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Our Past Concerts in 2018 see below for Concert details

February 3         Symphonies and Concertantes
*March 17          Fauré Requiem   
*May 5                
A Song of Thanksgiving​
9 June                Fiesta
*July 14              Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Choral
​October 6 Of     War and Peace 

*November 10   In Remembrance 1918 
*November 17   Destiny  
December 1     
Christmas Concert   Please note the new date ​
*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   ​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War

Christmas Concert
online tickets available here

1st December 2018 Christmas    Please note the new date ​
Venue  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Festive Fun - Christmas Concert
Once again we greet the festive season with carols and joyful music under the baton of guest conductor, David Lewis.
​
​3 choirs will each sing special songs, not forgetting favourite carols for you to join in with
Saturday 1st December 2018 7:30 pm  
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Please note the new date 
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Christmas Concert was our Last Concert of 2018 Pictured here are our Cathedral Orchestra and Cantata Choir. Also performing were Carleton House Preparatory School Choir and English Martyrs RC Primary School Choir. We must add a special thank you to Jack, our clapper player in Sleigh Ride, called on at very short notice and demonstrating his musicality and rhythm.
Performers
Carleton House Preparatory School Choir
English Martyrs RC Primary School 
Choir
Cantata Choir
James Luxton Director
Cathedral Orchestra
David Lewis Conductor
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​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3  
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Festive Fun 

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In Remembrance 1918
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* In Remembrance 1918 
Saturday 10th November 2018 7:30 pm
Venue  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Poetry and song in which we review the world and western society ​before, during and after the great conflict
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Although the music and poetry in this concert ranges from Tomkins (1572-1656) to the present – the Hering is the premiere of his new version of Lachrymose – at its heart is the conflict known as the Great War whose aftermath and influence continue to resonate. Conflict was and is, it seems, ever with us. What follows are varied and moving responses to war: patriotism, home-sickness, dissent, mourning.​
Programme
Before
​Tomkins When David heard that Absolom was Slain
Poem
Bishop Home Sweet Home 
1914
Housman The Recruit
German Hymn 1914: Pray for Our Soldiers
Brooke The Soldier

Traditional Hungarian  arr Moseley Farewell: A Soldier’s Song
Gurney To the Poet Before Battle
Novello Keep the Home Fires Burning

Hering Lachrymose - First Performance this version
(Originally commissioned by Turner Contemporary and Tania Holland Williams)

Mortality
Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth
Additional Poem
Tavener Funeral Ikos

Elgar Voice In The Desert op. 77 Soprano solo, speaker and piano
1918
Poem
Elgar Preparation for Armistice
Housman With Rue My Heart Is Laden
Parry My Soul There Is A Country

Trad The Last Post 

Aftermath
Holst I Vow To Thee My Country
Poem
Burgon Nunc Dimittis 
Trad. Kiev Contakion For the Faithful Departed
Poem
Stanford arr Moseley Alleluia 
Performers
​

Adam Smith Speaker
Cantata choir
Instrumental soloists
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3  
*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   ​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War

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Of War and Peace
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Saturday 6th  October 2018, 7.30 pm
​
Venue  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

*Of War and Peace
Continuing our season commemorating the centenary of the end of WW1
​we bring together traditional classical and modern works which contemplate the fate of humanity

Programme 
​

Haydn Symphony no 26 in D minor “Lamentation” 
Trad Kiev Contikion for the faithful departed
Tchaikovsky Hymn to the Virgin
Rachmaninov Ave Maria 
Stubbs For Valour 
Mendelssohn Hear my prayer 
Schubert Symphony no 4 in C minor “Tragic”
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Performers

Cantata choir
James Luxton Director
Cathedral Orchestra
​
Stephen Pratt Conductor
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3  
*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   ​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War

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Saturday 17th November 2018 7:30 pm 
Venue  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt Concert Room

