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St George's Church
28 Buxton Road
Stockport
Cheshire
SK2 6NU
England
Tickets
Prices: £18, £10 students/children, group discounts
Booking line: 01663 764012
Book Tickets
Programme
Bob Chilcott – Nidaros Jazz Mass
John Rutter – Feel the Spirit
Arvo Pärt – The Beatitudes
Bob Chilcott – Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda
Bob Chilcott – Five Days that Changed the World
Performers
Neil Taylor – Conductor
Melanie Marshall – mezzo-soprano
Peter Durrant – organ
St George's Singers, Poynton
The Cotton Trio
Programme Note
The year 2025 brings three important anniversaries: Bob Chilcott (70), Sir John Rutter (80) and the great Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (90). We recognise these three remarkable and influential composers of choral music with a concert featuring pieces which originate in very different sound worlds, but which are all inspired by deep spirituality; from Chilcott’s works that draw on many different jazz styles, through Pärt’s sacred Beatitudes, to Rutter’s stirring arrangement of well-known spirituals, written especially for mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, one of Britain’s most versatile vocal artists.
Join St George’s Singers for this big birthday celebration!
Free pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Neil Taylor and Rosemary Broadbent will explain more about the background to the works to be performed in their highly-popular pre-concert talk. Entrance is included in the ticket price and there is no need to book for the talk, which will take place in the side chapel in the Church at 6.45pm.
