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Fundraising concert of English Church Music in North Harrow
12.06.2008The choir will give a concert of English Church Music, including Handel's Coronation Anthems at St John Fisher Church in North Harrow (80 Imperial Close, HA2 7LW) on Sunday the 22nd June. The concert will feature the whole choir and will begin at 6pm. Tickets are available on the door at £5 (children under 16 free).
Schedule released for the Liverpool tour in September
11.06.20087.30pm Saturday 13th September 2008
From Handel to Hope: A concert to mark the pioneering work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock. A programme of English Choral Music including Handel's Coronation Anthems.
To be held at The Cornerstone, Hope at Everton, Shaw Street, Liverpool.Tickets on sale at the box office at Shaw Street - open Mon - Fri 1000 - 1600. Tel. 0151 291 3578.
Tickets £10, concessions £7 (Friends of the Schola £8 - from the Schola Music Office 0207 381 7684)
11am Sunday 14th September 2008
Solemn Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.
Incorporated into the Mass liturgy, there will be a joint performance by the Schola and the Metropolitan Cathedral Choir of Westminster Mass by Roxanna Panufnik (chamber setting).
To be held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Tel. 0151 708 7283. Entry free.3pm Sunday 14th September 2008
Choral Evensong at Liverpool Cathedral.
As part of Evensong, the Schola and Liverpool Cathedral Choir will give a joint performance of Hail Gladdening Light (Charles Wood); Howells' Westminster Service; Te lucis ante terminum (Balfour/Gardiner).
To be held at Liverpool Cathedral, St James' Mount, Liverpool. Tel. 0151 709 6271. Entry free.
Schola will be recording two new CDs over the coming months
11.06.2008The Schola will be recording the music of Roxanna Panufnik in June, including the yet to be recorded chamber version of the Westminster Mass. In the Autumn the choir will record more music, including a selection of Ave Marias. Two CDs will be released in time for the Christmas season. More news to come.
The schola is visiting Liverpool during the city's time as the European Capital of Culture at the start of September
29.04.2008The choir will visit Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008 to give a recital on Saturday 13th September at Liverpool Hope University and then will join the choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral for Mass on the Sunday morning where they will perform Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass. On Sunday afternoon the Schola will sing at Choral Evensong at the Anglican Cathedral. Visits to Liverpool football ground and a ferry across the Mersey are also on the agenda!
April recordings with Sigur Rós and Faith Hill
14.04.2008Choristers have a busy April in the recording studio, recording tracks for American pop artist Faith Hill's Christmas album at the Lyndhurst Studios and for the Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós at the famous Abbey Road Studios.
They sing a rendition of the classic carol 'O come, all ye faithful' for Faith Hill. For the Sigur Rós recording, they are joined by the London Sinfonietta. The new Sigur Rós album will be released in the UK by EMI early summer 2008.
Choir returns from a successful tour of Prague and Kraków
18.02.2008The Schola has returned from its annual concert tour. The trip to Prague and Kraków was extremely successful, with packed concert venues and standing ovations as the choir performed a broad repertoire of music for Lent. Local and national media in Poland covered the event, including a piece on Radio Kraków.
A full account of the trip will be available in the Trinity term edition of Schola News, the newsletter of the Friends of the Schola.
Schola invited to perform at the 2008 Incontri in Terra di Siena (Music Festival) in July
01.02.2008The Schola has been invited to sing at the a prestigious music festival 'Incontri in Terra di Siena' this July. The 20th anniversary festival will open with a concert in the cathedral at Città della Pieve, the birthplace of Perugino whose paintings and frescoes can be seen in the town's churches and oratories. The Schola will perform works by Byrd, Purcell, Handel, Britten, Thomas Adès and others. More details can be found here www.itslafoce.org.
Choir perform Panufnik at the annual Schola Foundation concert in April
24.01.2008The annual concert at the Brompton Oratory in aid of the Schola Foundation (which from this year is held in April rather than February) takes place on Friday 18th April. Following the success of Jenkins' Armed Man last year, the choir this year sings a contemporary piece, Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass and pieces by Henry Purcell.
Details available from the box office on 020 7381 7684. Tickets £15 (£8 concessions for OAPs and students). Friends of the Schola get a 20% on top tickets at £15 each.
Concert tour to Central Europe 2008
07.01.2008This year the destination of the annual concert tour is Central Europe, where the choir are performing at St Nicholas' Church on the Old Town Square in Prague and at St Ignatius' Church. After its stay in the Czech Republic, the Schola will move onto Poland where they will perfrom at the famous Marian Church in Kraków's medieval town square and at the Church of the Corpus Christi, the largest church of the Kazimierz district in Kraków.