Destiny
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* Destiny​
From the conflicts of Roman society, to the deceptions of love; from the fears and sorrows of a mother to the fate of humanity: in this concert we take on all the big human emotions with hugely dramatic music old and new.​
*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   ​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War
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Barbara Ruzsics Soprano
Programme
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Beethoven Overture Coriolanus op 62 
                    Concert Aria ‘Ah Perfido’ op 65 
Haydn         Symphony no 49 in F minor ‘Passione’ 
Moseley      Concertante for soprano and orchestra 
Beethoven  Symphony no 5 in C minor ‘Fate’​
Performers
​

Barbara Ruzsics 
 Soprano
Cathedral Orchestra
​Stephen Pratt ​Conductor
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3  

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The Sixteen
​Harry Christophers conductor
Programme
Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Cornysh My love she mourneth
Britten Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Cornysh Salve Regina
Britten Advance Democracy
Cornysh Ave Maria, Mater Dei
Cornysh Woefully array’d
Cornysh Ah Robin, gentle Robin
Britten Sacred and Profane

We are delighted to welcome once more this most popular and prestigious group
under the direction of Harry Christophers.
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The Choral Pilgrimage 2018: Liverpool
5 October 2018  7.30pm
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
​Tickets: £16  (Booking Fees Apply)
​

Tickets are only available directly from The Sixteen at https://thesixteen.com/events/choral-pilgrimage-2018-liverpool/​​  This concert does not form part of our season ticket  
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*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   ​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War
Monday 7 May 2018 3:00 pm   Liverpool Organ Day    Andrew Reid (Durham)     
This recital forms part of Liverpool’s celebrated Organ Day which is held annually.
The other recitals will be given at the Anglican Cathedral in the morning and St George’s Hall in the evening.
For more details tickets and contact information please visit 
http://www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk/events/event/may-bank-holiday-organ-recitals/ 
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Fiesta
​​      online tickets

Saturday 9 June 2018 7:30 pm 
Venue  Crypt Concert Room Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Here is all the glamour, pathos and high spirits of music from Spain.   
​​It ranges from 
the Renaissance to the present, a special feature being a new version of Boccherini’s Night Music from the Streets of Madrid

Programme

​Alfonso el Sabio Rosa das rosas
John IV of Portugal Crux fidelis 
Alfonso el Sabio Maravillosos e piadosos 

Victoria Popule meus
Trad Sefardies Cancione
Trad Spanish Folksong
Boccherini Night Music from the streets of Madrid
​Fauré Masques et Bergamasques op 112
Trad Iberian arr Moseley 5 Iberian Folksongs
Chabrier Habanera 
Fauré Pavane op 50
Mompou Cantar del Almar
Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op 28
Piazzola arr Pratt Libertango
Vertical Divider
Performers
Leo Byrne  Violin
Beth Hartness Soprano
Cantata Choir
James Luxton Director
Cathedral Orchestra
Stephen Pratt Conductor
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3      see below for Details of Tickets & Venue
Tickets

Ticket Prices
Single concerts £10.00  Concessions £7.00  under 25s £3

Tickets are unreserved  and usually available at the door
Tickets can be obtained in advance from the Gift Shop in the Piazza Visitor Centre 
Phone for tickets:0151 707 3525       
Phone lines open: Weekdays and Saturday: 10am to 5pm.  Sunday 11am to 4pm
 Tickets are also available from Music Notes, a specialist printed music shop in the heart of Liverpool at 4 North John St, L2 4SA. They also stock a range of gifts alongside orchestral and folk instruments. Call 0151 227 9836, email  sales@music-notes.net  or see www.music-notes.net

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Fiesta

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Crypt Concert Room

Concerts in the Crypt Concert Room Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral  Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

Access                             The ONLY Access for Crypt Concerts is through the underground car park. 
Access for the Disabled The Crypt is accessible using using the lift situated in the Rotunda, accessed through the underground car park  
Toilets                               including Accessible toilets are Located at Crypt level.
Refreshments                  are available next to the  Crypt Concert Room during the interval at most events
Doors open at 7pm         
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

Parking
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​Parking  
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The Cathedral Car Park accessed from Mount Pleasant is
under the cathedral with direct access to the concert venue by lift or stairs.
Limited capacity on a first come first served basis.  
​A charge of £3.00 is payable on arrival.

