Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir 150th anniversary

Name: Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir 150th anniversary
Start: 2024-10-13T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-13T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Worcester Cathedral

Schedule

Sun Oct 13 2024 at 10:30 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Worcester Cathedral | Worcester, EN

Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir sang its first service on 11th October 1874, beginning a near-continuous pattern of providing choral music for the 6.30pm service each Sunday, which continues to this day.
Worcester Cathedral will be marking the 150th anniversary of the Voluntary Choir at the Sung Eucharist on Sunday 13th October at 10.30am – all are welcome to attend this special service, which is unticketed with unreserved seating. Following the service, celebratory refreshments will be served in the Cathedral for all present.
The service will be sung by the Voluntary Choir and the Cathedral Choir, and former members of the Voluntary Choir are invited to join in the singing and attend a Gala Lunch (alongside their partners) that will follow the service.
Worcester Cathedral has commissioned Paul Trepte, former Director of the Voluntary Choir, to write a new anthem to mark the anniversary, which will be premiered at the service by the Voluntary Choir and Cathedral Choir.
The mass setting will be Charles-Marie Widor’s setting for two choirs and two organs. We invite former members of the Voluntary Choir to form the baritone choir (the Voluntary and Cathedral Choirs combining to form the other choir), with a rehearsal on the day from 9.15am.
Were you a former chorister or gentleman of the Voluntary Choir? Sign-up to sing in the service, and/or attend the Gala Lunch by filling in this form: https://forms.office.com/e/u4MwJbc4BL
Please note that places for the lunch are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so please sign up using the link above.
If you have any questions, please contact Nicholas Freestone, Assistant Director of Music: [email protected]