A musical feast

Saturday 4th November 2017

7.30pm

An evening of music both sacred and secular

Huddersfield Parish Church, Byram Street, Huddersfield HD1 1BU

Map and directions

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) available on the door.  Part proceeds to the church.

By kind permission of the vicar and churchwardens.

A celebration of English song

Thursday 30th March 2017

7.30pm

Join the choir to explore English music from Byrd, Morley, Bantock, Moeran, Stanford, Bath and Finzi.

Heritage Quay, Schwann Building, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate HD1 3DH
Map and directions

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) including refreshments.
Available on the door.

Free parking available on campus or in Market Hall multi-storey (5 minutes walk).

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Saturday 22nd October 2016 7.30pm Guests of Huddersfield Voices

Orion Chamber Choir is pleased to join Huddersfield Voices for their autumn concert at Gledholt Methodist Church.

Our contribution to the programme will include

Gerald Finzi “Seven Poems of Robert Bridges” – ‘a wide-ranging quintessentially English setting of lyrical poetry by Robert Bridges, resulting in seven of the finest unaccompanied part songs of the period.’

Morten Lauridsen “Nocturnes” – ‘a triptych of settings of Rilke, Pablo Neruda and James Agee … all three brimful of the exquisite beauty that is Lauridsen’s special possession’ (Manchester Evening News)

Here’s a reminder of our performance of one of the Noctures from September 2015

A musical journey through the Church’s year – Saturday 14th May 2016 7.30pm

Join the choir to explore music from Tallis at Pentecost to Lukaszewski in Lent. Byrd, Mendelssohn Poulenc and Lauridsen are among the composers chosen to show how the liturgy has continued to inspire musicians and congregations through the generations.

Church of the Community of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Road, Mirfield, West Yorkshire
WF14 0BN.  Map and directions

Tickets £7.50 each including refreshments in St James’ chapel.

To book your ticket(s) in advance, please contact Jenny Ashmore on 01924 483308 or jashmore@mirfield.org.uk

Programme
Tallis, Thomas (1505-1585)    Loquebantur variis linguis
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)    Magnificat
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)    6 Motets: Im Advent, Op.79 no.5
Lauridsen, Morten (b. 1943)    O Magnum Mysterium
Sandstrom, Jan (b. 1954)    Es ist ein ros entsprungen
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)    Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15
Łukaszewski, Paweł (b.1968) Crucem tuam adoramus, Domine
Byrd, William (1540-1623)    Haec Dies
Philips, Peter (1561-1628)    Ascendit Deus
Bath, Daniel (b.1974)  Ave Regina Caelorum
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)    Salve Regina
Pitoni, Giuseppe (1657-1743)   Cantate Domino

With guitar solos by Peter Cain.

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Hindemith – “La Biche” (“The Doe”)

Orion Chamber Choir directed by Bridget Budge
“Sure on this shining night” – concert in Huddersfield Parish Church, UK, September 26th 2015
Paul Hindemith’s setting of a poem by Rainer Marie Rilke (1875-1926)
Ô la biche : quel bel intérieur
d’anciennes forêts dans tes yeux abonde ;
combien de confiance ronde
mêlée à combien de peur.

Tout cela, porté par la vive
gracilité de tes bonds.
Mais jamais rien n’arrive
à cette impossessive
ignorance de ton front.

This is one of six poems by Rilke composed in 1939 as “Six Chansons”. More about the work at http://imslp.org/wiki/6_Chansons_%28Hindemith,_Paul%29

English translation Sarah Wickham 2015
O doe, what lovely depths
of ancient forests in your eyes abound;
how much open trust
mixed with how much fear.

All this, borne by the brisk
graciousness of your bounds.
But nothing ever happens
to disturb that indifferent
artlessness of your brow.

For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Wednesday 2nd December 8.00pm

Start the festive period with mulled wine, mince pies and a programme of rarely heard Christmas Oratorio by Camille SAINT SAËNS along with extracts from Handel Messiah and a capella works selected especially for the season of Advent.

This is a Square Chapel Fundraiser event

Square Chapel, Square Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1QG.
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Tickets £16 (£14 concessions) – book online at http://www.squarechapel.co.uk/whats-on/for-unto-us-a-child-is-born/
Or ring 01422 349422

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