The Peterborough Cathedral Christmas Concert: Traditional choral pieces and familiar carols at Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough on Saturday 21st December 2019

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

The Peterborough Cathedral Christmas Concert

Traditional choral pieces and familiar carols

Add to my Calendar 21-12-2019 19:30 21-12-2019 21:30 36 The Peterborough Cathedral Christmas Concert Enjoy Yuletide cheer from Peterborough Cathedral Choir, Youth Choir, and Festival Chorus as they present a programme of festive favourites. The concert will be conducted by Tansy Castledine, the Cathedral’s Director of Music, and will feature traditional choral pieces and familiar carols to sing along to, so don’t miss out. Peterborough Cathedral Choirs Facebook: @pborocathedralchoir Twitter: @pborochoir Instagram: @pborocathedralchoir Singing has been a part of worship at Peterborough Cathedral for over 1000 years. As a Benedictine abbey generations of monks sang the offices. At the foundation of the Cathedral in 1541, the choir was formed along with The King’s School for the education of the choristers. Today’s choral foundation consists of around fifty boy and girl Choristers, six Lay Clerks and three Choral Scholars, together with three extra singers who sing at weekends and on major feasts. In addition to its main role providing choral music for the daily services, the choir gives concerts and broadcasts, and has undertaken a number of recordings: in recent years it has toured in Europe and the USA and made a number of television and radio broadcasts, including live broadcasts of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3.   In addition to the core foundation, the Youth Choir, for boys and girls aged 14–18, meets weekly and sings a variety of services and concerts in the Cathedral and further afield. The Festival Chorus meets weekly under the guidance of the Director of Music and sings at least two concerts a year in collaboration with the Cathedral choirs and professional accompaniment. Services on Saturdays and during holiday periods are usually sung by Visiting Choirs or are said. On major feasts and festivals Eucharist is sung instead of Evensong at 5.30pm on weekdays. The music to be sung at services over the next few weeks can be seen in our listing of forthcoming services. There are a number of special services each year at which the whole choral foundation sings including the Advent Procession, the Cathedral’s Christmas Carol Service, the Vigil, Confirmation and first Eucharist of Easter and the St Peter’s Day service on or around 29 June. Tansy Castledine – Conductor Twitter: @tansycastledine Tansy Castledine took up the post as Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral in September 2018.  Tansy began her musical studies as the Parry Wood Organ Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford, following which she gained her MMus with Distinction in Choral Direction and Church Music from the Royal Academy of Music, winning all the major prizes for Choral Direction. Following this, Tansy worked with Finchley Children’s Music Group and became Director of Music at Belmont, Mill Hill Prep School, and St Paul’s Church, Mill Hill. Between 2004 and 2008 Tansy served as Visiting Lecturer and Director of the Chamber Choir at London City University, before becoming Director of Music at St George’s College, Weybridge in September 2007. Under Tansy’s direction, St George’s College Chamber Choir achieved unprecedented national success, winning both the BBC Songs of Praise Senior School Choir of the Year Competition and the Barnardo’s National Choir Competition in 2012, and being a finalist in the BBC Competition in 2016. Choral engagements included concerts at the Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, performing on BBC television and Radio 3 and 4, and directing four CD recordings. Between 2012 and 2018 Tansy was Organist and Director of Music at St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace, NW8, prior to taking up her posts in Peterborough; Tansy is also Musical Director of Peterborough and Ramsey Choral Societies. Additionally she works for the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) as a Course Director and Singing Examiner, and has worked on programmes broadcast on ITV and Channel 4, and BBC Radio 2, 3, and the World Service. Tansy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and in February 2013 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for distinguished service to the choral music and education professions. In November 2013 she was appointed Subject Specialist Inspector for Music by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate (ISI), in 2014 was elected President (2015-2016) of the MMA, the UK's largest and longest established association of music teaching professionals, and in 2017 gained the NPQSL qualification in Senior Leadership. Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Peterborough Cathedral
Dean's Court
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 1XS
England

