Sat    25 Sep  Choral Ambition Workshop Day and Concert  details to be announced

Sun   26 Sep  2:00 Concert at the Palm House Sefton Park www.palmhouse.org.uk

Sat     2  Oct 7:30 Dido & Aeneas   Crypt Concert Room  David Barclay tenor  Cantata Choir  Cathedral Orchestra  Richard Lea conductor
                           Purcell Dido & Aneas (semi staged)          Dido & Aeneas Purcell     Suite ‘Abdelazar’ Purcell / Tippett    
                           4 songs for tenor and piano Tippett     To Music Purcell     
This is the first of our opera series. Look ahead to the 2nd July 2011 for our next : Gluck’s ‘Orpheus and Euridice’.
If you enjoy Baroque music there is more coming up.
On Saturday 15th October 2011 we are performing Vivaldi’s Gloria with music by Purcell and Bach.  

Sat   16 Oct Vienna looks east   Crypt Concert Room Cathedral Orchestra Stephen Pratt, conductor
                         Mozart ‘Overture’ The Magic Flute   Schubert Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished”  
                         Moseley Radnoti Epigrammes for narrator and orchestra world premiere   Sugár Pastorale for piano and strings Brahms Hungarian Dances
Established classics share the platform with two short pieces of Hungarian origin, including a world premiere.                    
                      
Sat   13 Nov 7.30pm A Mendelssohn Celebration   Crypt Concert Room Cantata Choir   Cathedral Orchestra  Stephen Pratt conductor
                   Mendelssohn Overture ‘Calm sea and prosperous voyage’ op27    Psalm 13 op96 Nocturne and intermezzo ‘
                         A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ op61     Motet ‘Here my prayer’      Symphony no.4 in A, op90, “Italian”
Mainly Mendelssohn at his most popular : “O for the wings of a dove” and the Italian Symphony, but also the chance to hear a rare psalm setting.

If this is your type of concert look ahead to the 5th February 2011 for more Mendelssohn and Bruch’s wonderful violin concerto.

 

Sat   20 Nov 7.30pm Cathedral Choir 50th Anniversary Concert   Yes ! The Cathedral Choir was founded half a century ago.

Join us to celebrate this special occasion when, in addition to the Cathedral Choir, directed by Timothy Noon, with Richard Lea, Organ, and The Cathedral Orchestra, ex-choristers will join the Choir in a varied repertoire, including popular choral classics.

Sat    4 Dec  7.30pm  The Capstone    University Singers    Cantata Choir    Festival Orchestra   Stephen Pratt conductor
                          Beethoven    Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op 67           Mass in C, op 86

If you have not yet visited the new concert hall , The Capstone, on the same site as Cornerstone, this is an ideal opportunity. Who better than Beethoven to provide the finale for the Liverpool Hope University Festival.

Sat   11 Dec 7:30 Christmas Concert   Choir of Carlton House School, Gillian Harris, director    Cathedral Girls Choir, Philip Arkwright, director
                                                                             Cantata Choir, Richard Lea, director Cathedral Orchestra

A feast of festive music including all the old favourites , “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, “Sleigh Ride”, plus Holst’s “Christmas Day” for chorus and orchestra , and a chance to join in singing traditional carols.

Diary Dates for 2011 Concert Programme please check back for full details of these concerts
5 Feb 2011       The Romantics	2 May             Organ Recital	11 November 2011  Armistice Day
12 Feb 2011     University of Liverpool Chamber Choir	21 May 2011  Land of the Midnight Sun	19 November 2011  Viva Espana
26 Feb 2011     Faure Requiem	2 July 2011    Orpheus and Eurydice	10 December 2011  Christmas
18 March 2011 The Sixteen	24 Sept 2011 Cathedral Choir	.
26 March 2011 Mozart Requiem	15 October 2011     Vivaldi Gloria	.