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Sir Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace |
| Commissioned by the Royal Armouries to mark the
transition from 1999 to 2000 The Armed Man: a Mass for
Peace reflects on the passing of "the most war-torn and
destructive century in human history" and looks forward in... |
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| Fortune spins her wheel. Who will win, who will lose?
Our third major work of the season is Carl Orff’s Carmina
Burana, composed in 1935/6 and setting words from 24
secular (in some cases very secular) poems from medieval
literature... |
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In Sacred Spaces :
Choral Evensong (Peterborough Cathedral) |
| The music selected for the service of Choral Evensong at
Peterborough Cathedral is Ascension-themed, the Ascension
having being kept in the church’s calendar just two days
earlier... |
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| Our final concert of the season marks the Platinum
Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and brings
together full orchestra, wind band, soprano Katherine
Crompton, and another guest chorus alongside our own choir.
We are delighted to present a concert of Royal favourites... |
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In Sacred Spaces :
Choral Evensong (St Albans Cathedral) |
| The music selected for the service of Choral Evensong at
St Albans Cathedral is largely the same as at our earlier visit in
2022, which is to Peterborough Cathedral on Sunday 29 May... |
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| Mozart & Martines : Masses of Masses |
| Marianna Martines was an accomplished composer of oratorios, masses,
sacred choral works and secular cantatas, as well as works for
orchestra and keyboard. By 1761, Martines had composed three large
masses and a motet for performance at Michaelerkirche, the
imperial court church in her home... |
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| St Crispin’s Day Evensong Service |
| Back in the Summer of 2006 our Musical Director arrived
in Northampton, leaving his previous organist position at
York Minster. He took up the prestigious position of
Director of Music at All Saints’ Church, Northampton, which
during his time had large and separate choirs for boys,
girls, men... |
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| The Northampton Bach Choir are delighted to extend a
welcome to Adele Hudson and Rushden Town Band for their
third concert together following their critically-acclaimed
performance of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts in June
2019, and their first Fanfares and Carols performance at The
Cripps Hall... |
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