Saturday 21st December 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Traditional Christmas Carols – A selection of well known Christmas carols

Performers

Tansy Castledine – Conductor

Peterborough Cathedral Choir
Peterborough Cathedral Youth Choir
Peterborough Cathedral Festival Chorus

Programme Note

Enjoy Yuletide cheer from Peterborough Cathedral Choir, Youth Choir, and Festival Chorus as they present a programme of festive favourites. The concert will be conducted by Tansy Castledine, the Cathedral’s Director of Music, and will feature traditional choral pieces and familiar carols to sing along to, so don’t miss out.

Peterborough Cathedral Choirs

Facebook: @pborocathedralchoir

Twitter: @pborochoir

Instagram: @pborocathedralchoir

Singing has been a part of worship at Peterborough Cathedral for over 1000 years. As a Benedictine abbey generations of monks sang the offices. At the foundation of the Cathedral in 1541, the choir was formed along with The King’s School for the education of the choristers.

Today’s choral foundation consists of around fifty boy and girl Choristers, six Lay Clerks and three Choral Scholars, together with three extra singers who sing at weekends and on major feasts. In addition to its main role providing choral music for the daily services, the choir gives concerts and broadcasts, and has undertaken a number of recordings: in recent years it has toured in Europe and the USA and made a number of television and radio broadcasts, including live broadcasts of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3.

In addition to the core foundation, the Youth Choir, for boys and girls aged 14–18, meets weekly and sings a variety of services and concerts in the Cathedral and further afield. The Festival Chorus meets weekly under the guidance of the Director of Music and sings at least two concerts a year in collaboration with the Cathedral choirs and professional accompaniment.

Services on Saturdays and during holiday periods are usually sung by Visiting Choirs or are said. On major feasts and festivals Eucharist is sung instead of Evensong at 5.30pm on weekdays. The music to be sung at services over the next few weeks can be seen in our listing of forthcoming services.

There are a number of special services each year at which the whole choral foundation sings including the Advent Procession, the Cathedral’s Christmas Carol Service, the Vigil, Confirmation and first Eucharist of Easter and the St Peter’s Day service on or around 29 June.

Tansy Castledine – Conductor

Twitter: @tansycastledine

Tansy Castledine took up the post as Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral in September 2018.

Tansy began her musical studies as the Parry Wood Organ Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford, following which she gained her MMus with Distinction in Choral Direction and Church Music from the Royal Academy of Music, winning all the major prizes for Choral Direction. Following this, Tansy worked with Finchley Children’s Music Group and became Director of Music at Belmont, Mill Hill Prep School, and St Paul’s Church, Mill Hill. Between 2004 and 2008 Tansy served as Visiting Lecturer and Director of the Chamber Choir at London City University, before becoming Director of Music at St George’s College, Weybridge in September 2007. Under Tansy’s direction, St George’s College Chamber Choir achieved unprecedented national success, winning both the BBC Songs of Praise Senior School Choir of the Year Competition and the Barnardo’s National Choir Competition in 2012, and being a finalist in the BBC Competition in 2016. Choral engagements included concerts at the Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, performing on BBC television and Radio 3 and 4, and directing four CD recordings.

Between 2012 and 2018 Tansy was Organist and Director of Music at St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace, NW8, prior to taking up her posts in Peterborough; Tansy is also Musical Director of Peterborough and Ramsey Choral Societies. Additionally she works for the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) as a Course Director and Singing Examiner, and has worked on programmes broadcast on ITV and Channel 4, and BBC Radio 2, 3, and the World Service. Tansy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and in February 2013 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for distinguished service to the choral music and education professions. In November 2013 she was appointed Subject Specialist Inspector for Music by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate (ISI), in 2014 was elected President (2015-2016) of the MMA, the UK's largest and longest established association of music teaching professionals, and in 2017 gained the NPQSL qualification in Senior Leadership.

Peterborough Cathedral Christmas Concert

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