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2013 Concerts
Saturday 28 September Britten Centenary Concert I Friday 4 October Choral Pilgrimage - The Sixteen, Director Harry Christophers Saturday 12th October Britten Centenary Concert II - Britten and Friends Saturday 9 November Carmina Burana Saturday 23 November Viennese Classics Saturday 7 December Christmas Concert |
2014 Concerts
Saturday 1 February The Dance Saturday 15 February Locus Iste: - In God’s House Saturday 15 March Northern Lights Saturday 29 March Messiah Monday 5 May Organ Recital Saturday 17 May A Handel Celebration Saturday 14 June Bach and Finzi Saturday 5 July English Contemporaries Vaughan Williams and his circle Saturday 12 July Choral Symphony |
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Saturday 28 September, 2013, 7.30 pm
Cathedral Britten Centenary Concert I Britten Festival Te Deum op 32 Hymn to St. Cecilia op 27 Rejoice in the Lamb op 30 Tallis O Sacrum Convivium Salvator Mundi Cathedral Choirs Richard Lea, organ Christopher McElroy, directors This is the first of two concerts, the other is on 12th October, marking the centenary of the birthday of one of Britain’s greatest composers. It includes three of his most inventive choral works with pieces by Tallis and others, sung by the Boy and Girl Choristers and the Gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir. Friday 4 October, 2013, 7.30 pm
Cathedral Choral Pilgrimage - The Queen of Heaven The Sixteen, Director Harry Christophers We are delighted to welcome back The Sixteen for their annual visit to Liverpool. This tour, entitled The Queen of Heaven, will see Harry Christophers, CBE, and his choir perform glorious music in churches and cathedrals for which it was written. An unmissable new version of Allegri’s Miserere is one of the programme’s highlights,accompanied by wonderful music by Palestrina and MacMillan. The new Allegri Miserere draws on original source material to show how the piece has evolved over the centuries into the work audiences know today. This concert does not form part of our season ticket. Tickets: £16. No concessions.BOOKING OPEN NOW National Box Office: 01904 651485 Local Box Office:Cathedral Shop 0151 707 3525 Doors open at 7.00 pm Saturday 12th October, 2013, 7.30 pm
Crypt Concert Room Britten Centenary Concert II - Britten and Friends Britten Welcome Ode op 95 for chorus and orchestra Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in CK467 ‘Elvira Madigan’ Britten Gloriana:Courtly Dances Choral Dances Schubert Symphony No 2 in B flat Kirsty Ligertwood, piano Cantata Choir, Richard Lea, director Cathedral Orchestra, Stephen Pratt,conductor To mark Benjamin Britten’s centenary his music is allied with that of two of his favourite composers, Mozart (Piano Concerto No 21 in C) and Schubert (his youthful 2nd Symphony). From Britten himself there is his last completed work, the Welcome Ode and excerpts from his coronation opera ‘Gloriana’. |
Saturday 9 November, 2013, 7.30 pm
Crypt Concert Room Carmina Burana Krása Brundibár Orff Carmina Burana Lynne Rogers, soprano Curtis Perriman, bass St Edward’s College Vocal Ensemble, Lynne Rogers, director Cathedral Youth Choir, Curtis Perriman,director Cantata Choir, Richard Lea, director A fascinating juxtaposition of two works written during the Nazi ascendancy: Orff’s setting of medieval student songs remains enormously popular but only now is Krása’s short opera Brundibár (Bumblebee)becoming known. It was performed in the concentration camp of Terezín in a cynical attempt by the commandant to persuade the visiting Red Cross that conditions were decent, even humane. However, Krása and his young musicians outwitted these intentions by producing what was, in effect,a strong condemnation of all that the regime stood for. Saturday 23 November, 2013, 7.30 pm
Crypt Concert Room Viennese Classics Beethoven Violin Concerto in D op 61 Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits(Orpheus) Haydn Symphony No 101 in D ‘Clock’ Leo Byrne, violin Angela Davies, flute Cathedral Orchestra, Stephen Pratt,conductor Three orchestral favourites from the great era of Viennese music. The violin concerto is one of the greatest in the repertoire and is performed by Leo Byrne who you may have heard in previous seasons playing concertos by Bruch and Mendelssohn. If you like Beethoven, you will be pleased to know that his 7th Symphony is part of our ‘Dance’concert on 1st February 2014. cathedralconcerts.org.uk Saturday 7 December, 2013, 7.30 pm
Cathedral Christmas Concert Traditional carols for choirs, audience and orchestra, including many favourites; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and The First Nowell, together with trumpet fanfares. The Hallelujah Chorus from “Messiah”, Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” and the premiere of a seasonal orchestral piece by Merseyside composer,Hilary Burgoyne, “Variations on an Old Carol”. Carleton House School Choir, Gillian Harris,director Cantata Choir Cathedral Orchestra cathedralconcerts.org.uk |
Saturday 1 February, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
The Dance
Mozart 6 German Dances K509
Piazzola, Libertango (premiere of arr Pratt orchestral version)
Bartók Rumanian Dances Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A op 92
Cathedral Orchestra, Stephen Pratt, conductor
Berlioz called Beethoven’s 7th Symphony ‘The Apotheosis of the Dance’ perhaps referring in particular to the exhilarating finale.