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* A Song of Thanksgiving
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Saturday 5 May 2018 7:30 pm 
Venue  Crypt Concert Room    Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

This is one of our concerts which reflects, in a broad sense, on the end of WWI.  Shakespeare’s Henry V Agincourt speech and the contemporary Agincourt Carol are contrasted with Walton’s two string pieces written to accompany Sir Laurence Olivier’s celebrated film adaptation of the play.
Haydn lived through the rise of 
Napoleon and the devastating effect it had on continental Europe.
​After the interval 
comes a group of tender lullabies before Vaughan Williams’  A Song of Thanksgiving .The composer was a soldier in WWI but wrote this to commemorate the end of WWII
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Image "Tommy" with kind permission from Richard Harpum www.richardharpum.com
Programme ​
King Henry V: A Sequence:

Fanfare
Shakespeare Agincourt speech
Walton Death of Falstaff 
Shakespeare Touch her soft lips and part
Walton Touch her soft lips and part 
Anon c1515 Agincourt Carol

Haydn Symphony no 100 in G  Military 
Mendelssohn March of the Priests (Athalie)
Trad Chinese Lullaby
Ireland Cradle Song
Housman On the idle hill of summer
Smetana Wiegenlied
Vaughan Williams A Song of Thanksgiving
Performers
Julia Smith
 Soprano

Peter McColgan Speaker
Cantata choir
James Luxton Director
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra
​
Stephen Pratt Conductor
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*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   
​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War
​


​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3        See below for Details of Tickets & Venue
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Ticket Prices
Single concerts £10.00  Concessions £7.00  under 25s £3

Tickets are unreserved  and usually available at the door
Tickets can be obtained in advance from the Gift Shop in the Piazza Visitor Centre 
Phone for tickets:0151 707 3525       
Phone lines open: Weekdays and Saturday: 10am to 5pm.  Sunday 11am to 4pm
 Tickets are also available from Music Notes, a specialist printed music shop in the heart of Liverpool at 4 North John St, L2 4SA. They also stock a range of gifts alongside orchestral and folk instruments. Call 0151 227 9836, email  sales@music-notes.net  or see www.music-notes.net

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* A Song of Thanksgiving

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Concerts in the Crypt Concert Room Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral  Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

Access                             The ONLY Access for Crypt Concerts is through the underground car park. 
Access for the Disabled The Crypt is accessible using using the lift situated in the Rotunda, accessed through the underground car park  
Toilets                               including Accessible toilets are Located at Crypt level.
Refreshments                  are available next to the  Crypt Concert Room during the interval at most events
Doors open at 7pm         

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

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​Parking  
​
The Cathedral Car Park accessed from Mount Pleasant is
under the cathedral with direct access to the concert venue by lift or stairs.
Limited capacity on a first come first served basis.  
​A charge of £3.00 is payable on arrival.


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Beethoven “Choral”
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Saturday 14 July 2018 7:30 pm 
Venue  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Programme
*Beethoven Symphony no 9 in D minor op 125 “Choral”
Beethoven’s last symphony is one of the towering masterpieces of European civilisation.   It is astonishing to think that the composer was completely deaf when he wrote it.   All the sounds of this immense work existed, for him, only in his imagination.   The main melody of the choral finale was adopted as the European Anthem
Performers
Barbara Ruzsics Soprano

Isobel Jenkins Mezzo Soprano
David Lee Tenor
Stuart O’Hara Bass baritone
Cantata choir
James Luxton Director
Cathedral Orchestra
​
Stephen Pratt Conductor
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3
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*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   
​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War

Tickets

Ticket Prices
Single concerts £10.00  Concessions £7.00  under 25s £3

Tickets are unreserved  and usually available at the door
Tickets can be obtained in advance from the Gift Shop in the Piazza Visitor Centre 
Phone for tickets:0151 707 3525       
Phone lines open: Weekdays and Saturday: 10am to 5pm.  Sunday 11am to 4pm
 Tickets are also available from Music Notes, a specialist printed music shop in the heart of Liverpool at 4 North John St, L2 4SA. They also stock a range of gifts alongside orchestral and folk instruments. Call 0151 227 9836, email  sales@music-notes.net  or see www.music-notes.net

