Christ Church Events: 2 - 27 February 2008

Thu Jan 24 14:16:46 GMT 2008

C H R I S T  C H U R C H  C A T H E D R A L  D U B L I N
S a t u r d a y  2  -  W e d n e s d a y  2 7  F e b r u a r y  2 0 0 8
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D i a r y  O v e r v i e w
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Saturday 2 February
  12.45 - Said Eucharist
Sunday 3 February
  12.30 - Bell Ringing (Quarter Peal attempt)
Ash Wednesday 6 February
  18.00 - Sung Eucharist (Cathedral Choir)
Thursday 7 February
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Sopranos & Altos)
Saturday 9 February
  17.00 - Choral Evensong (Tenors & Basses)
Monday 11 - 17 February
  (Half term for cathedral choirs)
Monday 11 February
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Hall Grove School, Surrey)
Tuesday 12 February
  13.15 - Lunchtime concert (St Benedict College)
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Hall Grove School, Surrey)
Thursday 14 February
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Lichfield Cathedral Girls' Choir)
Saturday 16 February
  13.00 - RTÉ Living Music Concert (Polyphony)
  17.00 - Choral Evensong (Piccolo Lassus)
  20.00 - RTÉ Living Music Concert (Hilliard Ensemble
             & National Chamber Choir of Ireland)
Sunday 17 February
  11.00 - Cathedral Eucharist (Lassus Scholars)
  15.30 - Choral Evensong (Lassus Scholars)
Wednesday 20 February
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Lay Vicars Choral)
Saturday 23 February
  17.00 - Evening Prayer (Said)
Sunday 24 February
  11.00 - Cathedral Eucharist (Lay Vicars Choral)
  15.30 - Choral Evensong (St Bartholomew's Choir)
Wednesday 27 February
  18.00 - Choral Evensong (Girls' Choir & Lay Vicars Choral)
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FULL DIARY DETAILS
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Saturday 2 February 2008 - Midday Eucharist (12.45)
For the Feast of the Purification, a said midday Eucharist
will take place in the Lady chapel at 12.45.
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Sunday 3 February 2008 - Quarter Peal attempt (12.30)
Following the morning eucharist, the bell ringers will
attempt a quarter peal from 12.30am to about 1.15pm.
For further details of peals and quarter peals, see:
http://cccdub.ie/bells/bells.html
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Ash Wednesday 6 February 2008 - Sung Eucharist (18.00)
Sung by the cathedral choir, music will include Byrd 'Mass
for four voices', Allegri 'Miserere' and Byrd 'Miserere mei'.
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Thursday 7 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the sopranos and altos of the cathedral choir.
Plainsong responses, Dyson in C minor and
Howells 'Hills of the North'.
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Saturday 9 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (17.00)
Sung by the tenors and basses of the cathedral choir.
Plainsong responses, Moore 'Fauxbourdons', Poulenc
'Seigneur, je vous en prie' and Poulenc 'O mes tres frères'.
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Monday 11 - Sunday 17 February 2008 - Choir Half Term
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Monday 11 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the choir of Hall Grove School, Surrey
Archer, 'The Responses and the Lord’s Prayer',
Sumsion 'Evening Service in G' and Kodály 'Ave Maria'.
For details of Hall Grove School, see online at:
http://www.hallgrove.co.uk
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Tuesday 12 February 2008 - Lunchtime Concert (13.15)
The choir and orchestra of St Benedict's College, Colchester
in Essex will give a lunchtime concert in the cathedral at
1.15pm. Their programme will include excerpts from films
including Titanic and The Mission, as well as classical
works, a prelude by Charpentier and Jupiter from The
Planets by Holst. The concert is free but subject
to the normal cathedral admission charge.
For St Benedict's College, see online at:
http://www.stbenedicts.essex.sch.uk
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Tuesday 12 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the choir of Hall Grove School, Surrey
Archer, 'The Responses and the Lord’s Prayer',
Moore 'Faburdens' and Langlais 'O bone Jesu'.
For details of Hall Grove School, see online at:
http://www.hallgrove.co.uk
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Thursday 14 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by Lichfield Cathedral girls' choir
Brown 'Preces and responses', Dyson 'Evening
Service in C minor' and Lang 'Let all the world'.
For details of Lichfield Cathedral girls' choir, see:
http://www.lichfieldgirlschoir.co.uk
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Saturday 16 February 2008 - Lunchtime Concert (13.00)
As part of the RTÉ Living Music Festival Concert celebrating
the music of Arvo Pärt, the renowned English choir, Polyphony,
conducted by Stephen Layton will perform a concert of the
music of Pärt & Poulenc. Tickets 17.50 euro (concession
12 euro), available online at http://www.ctb.ie/tickets/ctb/.
Full details of the concert are available online at:
http://www.rte.ie/performinggroups/livingmusic/16febevent1.html
Details of Polyphony and of Stephen Layton can be found at:
http://www.polyphony.co.uk and http://www.stephenlayton.com
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Saturday 16 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (17.00)
Sung by Piccolo Lasso. Archer 'The Responses
and the Lord’s Prayer', Dyson 'Evening Service in
C minor' and Mozart 'Love divine'.