By way of an overture there are Mozart’s delightful German Dances. In marked contrast is the Tango by Piazzola followed by one of Bartók’s most attractive works, the set of Rumanian Dances
Cathedral
The Dance
Mozart 6 German Dances K509
Piazzola, Libertango (premiere of arr Pratt orchestral version)
Bartók Rumanian Dances Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A op 92
Cathedral Orchestra, Stephen Pratt, conductor
Berlioz called Beethoven’s 7th Symphony ‘The Apotheosis of the Dance’ perhaps referring in particular to the exhilarating finale.
By way of an overture there are Mozart’s delightful German Dances. In marked contrast is the Tango by Piazzola followed by one of Bartók’s most attractive works, the set of Rumanian Dances
Saturday 1 February, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
The Dance
Mozart 6 German Dances K509
Piazzola, Libertango (premiere of arr Pratt orchestral version)
Bartók Rumanian Dances
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A op 92
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Berlioz called Beethoven’s 7th Symphony ‘The Apotheosis of the Dance’ perhaps referring in particular to the exhilarating finale. By way of an overture there are Mozart’s delightful German Dances. In marked contrast is the Tango by Piazzola followed by one of Bartok’s most attractive works, the set of Rumanian Dances.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
Saturday 15 February, 2014 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Locus Iste: - In God’s House
Bruckner Locus Iste
Britten Niobe
Songs to the Virgin
Victoria Ave Maria
StravinskyAve Maria
Rachmaninov Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Grieg Ave Maris Stella
Karg-Elert Harmonie du Soir
Orthodox
Arensky Otche Nash
Tavener Apolitikion for Our Holy Father Nicholas
Part Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Christov Vo tzarstvii Tvoem
English Tradition
Tallis Psalm Tune No. 3
Boyce I Was Glad
Britten Narcissus
Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Moseley In This House(first performance)
Jubilate
Walford Davies King of Glory
Mathias Jubilate
Wood O Thou The Central Orb
William Kiggins, oboe
Richard Lea, organ
Benedict Griffiths, tenor
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
A wide ranging selection of choral and instrumental pieces, including a world premiere.
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Saturday 15 March, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Northern Lights
Sibelius Karelia Suite op 11
Nielsen Three unaccompanied choruses
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No 1 op 46
Trad Swedish Three Courting Songs
Sibelius Symphony No 5 in E flat op 82
A series of stunning orchestral favourites by the most popular Scandinavian composers,Grieg and Sibelius, with humorous and tender songs from Sweden and Denmark. If you enjoy romantic music, there is more in our Myths and Legends concert in October.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 29 March, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Messiah
Patricia Heyes, soprano
Heather Barrett, contralto
David Barclay, tenor
Curtis Perriman, bass
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Handel’s masterpiece in the majestic cathedral setting. There is more Handel,this time in the concert room, on Saturday 17 May.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Monday 5 May, 2014 3.00 pm
Cathedral
Organ Recital
Richard Lea
This forms part of Liverpool’s famous annual Organ Day. Recitals will also take place at the Anglican Cathedral in the morning and St. Georges Hall in the evening.