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There is no booking fee
Beethoven “Choral”

Your booking will be confirmed by e-mail. Please print this and bring it with you. This is your ticket.
VENUE: LIVERPOOL METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL

Concerts in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral  Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

​​MAP - see below

Access for Concerts in the Cathedral is through the main doors or underground car park 
Access for the Disabled  The Cathedral is accessible using the lift in the lower porch from the underground car park shown 
Toilets Including Accessible toilets can be found in the lower porch of the Cathedral
Doors open at 7pm

Refreshments  are available in the Gibberd Room in the lower porch and during the interval at most events
Map

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

Parking
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​Parking  
​
The Cathedral Car Park accessed from Mount Pleasant is
under the cathedral with direct access to the concert venue by lift or stairs.
Limited capacity on a first come first served basis.  
​A charge of £3.00 is payable on arrival.

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Gabriel Faure
*Fauré Requiem
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​£35, £25 concessions
​​Saturday 17 March 2018 7:30 pm
Venue Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral   
Our Lenten concert is dominated by the music of Fauré: his Requiem, the elegiac Cantique op 11 and his ​orchestral Suite illustrating the doomed love between Pelleas and Melisande.

The other works are by his friends and contemporaries including the 
haunting Pavane by his pupil Ravel.
​Programme

​Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
de Severac Tantum ergo
Saint-Saens Ave Maria
Franck Ave Maria
Saint-Saens Ave verum in E flat
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine op 11
Fauré Pelleas et Melisande op 80
Fauré Requiem Op 48
​Performers 
​

Patricia Heyes  Soprano
Jonne Quint Baritone
Cantata Choir
Cathedral Orchestra
James Luxton Conductor
​​Tickets are £10 £7 and £3  
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​"Fauré Requiem" button above
​​​Our Half Season Tickets  are £35, £25 concessions
Covering all 4 of the following concerts :-
​
March 17th Fauré Requiem
May 5th A Song of Thanksgiving 
June 9th Fiesta
July14th Beethoven Symphony No. 9
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*Remembrance 1918 - 2018   
​A series of concerts commemorating the end of the First World War


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Symphonies and Concertantes
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Saturday 3 Feb 2018 7:30 pm
Venue Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral 

Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante is one of his most sublime works and is complemented by the spirited symphony by his friend Haydn.    

​In between is a second opportunity to hear Pratt’s Imaginary Folksongs for clarinet and orchestra
​Programme
Abel attr. Mozart Symphony No3 in Eb, 
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364
Pratt Imaginary Folksongs
Haydn Symphony no 99 in Eb 
Performers 
Leo Byrne​ Violin
John Ash Viola
Jacqueline Thomas Clarinet
​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra
​Stephen Pratt Conductor
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Mozart and Haydn
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Our Past Concerts in 2017 see below for Concert details

​​​Saturday 4 Feb 2017     Beethoven & Maxwell Davies
Saturday 8 April 2017   Brahms A German Requiem
**Monday 1st May 2017 3:00 pm  ​Organ Recital  ​Martin Baker, Master of the Music at Westminster Cathedral
Saturday 20 May 2017  Time and Tide
​Saturday 24 June 2017 Cathedral 50th Anniversary Concert
​Saturday 8 July 2017    Stephen Pratt 70th Birthday Concert

**Friday 22 September 2017              The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage​​                                                                    ** not included in our Season Ticket​
Saturday 7 October 2017 7:30 p.m.     ​Celebration
​​Saturday 11 November 2017             Far From The Madding Crowd    
​Wednesday 15th November                Jubilee Event: Mozart’s Requiem                    Choirs of Westminster Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
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Saturday 9 December 2017               Christmas Concert

Saturday 4 February 2017 7:30 pm 
​
Beethoven and Maxwell Davies
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies who was associated with the Society for many years and who died in 2016

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Beethoven and Maxwell Davies
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Programme
Maxwell Davies
Chat Moss    This piece was dedicated to the Society Chairman, John Moseley, and written for and first performed by the Chamber Orchestra of St Edward’s College, the Cathedral Choir School.

Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F Major Op. 50 for violin and orchestra

Maxwell Davies 6 Sanday Tunes
​
Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Op 32.

Performers
​
Some members of the amazing "In Harmony Liverpool" group will be taking part  http://www.liverpoolphil.com/in-harmony-liverpool
Leo Byrne  Violin​
​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra
​Stephen Pratt conductor
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John Moseley and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Due to unforeseen circumstances please note that this concert is being held in the Cathedral, and not in the Crypt Concert Room.

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Brahms German Requiem - Brixi Singers with Cantata Choir & the Cathedral Orchestra

Our Concert Brahms A German Requiem on 8 April was 
​'dedicated by the sponsors to their parents and to all parents bereaved of children, whether in war or peace.'  
​This dedication, while personal, also makes links with the intentions of the composer when he wrote the Requiem as well as to the
​Concert Society's commemoration of the First World War
​which will be a major feature of our 2018 season

Saturday 8 April 2017 7:30 pm   
​
Brahms A German Requiem
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

Brahms A German Requiem
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This concert has been financed by sponsors who wish to remain anonymous.
​It is dedicated by them, to their parents and to all parents bereaved of children, whether in war or peace
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A German Requiem Op 45
I. Selig sind, die Leid tragen
II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
III. Herr, lehre doch mich
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
V. Ich habt nun Traurigkeit
VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende statt
VII. Selig sind die Toten
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Johannes Brahms
Performers
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Barbara Ruzsics
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Stuart O'Hara
​Barbara Ruzsics soprano
Stuart O’Hara baritone
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​
Brixi Singers
Rory Wainwright Johnston director  
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
Stephen Pratt conductor
The gestation and composition of this work took Brahms (1833-97) some seven years, from 1861-68. His longest piece, it established him as a major  composer. He assembled his own text from the Lutheran Bible and Apocrypha and is, therefore, in German not liturgical Latin.

Unlike the famous settings by Mozart, Verdi and Fauré it is not a Requiem Mass. Although brought-up in the north German Lutheran tradition, like Bach whom he so much admired, Brahms remained unconvinced of an afterlife but not of the emotional needs of the bereaved.

​There does not seem to be any specific impetus for the composition of this work but the deaths of his mentor, Robert Schuman in 1856, and of his mother in 1865 deeply affected him. So the piece grew from a single choral piece, to a cantata. Six movements were first given in 1868. A month later he added the soprano solo ‘Ich habt nun Traurigkeit’, because he wanted to depict the journey from anxiety to comfort. A perfectionist, only then was he finally satisfied.                                                                                                                                                                                                          John Moseley
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**Monday 1st May 2017 3:00 pm  
​
Organ Recital
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

Martin Baker,

Master of the Music at Westminster Cathedral

All tickets are £5 per recital on this day.  ​  
​
** not included in our Season Ticket
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This recital forms part of the Liverpool Organ Day when there will be recitals at Liverpool Cathedral (11am) and
​St George’s Hall (5.30pm)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
- Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C (BWV 564) [15]
- Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) [5]
- "Gigue" fugue in G major (BWV 577) [3]
Widor, Charles-Marie (1844-1937) - from Symphonie VI in G minor (Op.42 no.2)
- Allegro [8.5]
- Adagio [8]
- Intermezzo [6]
Yon, Pietro Alessandro (1886-1943) - Toccatina for the flutes [3]
Baker, Martin (b.1967) - Improvisation [10]

Time and Tide

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Saturday 20 May 2017 7:30 pm    
​
Time and Tide 
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

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​Performers

William Kiggins  oboe ​
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
​
Stephen Pratt conductor

​A wide-ranging concert reflecting composers’ responses to the passing of time.
​For Details of Tickets & Venue click here


