Belfast Cathedral welcomes the Young People’s Choir of Blackburn Cathedral who will sing at services on Friday evening 27th July and on Sunday 29th July. The choir will also give a concert and an organ recital.
The Choir, directed by Shaun Turnbull, will sing Choral Evensong at 5:30pm on Friday 27th. They will also sing at 3:30pm on Sunday 29th and Eucharist at 11:00am again on Sunday 29th.
They will give a concert at 1:30pm on Saturday 28th. Shaun will also present an organ recital on Sunday at 3:00pm before Evensong.
The choir was established more than 40 years ago, initially for choristers whose voices had changed. Some years later, young ladies were admitted for the first time. Until around 1998 the choir sang Choral Matins each Sunday morning. The service since then has been a ‘Parish Eucharist’ which contrasts well in allowing a greater breadth of choral and congregational music and styles alongside the main Cathedral Eucharist sung later by the Boys and Men of the Cathedral Choir.
The Young People’s Choir of Blackburn Cathedral will perform at several services in Belfast Cathedral.
The Young People’s Choir has toured internationally and throughout the UK. More recently, the choir travelled to Manchester to sing on the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service as well as contributing to broadcasting from Blackburn including Songs of Praise for BBC Television and Sunday Worship for BBC Radio. A recent further development of the Young People’s Choir’s schedule and repertoire is a monthly Choral Evensong.
The Young People’s Choir of Blackburn Cathedral mini-tour to Belfast has come about thanks to the generosity of the Blackburn Cathedral Choirs’ Association. Belfast Cathedral invites you to share a wonderful weekend of music.
Find out more about Blackburn Cathedral on their website here. You can also keep up-to-date with other events and services at Belfast Cathedral on their website here.