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Come
and Sing Messiah
in aid
of the York Minster Fund
Join
York
Musical Society as we sing this well-loved masterpiece in the
splendour of
YORK
MINSTER
Saturday 6th December 2008
Performance at 7.30pm*
with the Boyce
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Philip Moore
BY
KIND PERMISSION OF THE DEAN & CHAPTER
*
Rehearsals for performers will take place throughout the day - please see
the schedule
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An invitation...
This is an invitation to
all who love singing, whether experienced or inexperienced, to join with
York Musical Society (the country's oldest choral society) in a
performance of Handel's Messiah.
The purpose is to raise
money towards the York Minster Fund at the same time as sharing with each
other the thrill of singing this magnificent work in the glorious setting
of the Minster.
PLEASE
COME AND SING
with York Musical Society
Soprano
- Elin Manahan Thomas
Counter-tenor - Robert Ogden
Tenor - Nicholas Mulroy
Baritone - Eamonn Dougan
The Boyce Chamber Orchestra
Conductor - Philip Moore
The main rehearsals will
be on the day of the performance in York Minster. Any singers who are able
to rehearse with us before that day are invited to join us on Tuesday 25th
November and Friday 5th December, 7.30-9.30pm, in the Minster (access via
the Chapter House Yard).
We welcome applications
to sing from individuals as well as from choirs. Details of choruses to be
included will be sent out with singers' tickets when they are distributed
in the autumn. Singers will derive the greatest pleasure from this event
if they do some individual preparation before rehearsals start.
Schedule for Saturday
6th December
10.20 am Singers to be
ready in allocated seats
10.30 am Morning rehearsal commences
12.00 am Break for lunch
1.00 pm Afternoon rehearsal commences
2.30 pm Rehearsals for singers end
6.45 pm Singers to be seated and ready to sing
7.30 pm Performance begins
Singers must provide
their own vocal scores (preferably the Watkins Shaw edition).
From 4.00 pm singers are
invited to relax, eat and change in The Minster School prior to the
concert.
Singers to provide their
own food and drink for the day - not to be consumed within the
Minster.
Singers to provide and
wear their own formal concert dress. Choirs are invited to wear their
usual concert uniform. Everyone else is re-quested to wear clothes
befitting the occasion. Please note, ladies especially, that the Minster
can be very cold, so we recommend wearing a number of warm layers!
Seating information
The massed choirs will be
seated in the body of the Nave with sopranos and altos to the front,
tenors and basses to the rear, facing the East End. Each singer will be
allocated a numbered seat according to voice part, alongside friends or
members of their own choirs if this request has been submitted on a single
application form.
The Conductor will stand
at the East End of the Nave facing the singers and orchestra, which will
be placed between him and the singers. Soloists will also be facing the
chorus. The audience will be placed in unreserved seats in the side
aisles. On the day of the concert, for both rehearsals and performance,
singers should enter the Minster via the South Transept.
Ticket information
Audience Tickets,
£12.00, will be available to singers before going on sale to the general
public, if they are booked at the same time as the singers' tickets.
Audience tickets will be available to the public from October 24th.
Singers' Tickets: Adult
£15.00 Student £10.00
A discount of 10% will
apply to block bookings of 6 or more tickets for both singers and
audience. Please use the booking form for all tickets. Download it by
clicking here.
Whilst every effort will
be made to avoid changes to these printed details, York Musical Society
reserves the right to change artists and arrangements at short notice if
necessary.
York Musical Society
YMS is a mixed-voice
choir with over 125 members. It was founded in 1765 and through-out its
history has enjoyed close links with York Minster. The present conductor
is Philip Moore who from 1983 until July this year has been the Organist
and Master of the Music at the Minster, succeeding Dr Francis Jackson in
this post. All York Musical Society concerts take place in the Minster.
Having enjoyed the privilege of singing in this magnificent building so
regularly, YMS is now keen to play its part in helping to raise funds
towards the current Minster Appeal. Profits from the concert will be
donated to this worthy cause.
It gives the Society
great pleasure to invite others from the community to join in this very
special Come and Sing Messiah, especially those who rarely get the chance
to sing a large-scale work with a full chorus. Perhaps some who join us at
this event will be inspired to apply for membership of YMS, a friendly
choir that meets each Tuesday at 7.30 in the Central Methodist Church Hall
in St Saviourgate.
For details of membership
contact: Lesley Wilson, Tel: 01347 848272. York Musical Society also hopes
that singers committed to other choirs will enjoy joining with us on this
occasion and we will acknowledge their contribution by recording the name
of their choir in the printed programme.
We very much hope that
all singers will encourage non-singing friends to come and form a
supportive audience for this event.
York
Musical Society is a registered charity No. 504611
York Minster Fund is a registered charity No. 252157 |
