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St Cuthbert's Chapel
Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
College Road
Durham
County Durham
DH7 9RH
England
Tickets
Prices: £20/£10 Students/Under 16s free
Book Tickets
Programme
Oliver Tarney – St Mark Passion
Performers
Tom Edney – Conductor
Paul Grant – baritone
Julian Close – Bass
Darwin Prakash – baritone
Alessandro Fisher – tenor
Nicholas Morris – baritone
Katy Thomson – soprano
Beth Moxon – mezzo-soprano
Durham Singers
Durham Singers Camerata
Programme Note
A glorious, spell-binding, semi-staged performance of Oliver Tarney’s St Mark Passion will be given by the Durham Singers in the magnificent, historic, Pugin-designed St Cuthbert’s Chapel, Ushaw, Durham, on 28 March 2026.
Written between 2017 and 2019, the work draws on many of the parables and miracles from Mark’s gospel to frame the narrative, giving a voice to those who are traditionally voiceless – a sacred and secular rendering of the events surrounding Easter.
Directed by the highly acclaimed Donna Stirrup, the event will feature seven world-class soloists: Julian Close – Barabbas; Paul Grant – Pilate; Darwin Prakash – Jesus; Alessandro Fisher – Judas; Nicholas Morris – Peter; Katy Thomson – the maid; Beth Moxon – the bleeding woman, alongside the Durham Singers, a professional semichorus and the Durham Singers Camerata.
This concert is certain to move and challenge you, asking all of us about what it means to have faith in the modern world.
Ticket prices include a high-quality programme and the reception after the concert, when there will be an opportunity to meet our conductor, our soloists and all those who have collaborated in this unique and ambitious endeavour.
