Concerts & Workshops
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Current and coming events
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2005-6
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A Son is Born to Us
Christmas Mass to mark the Thomas Tallis 500th Anniversary
The sublimely gifted early Tudor composer Thomas Tallis composed this enchanting Mass for seven voices to mark the Christmas celebrations at the court of Mary Tudor and her husband Phillip II of Spain. Mary was herself longing for a prince and heir, giving the context of this Mass a particular poignancy. Along with the related seven-part motet Suscipe quaeso, the Mass Puer natus est nobis is an outstanding work and a fitting choice for us to mark the quincentenary of one of Britain’s best-loved composers. You can hear both works sung in a framework of plainsong and a selection of Tallis’s organ music, for which we are joined by eminent Scottish-based organists, revealing the great inventive powers of this renaissance musical genius.
Fri 25 Nov, 2005 at 7.30pm in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
with John Kitchen (organ)
Sat 26 Nov, 2005 at 7.30pm in King’s College Chapel, Old Aberdeen
with Roger B Williams (organ)
in association with Aberdeen University Music
Sun 27 Nov, 2005 at 7.30pm in St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow
with John Butt (organ)
TICKETS:£12* & £9 (concessions £8.50* & £6.50)
* Not Aberdeen
EDINBURGH - Queen's Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
ABERDEEN - Aberdeen Box Office - 01224 641122
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
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Carols by Candlelight
Cappella Nova's classic, cherished annual Christmas event returns with a fresh programme of magical festive music, from medieval carols to close-harmony Christmas favourites. We’ve been busy sourcing the finest repertoire, new and old, for your pleasure so that you can revel in uplifting performances of seasonal choral gems, hear the world premiere of new carol by Andrew Smith, join in with the audience carols, and marvel at the sparkling wit and virtuosity of our special guests:-
Glasgow & Edinburgh:
St Petersburg Baroque Brass Quintet, back by popular demand!
Scone Palace:
Catriona Mackay, outstanding soloist on both orchestral harp & clarsach.
The Festive Season surely starts here!
“Real candles – Halleluia!” The Herald Fri 16 Dec, 2005 at 7.30pm in the Barony Hall, Glasgow
Sat 17 Dec, 2005 at 7.30pm in the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Sun 18 Dec, 2005 at 7.30pm in the Long Gallery, Scone Palace
TICKETS: £16*, £13, £10* & £8 (concessions £12*, £10, £8* & £6.50)
* only these prices apply in Scone Palace.
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
EDINBURGH - Queen's Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
SCONE - Perth Theatre Box Office - 01738 621031
Mulled wine and mince pies are on sale before the performance and during the interval.
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City of Love
Cappella Nova’s Quintet celebrates St Valentine’s Day in exquisite vocal chamber music. This inventive, fast-paced programme roves from madrigals to Medieval love songs (including some of the original Carmina Burana ditties) and from Romantic part songs to The Beatles. Amongst the featured works is Benjamin Britten’s highly-charged Hymn to St Cecilia, and there’s also an amorous musical text-message by Peter McGarr, plus a romantic homage to the music of Hildegard of Bingen by Sheena Phillips, and something from our own Robert Burns. Love is in the air as we fill it with sound!
Fri 17 Feb, 2006 at 7.30pm in St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow
Sat 18 Feb, 2006 at 7.30pm in Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
TICKETS: £9 (concession £6.50)
NB: only the two middle prices apply in Scone Palace.
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
EDINBURGH - Queen's Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
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Italian Passion
Our Holy Week meditation this year take us to Venice. Eight singers will explore the intense expressive world of Antonio Lotti, performing his Miserere and the anguished eight-part Crucifixus: music which not only evokes the torments of Christ, but which also seems to conjure the mist-wreathed gothic maze of canals and palazzi that make up La Serenissima. A selection of Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigals in their passionate sacred versions will be performed in Scotland for the first time, and all will be set within the framework of plainsong from the liturgies of Holy Week.