Works will be announced on our website
www.cathedralconcerts.org.uk nearer thetime.Tickets are a flat-rate £5 per concert on thisday.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 17 May, 2014, 7.30 pm
Crypt Concert Room
A Handel Celebration
Zadok the Priest
Five Arias for Miss Howley
Handel Eternal source of light (Odefor the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Pratt Aria (first performance)
Handel V’Adoro Pupille (Giulio Cesarein Egitto)
Moseley Aria (first performance)
HandelIl volo cosi fido (Riccardo Primo, Re d’Inghilterra)
Water MusicConcerto Grosso in F op 6 no 2 Foundling Hospital Anthem
Patricia Heyes (née Howley),
sopranoBarbara Ruzsics,
sopranoStephanie Guidera,
mezzo-soprano
David Barclay, tenor
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
A fascinating insight into the many facets of Georg Friederic Handel including a group of five arias two of which are by him and the others, written in appropriate style,especially for this concert by Stephen Pratt and John Moseley. Handel was a great patron of the Foundling Hospital and wrote this moving, larger scale Anthem to raise funds. It ends with the Hallelujah Chorus.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 14 June, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Bach and Finzi
Bach Motet ‘O Jesu Christ’
Concerto for oboe d’amore
Finzi Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice op 26
Romance for strings op 11
Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins
Finzi God Is Gone Up op 27
William Kiggins, oboe d’amore
Leo Byrne, Jonathan Byrne, violins
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Favourite and lesser known pieces by two contrasting, but complementary composers,including sacred and secular works. There is more 20th century English music in our summer concert on 5th July
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
Saturday 5 July, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
English Contemporaries Vaughan Williams and his circle
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad 3 choruses
Trad arr Holst
Swansea Town
Ireland Cradle Song
Moeran Good Wine
Warlock Capriol Suite
Vaughan Serenade to Music
Williams The Lark Ascending
Five Mystical Songs
Leo Byrne, violin
Curtis Perriman, bass baritone
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
A picture of England in the first half of the last century, including some of the most enduring works of that time.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 12 July, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Choral Symphony
Bruckner Te Deum
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Soloists to be announced
Crosby Symphony Orchestra
Crosby Symphony Chorus
Robert Sells, conductor
Ian Crawford, director
For the first time, Crosby Symphony Orchestra comes to the Metropolitan Cathedral for their annual Charity concert,performing Beethoven’s famous Choral Symphony, perhaps the greatest piece of classical music ever written. A genuinely pivotal work in the history of music, it has been described as a hymn for peace and freedom that redefined the nature of symphonic ambition. First though comes Bruckner’s Te Deum, a majestic piece in its own right. Scored for large orchestra, chorus and 4 soloists, Bruckner is said to have proclaimed that on the day he was to meet his maker, “I will show him the score of my Te Deum, and he may judge me accordingly.”
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Cathedral
The Dance
Mozart 6 German Dances K509
Piazzola, Libertango (premiere of arr Pratt orchestral version)
Bartók Rumanian Dances
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A op 92
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Berlioz called Beethoven’s 7th Symphony ‘The Apotheosis of the Dance’ perhaps referring in particular to the exhilarating finale. By way of an overture there are Mozart’s delightful German Dances. In marked contrast is the Tango by Piazzola followed by one of Bartok’s most attractive works, the set of Rumanian Dances.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
Saturday 15 February, 2014 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Locus Iste: - In God’s House
Bruckner Locus Iste
Britten Niobe
Songs to the Virgin
Victoria Ave Maria
StravinskyAve Maria
Rachmaninov Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Grieg Ave Maris Stella
Karg-Elert Harmonie du Soir
Orthodox
Arensky Otche Nash
Tavener Apolitikion for Our Holy Father Nicholas
Part Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Christov Vo tzarstvii Tvoem
English Tradition
Tallis Psalm Tune No. 3
Boyce I Was Glad
Britten Narcissus
Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Moseley In This House(first performance)
Jubilate
Walford Davies King of Glory
Mathias Jubilate
Wood O Thou The Central Orb
William Kiggins, oboe
Richard Lea, organ
Benedict Griffiths, tenor
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
A wide ranging selection of choral and instrumental pieces, including a world premiere.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 15 March, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Northern Lights
Sibelius Karelia Suite op 11
Nielsen Three unaccompanied choruses
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No 1 op 46
Trad Swedish Three Courting Songs
Sibelius Symphony No 5 in E flat op 82
A series of stunning orchestral favourites by the most popular Scandinavian composers,Grieg and Sibelius, with humorous and tender songs from Sweden and Denmark. If you enjoy romantic music, there is more in our Myths and Legends concert in October.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 29 March, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Messiah
Patricia Heyes, soprano
Heather Barrett, contralto
David Barclay, tenor
Curtis Perriman, bass
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Handel’s masterpiece in the majestic cathedral setting. There is more Handel,this time in the concert room, on Saturday 17 May.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Monday 5 May, 2014 3.00 pm
Cathedral
Organ Recital
Richard Lea
This forms part of Liverpool’s famous annual Organ Day. Recitals will also take place at the Anglican Cathedral in the morning and St. Georges Hall in the evening.
