TV and radio present Alexander Armstrong returns as bass soloist and there is music by celebrated composer Will Todd in this concert to celebrate 50 years of music at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation.

They are joined by Durham Cathedral Choir, DCSF chapel choristers and a large choir and orchestra drawn from the Foundation’s alumni pro/semi-pro singers, instrumentalists & friends. There will be video screens placed around the cathedral to give an enhanced view.

Programme

Richard Lloyd – Rorate Caeli (Drop down ye heavens) – “Durham’s Allegri Miserere”

Will Todd – The Call of Wisdom (written for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee service)

Will Todd – In This Place (Commissioned by Roger Muttitt for the 600th anniversary of Durham School in 2014)

George Frideric Handel – Messiah (Parts 1, 2 & 3 with cuts)

Conductors: Claire Alsop, Simon Bowler, Daniel Cook, Nicholas Gleed, James Lancelot, Roger Muttitt, Jonathan Newell, Will Todd, Ralph Woodward.

Soloists: Zoë Jackson (Soprano), Heather Jill Burns (Mezzo), Chris Elliott (Tenor) and Alexander Armstrong (Bass-Baritone)

Tickets:
Premium A: £105 (front nave, including  drinks reception during the interval)
Premium B: £85 (main nave, behind A seats)
Main nave: £75 (nave behind premium seats)
Mid nave: £65
Rear nave: £55
Font and transepts, limited view: £27.50 (under 18s £15)

This is a fundraising event organised by the Old Dunelmian Society. All proceeds, including all ticket sales, will be used in aid of a new means-tested bursary fund for former Durham Cathedral Choristers in order to enable their continued musical and general education at DCSF (Reg Charity No. 1023407) after their cathedral chorister scholarship has come to a close.