Concert Diary

Tickets for all concerts by Carillon Chamber Choir are £13 (includes programme) with concessions for students, pensioners and Friends of Carillon at £11.

At each concert the audience can enjoy seasonal refreshments and excellent wines provided by Wine and the Vine.


Download our concert brochure: Carillon Brochure 2011-12

Saturday 15 October 2011 7.30pm

St Peter’s Church, St Albans

I Was Glad

Music for royal occasions, including:

Purcell and Parry I was glad
Handel Zadok the Priest and My Heart is inditing
Purcell Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Tavener Song for Athene

Conducted by Deborah Miles-Johnson
with Peter Holder (organ)

 

Saturday 26 November 2011 7.30pm

St Peter’s Church, St Albans

Salvator apparuit

European music and readings for Advent and Christmas, ancient and modern, including:

Palestrina Missa Hodie Christus natus est
Victoria Alma Redemptoris Mater
Bruckner Ave Maria
and Villette Hymne à la Vierge

Conducted by Alex Hall
with Chris Bramwell (reader)

 

Saturday 10 March 2012 7.30pm

St Peter’s Church, St Albans

Music for Passiontide

Featuring:

Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater
J S Bach Cantata no.4 – Christ lag in Todesbanden
Mendelssohn Psalm 22 – Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?
Gesualdo O vos omnes
Lotti  Crucifixus à 8

Conducted by Neil MacKenzie
with a string quintet from
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
and Alex Flood (organ continuo)

 

Saturday 12 May 2012 7.30pm

St Saviour’s Church, St Albans

Sing to the Harp

A concert of English and French music
to celebrate Carillon’s 25th anniversary, including:

Elis Pehkonen Visions in a Dream for voices and harp
(specially commissioned by Carillon)

Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs
Claude Debussy Trois Chansons
Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
and part-songs by Elgar and Saint-Saëns.

Conducted by Andrew Parnell
with Suzanne Willison-Kawalec (harp)

 

Saturday 30 June 2012 7.30pm

St Saviour’s Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Summer Winds

A programme of light-hearted part-songs, including:

Eric Whitacre Sleep and Lux Aurumque
Tippett Lilliburlero
John Gardner Contentment, Rejection, Jemima
Pearsall Lay a Garland
and Vaughan Williams folk-song arrangements

Conducted by David Ireson
with St James’ Quintet