Handel Comes to Fulneck: St Peter's Singers of Leeds at Fulneck Moravian Church, Leeds on Monday 29th August 2016

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Handel Comes to Fulneck

St Peter's Singers of Leeds

Add to my Calendar 29-08-2016 16:00 29-08-2016 18:00 36 Handel Comes to Fulneck Catch the real beauty of Handel choral rarities this August Bank Holiday Monday at the historic Fulneck Moravian Church just south of Pudsey [LS28 8NT] – enter from the Roker Lane/Fartown end. Acclaimed Leeds-based chamber choir St Peter’s Singers are joined by Principals of the National Festival Orchestra, organist Alan Horsey and soloists Claire Strafford, Lucy Appleyard, Peter Condry and Quentin Brown. The conductor is Dr Simon Lindley, Music Director of St Peter’s Singers since the Choir’s foundation in 1977. The music of the four works in this years Fulneck Baroque Choral Concert at 4.00 pm on Monday 29 August includes some choruses and solos from Handel’s immortal Messiah recycled for use in these anthems of the 1740s. Nisi Dominus [1707] I will magnify Thee, O God, my King [1724] O praise the Lord with one consent [1717/18] Anthem on the Peace [1749] Don’t miss this rare concert of neglected and very rarely heard choral works! Admission Free – Retiring Collection Fulneck Moravian Church, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Fulneck Moravian Church
38 Fulneck
Pudsey
Leeds
LS28 8NT
England

Monday 29th August 2016
4:00 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Chandos Anthem no.9, HWV 254: 'O Praise the Lord with One Consent'
George Frideric Handel – Chandos Anthem no.5, HWV 250a: 'I Will Magnify Thee'
George Frideric Handel – Nisi Dominus, HWV 238
George Frideric Handel – His Anthem on the Peace, HWV 266

Performers

Alan Horsey – organ
Simon Lindley – Conductor
Claire Strafford – mezzo-soprano
Lucy Appleyard – mezzo-soprano
Quentin Brown – Bass
Peter Condry – Tenor

St Peter's Singers
Principals of the National Festival Orchestra

Programme Note

Catch the real beauty of Handel choral rarities this August Bank Holiday Monday at the historic Fulneck Moravian Church just south of Pudsey

[LS28 8NT] – enter from the Roker Lane/Fartown end.

Acclaimed Leeds-based chamber choir St Peter’s Singers are joined by Principals of the National Festival Orchestra, organist Alan Horsey and soloists Claire Strafford, Lucy Appleyard, Peter Condry and Quentin Brown.

The conductor is Dr Simon Lindley, Music Director of St Peter’s Singers since the Choir’s foundation in 1977.

The music of the four works in this years Fulneck Baroque Choral Concert at 4.00 pm on Monday 29 August includes some choruses and solos from Handel’s immortal Messiah recycled for use in these anthems of the 1740s.

Nisi Dominus [1707]

I will magnify Thee, O God, my King [1724]

O praise the Lord with one consent [1717/18]

Anthem on the Peace [1749]

Don’t miss this rare concert of neglected and very rarely heard choral works!

Admission Free – Retiring Collection

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