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Alexander Armstrong (Bass-Baritone) and celebrated composer Will Todd join fellow top-flight DCSF alumni in a celebration of 50 years of music at the Foundation.
Featuring Durham Cathedral Choir, DCSF chapel choristers, and a large choir and orchestra made up of the cream of the Foundation’s alumni pro/semi-pro singers, instrumentalists & friends.
The concert will start with three choral favourites from Richard Lloyd and Will Todd, followed by Handel’s Messiah. Screens will be provided throughout the cathedral to aid a ‘full view’ enhanced visual experience.
This is a fundraising event organised by the Old Dunelmian Society. All proceeds, including all ticket sales, will be used in aid of a new means-tested bursary fund for former Durham Cathedral Choristers in order to enable their continued musical and general education at DCSF (Reg Charity No. 1023407) after their cathedral chorister scholarship has come to a close.
Programme
Richard Lloyd - Rorate Caeli (Drop down ye heavens) – “Durham’s Allegri Miserere”
Will Todd - The Call of Wisdom (written for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee service)
Will Todd - In This Place (Commissioned by Roger Muttitt for the 600th anniversary of Durham School in 2014)
George Frideric Handel – Messiah (Parts 1, 2 & 3 with cuts)
Conductors: Claire Alsop, Simon Bowler, Daniel Cook, Nicholas Gleed, James Lancelot, Roger Muttitt, Jonathan Newell, Will Todd, Ralph Woodward.
Soloists: Zoë Jackson (Soprano), Heather Jill Burns (Mezzo), Chris Elliott (Tenor) and Alexander Armstrong (Bass-Baritone)
Enjoy the unparalleled natural acoustics of the Cathedral supplemented by video screens giving enhanced views of the performers irrespective of normal physical sightlines.
The event organisers will be taking photos and video as part of the delivery of the event. This will include for the purposes of delivering visual content for the screens, together with general publicity. Audio or video recording of any part of the performance by concertgoers is not permitted. In purchasing tickets for this event, you and all others in your party attending the concert consent to this as a condition of sale.
Audio-visual and lighting services provided by The CDB Group.
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