Works will be announced on our website
www.cathedralconcerts.org.uk nearer thetime.Tickets are a flat-rate £5 per concert on thisday.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 17 May, 2014, 7.30 pm
Crypt Concert Room
A Handel Celebration
Zadok the Priest
Five Arias for Miss Howley
Handel Eternal source of light (Odefor the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Pratt Aria (first performance)
Handel V’Adoro Pupille (Giulio Cesarein Egitto)
Moseley Aria (first performance)
HandelIl volo cosi fido (Riccardo Primo, Re d’Inghilterra)
Water MusicConcerto Grosso in F op 6 no 2 Foundling Hospital Anthem
Patricia Heyes (née Howley),
sopranoBarbara Ruzsics,
sopranoStephanie Guidera,
mezzo-soprano
David Barclay, tenor
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
A fascinating insight into the many facets of Georg Friederic Handel including a group of five arias two of which are by him and the others, written in appropriate style,especially for this concert by Stephen Pratt and John Moseley. Handel was a great patron of the Foundling Hospital and wrote this moving, larger scale Anthem to raise funds. It ends with the Hallelujah Chorus.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 14 June, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Bach and Finzi
Bach Motet ‘O Jesu Christ’
Concerto for oboe d’amore
Finzi Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice op 26
Romance for strings op 11
Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins
Finzi God Is Gone Up op 27
William Kiggins, oboe d’amore
Leo Byrne, Jonathan Byrne, violins
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
Favourite and lesser known pieces by two contrasting, but complementary composers,including sacred and secular works. There is more 20th century English music in our summer concert on 5th July
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
Saturday 5 July, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
English Contemporaries Vaughan Williams and his circle
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad 3 choruses
Trad arr Holst
Swansea Town
Ireland Cradle Song
Moeran Good Wine
Warlock Capriol Suite
Vaughan Serenade to Music
Williams The Lark Ascending
Five Mystical Songs
Leo Byrne, violin
Curtis Perriman, bass baritone
Cantata Choir,
Richard Lea, director
Cathedral Orchestra,
Stephen Pratt,conductor
A picture of England in the first half of the last century, including some of the most enduring works of that time.
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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Saturday 12 July, 2014, 7.30 pm
Cathedral
Choral Symphony
Bruckner Te Deum
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Soloists to be announced
Crosby Symphony Orchestra
Crosby Symphony Chorus
Robert Sells, conductor
Ian Crawford, director
For the first time, Crosby Symphony Orchestra comes to the Metropolitan Cathedral for their annual Charity concert,performing Beethoven’s famous Choral Symphony, perhaps the greatest piece of classical music ever written. A genuinely pivotal work in the history of music, it has been described as a hymn for peace and freedom that redefined the nature of symphonic ambition. First though comes Bruckner’s Te Deum, a majestic piece in its own right. Scored for large orchestra, chorus and 4 soloists, Bruckner is said to have proclaimed that on the day he was to meet his maker, “I will show him the score of my Te Deum, and he may judge me accordingly.”
cathedralconcerts.org.uk
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