​Programme

Mendelssohn     
The Hebrides Overture op 26
                              Calm sea and prosperous voyage op 27
Britten                 Choral Dances from Gloriana
                                        Time
                                       Concord
                              Metamorphosis No. 2 for solo oboe op 49
Maxwell Davies Lullaby for Lucy
                              First Grace of Light for solo oboe 
Britten                Choral Dance from Gloriana
                                      Time and Concord
Harrison             Here Comes the Sun
Kosma                Autumn Leaves
Cole Porter        Night and Day
Haydn                 Symphony No. 101 in D “Clock”

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A Tribute to the Cathedral's 50th Anniversary
Saturday 24 June 2017 7:30 pm    ​
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

Cathedral 50th Anniversary

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This Anniversary concert focuses on the splendour of the occasion of the Cathedral’s 50th Anniversary. As well as Beethoven’s grand overture and the majestic Hymn of Praise by Mendelssohn the Society has commissioned a number of new works. These feature composers closely associated with the Society, the Cathedral and the City of Liverpool.

To start the concert we have the premiere of a Fanfare by Kevin George Brown: his third composition for this building. Mike Stubbs ​ and James Smith have both written for unaccompanied Cantata Choir; Robin Hartwell’s new Concertante is for Solo trumpeter plus the Cathedral’s Orchestra while Moseley has adapted an earlier work he wrote for the Cantata Choir to include the orchestra, especially for this occasion.

​We are pleased, also, to have our first opportunity to perform works by James Luxton, the assistant Director of Music at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Dr. Rob Howard , Deputy Head of the Music Faculty at St Edward’s College, the Cathedral’s Choir School.
Programme
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Beethoven Overture “The Consecration of the House” op.124
Stubbs My Beloved Spake First performance
Smith This Place First performance
Luxton Ave Verum Corpus
Howard Jubilate Deo
Hartwell Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra First performance
Moseley In This House
​Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise op. 50
Brown Fanfare   
Performers
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Patricia Heyes soprano
​Barbara Ruzsics  soprano
David Lee tenor
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director
Paul Thomas trumpet 
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra
Stephen Pratt conductor
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Patricia Heyes
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Barbara Ruzsics
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David Lee

​Saturday 8 July 2017 7:30 p.m.     
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Stephen Pratt 70th Birthday Concert
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

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To celebrate and congratulate our principal conductor
This concert, appropriately in the Cathedral’s Anniversary year, celebrates the Society’s long-standing conductor, Stephen Pratt. The chosen works reflect his musical enthusiasms and include the premiere of his Imaginary Folksongs written for the clarinettist Jacqueline Thomas.

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Progranme
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​Mozart Overture “Clemenza di Tito” K621
Anon mediaeval Nova! Nova!
Pratt Ave Maria
Cornysh A dew, a dew
Monteverdi Christe, adoramus te
Pratt Imaginary Folksongs for clarinet and orchestra. First Performance
Moseley New Year Dedicated to Stephen Pratt. First Performance
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 "Scottish”
Performers
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​Jacqueline Thomas  clarinet
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
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​Stephen Pratt ​conductor
70th Birthday

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Friday 22nd September 7:30 p.m.
The Choral Pilgrimage 2017: Liverpool  
Performers The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor

Programme
Poulenc Salve Regina
Palestrina ‘Surge amica mea’ and ‘Surgam et circuibo civitatem’ from Song of Songs
Palestrina Parce mihi, Domine
Poulenc Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence
Palestrina Peccantem me quotidie
Palestrina ‘Kyrie’, ‘Gloria’ and ‘Credo’ from Missa L’Homme Arme
Poulenc Un Soir de neige
Palestrina Salve Regina
Poulenc ‘Agnus Dei’ from Mass in G

We are delighted to welcome once more this most popular and prestigious group
under the direction of Harry Christophers.
​Their 17th century Choral Pilgrimage features and contrasts Poulenc and Palestrina. 
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Tickets priced £16 are only available directly from The Sixteen at  http://thesixteen.com This concert does not form part of our season ticket 
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Saturday 7 October 2017 7:30 p.m.    
​Celebration
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​

