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The College's annual singing day will be conducted by Joseph Cullen (Chorus Director of London Symphony Chorus and Huddersfield Choral Society. The organ will be played by Manchester Cathedral Organist Christopher Stokes. Participants will rehearse and perform well known music by the four great composers with anniversaries in 2009: Handel (Zadok the Priest), Haydn (Nelson Mass), Mendelssohn (Hear my prayer) and Purcell (Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts). Music will be available for hire and/or purchase on the day if booked in advance. The event runs from 12:00 - c. 17:30.
The booking form, which gives full details, can be found in the Downloads section of this website - click here. Alternatively email Events to be sent one.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTERNET LINKS SHOWN ON THE BOOKING FORM WHICH ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE MUSIC FREE OF CHARGE NO LONGER WORK. PLEASE USE THESE LINKS INSTEAD IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THE MUSIC IN ADVANCE OF THE DAY:
For the seven-part version of Zadok use http://www.cantatedomino.org/cd/library/Zadok%20-%20Handel%20(Organ).pdf
For the Nelson Mass try http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Lord_Nelson_Mass_(Mass_no._11_in_D_minor)_(Franz_Joseph_Haydn)
For Hear my prayer try http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/mendelss/mend-hmp.pdf
For the Purcell try http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/purc-001.pdf