26 manna ungmennakór frá Portsmouth Cathedral í Hallgrímskirkju um helgina.
CANTATE, ungmennakór frá Portsmouth Cathedral, sem fræg er fyrir sérlega glæsilegt tónlistarstarf, flytur breska kórtónlist frá öllum tímabilum kirkjuársins á tónleikum í Hallgrímskirkju laugardaginn 23. febrúar kl. 14.00.
Tónleikarnir eru á vegum Listvinafélags Hallgrímskirkju.
Stjórnandi er David Price og Sachin Gunga organisti dómkirkjunnar í Portsmouth leikur á Klais orgel Hallgrímskirkju.
Aðgangseyrir að tónleikunum er 2.500 kr.
Ungmennakórinn Cantate hefur sungið bæði í Westminster Abbey, The Royal Albert Hall og komið fram í breska útvarpinu BBC. Kórinn hefur ferðast víða um Evrópu en þetta er fyrsta tónleikaferðin þeirra til Íslands. Á efnisskrá þeirra er bresk tónlist þekktra tónskálda úr samtíma og frá fyrri öldum og fylgir tónlistin tímabilum kirkjuársins.
Cantate er einn af þremur kórum við Dómkirkjuna í Portsmouth, sem oft er nefnd dómkirkjan við hafið. Kórinn var stofnaður árið 2006 og í honum eru 26 kórfélagar á unglingsaldri.Tónlistarlíf við dómkirkjuna í Portsmouth á Bretlandi er sérlega glæsilegt og hafa kórar kirkjunnar stórt hlutverk í helgihaldi hennar auk þess að halda tónleika.
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CANTATE- YOUTH CHOIR FROM PORTSMOUTH CATHEDRAL
CONCERT IN HALLGRIMSKIRKJA
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23 at 2pm
Conductor: David Price
Organ: Sachin Gunga
Music through the church year by British composers:
Howells, Elgar, Rutter, Parry, Macmillan, Dove, Stopford, Carter & Fitzgerald.
Admission: ISK 2500. Ticket sales at the entrance 1 hour before the concert and online on midi.is
Cantate is one of Portsmouth Cathedral’s three choirs and is made up of 20 Girl Choristers alongside the Cathedral Choral Scholars.
Formed in 2006, this versatile and exciting choir opens the way for girls and teenage boys to add their voices to choral worship both in Portsmouth Cathedral, in concerts around the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth as well as other prestigious venues such as Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace, The Royal Albert Hall and Canterbury Cathedral.
Cantate sings Evensong each Thursday at 6pm during term time, in addition to many events in various concert venues. They are involved in the Portsmouth Cathedral’s Sing Up Chorister Outreach Programme and feature on a number of the Cathedral’s recent CDs. The Choir has also performed in the Portsmouth Festivities and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3’s The Choir and Choral Evensong and Radio 4’s Sunday Worship. Last year they sang the Second Sea Lord’s Carol Service on board HMS Victory.
This is the choir’s sixth international tour following successful trips to France, Austria, The Alps, Malta, Italy and Cyprus.
David Price and his wife Kitty visited Iceland as tourists in 2016 and were enchanted by Iceland. Kitty, being partly Danish felt very much at home in the nations climate, traditions and language. On return to England, they quickly started planning bringing one of the choirs that David runs at Portsmouth Cathedral on a singing tour.