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Continuing the celebrations for the Cathedral’s special year, this concert of British music by Vaughan Williams and others introduces the new Cathedral Community Choir, an opportunity for all those associated with the Cathedral to join in the celebrations.
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This concert celebrates British music in this wonderful building.
The new Cathedral Community Choir, drawn from the wider Cathedral Community, will join with the Society’s Orchestra and Cantata Choir, offering all interested parties the chance to take part. See below for more details.
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Charles Rigby, arr. Stubbs     Hail redeemer, King Divine
Stubbs              Come, Holy Spirit, Lord of Light   written for Archbishop Patrick
Parry                 Jerusalem
Burgoyne          Concertante for cello and orchestra First performance
Vaughan Williams     The New Commonwealth
Trad Gaelic        Morning has Broken
Stanford           Alleluia
Elgar                  Four Orchestral Pieces
                                   Chanson de Matin
                                   Chanson de Nuit
                                   Elegy op 58
                                   Salut d’Amour op 12
​​R. R. Terry         Richard de Castries’ Prayer
Rubbra              Virgin’s Cradle Hymn
Rutter                The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Parry                 My Soul, there is a Country
Vaughan Williams     Folksongs of the Four Seasons
                           Psalm 100​
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Celebration

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Performers
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Mary Bowell  'cello 
Liverpool Metropolitan ​Cathedral Community Choir *
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Orchestra
Leo Byrne  leader 
​David Lewis conductor
As part of the special events marking the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral a special concert is being given on the 7th October, 2017 at 7.30 p.m. in the Cathedral. Participants are the Cantata Choir, directed by James Luxton and the Cathedral Orchestra, conducted by ​David Lewis.

Saturday 11 November 2017 7:30 p.m.    
Far From The Madding Crowd
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​ Crypt Concert Room

Far From The Madding Crowd
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Programme
​Moseley
                    Death and the Lady
Dvorâk                       Silent Woods
Nielsen                       3 Unaccompanied Choruses
Bartók                       Rumanian Folk Dances
                                     4 Slovak Folksongs
Dvorâk                       Czech Suite op 39
Performers
​Sally Robbins   cello
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
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​Stephen Pratt conductor

Saturday 11 November 2017 7:30 p.m.    
Far From The Madding Crowd
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​ Crypt Concert Room

Programme

Bartók        4 Slovak Folksongs
Dvořàk       Silent Woods
Nielsen      3 Unaccompanied Choruses
Dvořàk      Romance op 11
Bartók       Rumanian Folk Dances
Moseley    Death and the Lady   First performance
Dvořàk      Czech Suite op 39
Far From The Madding Crowd
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An antidote to the stresses of daily life with music that harks back to the times when most people lived in a rural setting and their lives, though hard, were less pressured and hectic.
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Beth Hartless
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Sally Robbins
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Performers
​Beth Hartless
soprano
​Sally Robbins cello
​Leo Byrne Violin
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
Leo Byrne  leader ​
​​David Lewis conductor

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​Wednesday 15th November 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Jubilee Event: Mozart’s Requiem  
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​
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Joining together in concert for the first time ever, the choirs of Westminster Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral combine to perform Mozart’s sublime Requiem.  Directed by the Cathedral Director of Music, Christopher McElroy, the choirs will be accompanied by the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra.
Tickets are priced at £20 for premium seats and £15 for standard seats. Available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/lpoolmetmusic or the Cathedral Shop.
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Saturday 9 December 2017 7:30 p.m.    
​Christmas Concert
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ​
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With two children’s choirs from local schools, our own Cantata Choir and Orchestra and favourite carols like O Come, All Ye Faithful and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing our Christmas concert provides a wide variety of seasonal treats. This year’s novelty is the premiere of local composer Mike Stubbs’ piece for choir and orchestra O Emmanuel. Throw in O, Holy Night, Sleigh Ride and Hallelujah Chorus and we feel sure there is something for everyone to enjoy.
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David Lewis
Performers
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Carleton House Preparatory School Choir

English Martyrs RC Primary School Choir
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cantata Choir
James Luxton director 
​​Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral Orchestra
Leo Byrne   leader ​
David Lewis Conductor
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​Christmas Concert
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