messe Solenelle
Cathedral
7.30pm
Sponsored by The Rodney Street Association

Vierne  3ieme Symphonie pour orgue
Faure  Cantique de Jean Racine
Widor  Surrexit a Mortuis
Dupre  Laudate Dominum
Durufle  Ubi Caritas
Tournemire  Te Deum pour orgue
Hakim  Messe Solenelle

Jeffrey Makinson, Organ
Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                    top of page   


New  Sunday 15 June 2003 
Sunday Serenades - Song For Athene
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum Slatey Road Birkenhead 0151 652 4177
@ 3 pm   Location Map

A recital by members of the Cantata Choir as part of the Sunday Serenades Series
Song for Athene  John Taverner
and other vocal pieces by 
Gibbons Walton, Vaughan Williams and Tallis

Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director                                                                                   top of page   


Sunday  6 July '03               

Beethoven

Cathedral
7.30pm

Sponsored by Dr and Mrs P and M Bramley

Overture Coriolanus Op.62
Two Romances for Violin and Orchestra Op.40 & 50
Mass in C Op. 86

Melanie Hill, Violin
Patricia Howley, Soprano
Cathedral Cantata Choir
David Barclay, Director
Cathedral Orchestra
Dominic Wyse, Conductor                                                                                   top of page           



BOOKING INFORMATION  FOR 2003-2003 CONCERTS PROGRAMME
Prices of admission
£5.00 (concessions £3.50)
Season Ticket: £30 (concessions £20)

Tickets are available from:
Cathedral Bookshop (0151 707 2109)
Music Office (0151 708 7283)

Concerts are usually held in the Cathedral itself or in the Concert Room in the Crypt (the entrance to which is via the car park).   Map   
Doors are normally opened at 7.00pm.

Members of the audience arriving by car are normally invited to park their cars in the security of the car park underneath the Cathedral, where an attendant is on duty. From the car park there is undercover access to both the Cathedral and the Concert Room.

There is disabled access and further information should be sought from the ticket secretary.
Programmes in large print are available also.

Refreshments are available at all concerts held in the Cathedral and in the Concert Room.

Further information from:
John Moseley, Concerts Society Chairman
Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool
L3 5TQ

Telephone Telephone: 0151 708 7283.                                                                                                  top of page           

page updated 01/10/07   

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