Handel Messiah
Chester Cathedral – Saturday 22nd May 7:30pm
Messiah is one of Handel’s most famous works and is considered to be one of the greatest works in the history of music. It premiered in Dublin on 13 April 1742. However – owing to bad weather delaying the ferry crossing to Ireland – Handel rehearsed the piece in Chester Cathedral.
The 18th Century Concert Orchestra communicates the brilliance and drama of baroque music – combining period instruments – candlelight and resplendent 18th-century attire to present a uniquely atmospheric recreation of 18th-century musical life.
Tickets £25 VIP, £15 adults, £13.50 concession, £5 children under 10
VIP Tickets include premium seats with a drink and canapé reception in the interval.
This concert is heavily supported by the Friends of Chester Cathedral
Stanford in G – Magnificat
The Nave Choir performed this well-loved piece recently for evensong on Saturday 13th March. Soprano solo is by Becky Hay
Candlemass Vigil – Cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the Candlemass Vigil due to take place 31st January 2010 at 1830hrs has been cancelled due to a change of schedule at the Cathedral. We confirm that a concert will be taking place instead to raise funds for the Haiti disaster.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Mostly Mozart Concert
Saturday 23rd January 7:30pm
The majority of the music is by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the title would suggest. There is also music by Franz Josef Haydn – and an Englishman who was a pupil of Mozart’s – Thomas Attwood. The organ will be used in the concert and we also have three string players performing in some of the musical items.
Merry Christmas from the Nave Choir
Merry Christmas! More media from the Christmas Carol Service will be uploaded in due course. Don’t miss the midnight mass at the cathedral which will be sung by the Nave Choir. Also, members of the Nave Choir will be attending the live BBC1 Christmas Day Eucharist from the cathedral!
Naves at Foxhill
The Nave Choir performed a recital at Foxhill on Sunday 19th July 2009.
Music included excerpts from Vivaldi Gloria
Purcell, Bach and Vivaldi Gloria Concert – 13th June 2009
Music includes the famous Gloria by Vivaldi as well as music by Purcell and Bach
The choir are supported by the 18th Century Concert Orchestra
For a wonderful evening of fine music come along to Chester Cathedral on 13th June 2009 for this special event.
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Evensong at St. Mary’s, Weaverham
Chester Cathedral Nave Choir visited St. Mary’s, Weaverham on Sunday 10th May at 18:30 to sing choral evensong. The order of service included:
Makie – We wait for thy loving kindness
Moore – Responses
Lassus – Magnificat
Holst – Nunc Dimittis
Monteverdi – Cantate Domino
Brahms German Requiem (1871 London Version)
The last Nave Choir concert took place on 14th March, 2009 featuring :
Songs of farewell – C.H.H. Parry
A German Requiem - Johannes Brahms
The Brahms was the early 1871 London version with piano duet accompaniment. Soloists were Becky Hay and Ed Hartwell Jones