The plainsong will be sung by:-
Aberdeen Schola, directed by Roger B Williams (12 April)
Scottish Plainsong Choir, directed by Alan Tavener (13, 14 & 15 April)
Wed 12 Apr, 2006 at 9pm St Mary’s RC Cathedral, Aberdeen in association with Aberdeen University Music
Thur 13 Apr, 2006 at 9pm St Salvator’s Chapel, St Andrews
Fri 14 Apr, 2006 at 9pm Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Sat 15 Apr, 2006 at 9pm St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow
TICKETS: £9 (concession: £6.50)
ABERDEEN - Aberdeen Box Office - 01224 641122
ST ANDREWS - Byre Theatre Box Office - 01334 475000
EDINBURGH - Queen’s Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
NB: Performance ends c10.15pm
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O Jerusalem
CANTY (the female voices of Cappella Nova)
William Taylor medieval harp
This richly varied sequence of Medieval music takes the listener on a colourful journey across Europe to the Holy Land, exploring themes of pilgrimage and the Holy Cities of Rome, Jerusalem and Heaven itself. With chant by Hildegard of Bingen, Spanish pilgrim songs, polyphony from Scotland, France and Europe, and featuring the first performances in modern times of unique Irish chant celebrating the legend of St Helena and her quest for the True Cross.
Thu 11 May, 2006 at 7.30pm National Centre for Early Music, York
Fri 12 May, 2006 at 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Sat 13 May, 2006 at 7.30pm St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee
Sun 14 May, 2006 at 7.30pm St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow
TICKETS: £12* & £9 (concession: £8.50* & £6.50)
* Not Dundee
YORK - NCEM Box Office - 01904 658338
EDINBURGH - Queen’s Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
PERTH - Perth Theatre Box Office - 01738 621031
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
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A New Song
Twelve singers present majestic, sonorous, richly inventive music spanning 500 years, with the six-part Cantate Domino Mass, attributed to the Scottish musical genius Robert Carver, as our centre-piece. This Mass is based on a phrase from the Psalm ‘O sing to the Lord a new song’. Taking the idea of songs and singing as our theme, the programme includes plainchant and glorious renaissance polyphony, and will also feature the world premiere of new work commissioned by us from one of the UK’s leading young composers, Roxanna Panufnik.
End our season with us on a high note, celebrating the very art of music, and looking ahead to the 2006/07 season in which Cappella Nova celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Fri 9 June, 2006 at 7.30pm Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Sat 10 June, 2006 at 7.30pm St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee
Sun 11 June, 2006 at 7.30pm St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow
Tickets: £12 & £9 (concession: £8.50 & £6.50)
EDINBURGH - Queen’s Hall Box Office - 0131 668 2019
DUNDEE - Central Booking Office - 01382 434940/1
GLASGOW - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000
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Workshops
Our popular workshops are fun, friendly and open to all. They are held in central venues, close to public transport, and full details are sent out at the time of booking. Do give us a call for more information.
Christmas Plainsong
Come and sing some medieval plainchant for Christmas relating to our Thomas Tallis 500th Anniversary events. Chant is the most accessible, timeless music, intended for all, and wonderful to sing. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary.
GLASGOW - Sunday 6 November, 2005, from 2 to 5pm
EDINBURGH - Saturday 12 November, 2005, from 2 to 5pm
Enjoy your Voice!
Why not make a New Year resolution to work on your singing? Here are some ways to help you sing more effectively and, even more importantly, enjoy it more! We’ll offer an introduction and some tricks of the trade to get you focussed on choral techniques and benefit from the health-giving properties of singing. There’ll be tips about warm-ups, fun singing, and we’ll ask participants to request topics to include in advance – so what happens will be influenced by you!
GLASGOW - Saturday 15 January, 2006, from 2 to 5pm
PERTH - Saturday 28 January, 2006, from 2 to 5pm
Scottish Plainsong Choir
Our very special community choir will re-form again this season for a number of rehearsal/workshop sessions (early 2006), under the direction of Alan Tavener, to prepare for participation in our Italian Passion performances in April. This mixed choir includes singers of all types and levels of experience, and is open to new members. Those already on the list will automatically receive information. For 2006, our programme will include separate items for male and female voices as well as some for mixed choir. If you have not yet put your name down and would like to know more or add your name to the list for future years, please contact us before the end of 2005.
Singers in the north may wish to join the Aberdeen Schola. For information, call Aberdeen University Music on 01224 272570.
Extra Events,...
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TICKETS: It is essential to book your place in advance.Workshops cost £7 (£5 concessions, £3 students). These are only obtainable by post direct from:
Cappella NovaPlainsong Choir sessions are free of charge to participants in performances (although donations to help cover costs are very welcome!); others may attend one-off sessions, charged at the usual rate – do contact us for details.
172 Hyndland Road,
Glasgow
G12 9HZ.
Cappella Nova is Vocal Ensemble in Residence at the University of Strathclyde and our Glasgow workshops are held in association with the University of Strathclyde Music Society.
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