For details of Piccolo Lasso and their forthcoming events:
http://dublinchoralfoundation.ie/piccolo.htm
http://dublinchoralfoundation.ie/events.htm
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Saturday 16 February 2008 - Evening Concert (20.00)
Celebrating the music of Arvo Pärt, the RTÉ Living Music Festival
presents a performance of Pärt 'Passio' by the Hilliard Ensemble &
the National Chamber Choir of Ireland. The conductor is Sarah
Tenant-Flowers and organist, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.
Tickets are 22 euro (concession 17.60 euro) available online at:
http://www.ctb.ie/tickets/ctb/. Further details of the concert at:
http://www.rte.ie/performinggroups/livingmusic/16febevent2.html
For the Hilliard Ensemble and National Chamber Choir of Ireland, see:
http://www.hilliardensemble.demon.co.uk and http://www.dcu.ie/chamber/
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Sunday 17 February 2008 - Cathedral Eucharist (11.00)
Preacher: Canon David Moynan. Sung by the
Lassus Scholars. Schubert 'Mass in C' and
Lassus 'Ave verum corpus'.
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Sunday	17 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (15.30)
Sung by the Lassus Scholars.
Smith preces and responses, Murrill 'Evening
Service in E' and Lassus 'Benedictus es Domine'.

For details of the Lassus Scholars and their forthcoming events:
http://dublinchoralfoundation.ie/lassus.htm
http://dublinchoralfoundation.ie/events.htm
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Wednesday 20 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the lay vicars choral. Rose responses,
Humfrey in E minor, Wise 'The ways of Sion do mourn'.
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Saturday 23 February 2008 - Evening Prayer (17.00)
There will be no sung service on Saturday 23 February,
evening prayer instead taking place at 5.00pm.
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Sunday 24 February 2008 - Cathedral Eucharist (11.00)
Sung by the lay vicars choral.
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Sunday 24 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (15.30)
Sung by Girls and Gentlemen of St Bartholomew's Church.
Smith responses, Darke in F and Farrant 'Call to remembrance'.
For further details of the choir of St Bartholomew's see:
http://stbartholomews.ie/node/6
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Wednesday 27 February 2008 - Choral Evensong (18.00)
Sung by the cathedral girls's choir with the lay vicars choral.
Ebdon responses, Stanford in G and Purcell 'Thou knowest,
Lord, the secrets of our hearts'.
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All are most welcome to attend all cathedral services and events.
Details of these can usually be found online at:
http://cccdub.ie/whatsnew/diary/diary.html or
http://cccdub.mhsoftware.com
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