EVENT PROGRAMME
Join us at one of our upcoming events in 2024-2025
Compline in York Minster
Thursday 21st November
York Minster, 8.30pm
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Join The Ebor Singers for Compline on Thursday 21st November at 8.30pm.
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The ancient monastic service of Compline is a contemplative, candle-lit moment of stillness and simplicity. This form of night prayer brings the day to a close and prepares us for sleep in the knowledge we are known and loved by God.
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All are welcome, no booking required.
Advent Procession
Sunday 1st December
York Minster, 5.30pm
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A highlight of the year as we join the Choir of York Minster to mark the start of Advent. In this atmospheric and breath-taking candlelit service, we sing the beautiful Advent Antiphons in between the Choir of York Minster offering music, readings and prayers, in celebration and anticipation of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.
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​Free tickets should be booked in advance for this service and will be available on Tuesday 19 November at 10am.
Messiah: Part One
with Chilcott and Rutter
Sunday 8th December
St Olave's Church, York, 7.30pm
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Conductor Dr Paul Gameson leads The Ebor Singers in a captivating festive concert, performing Part One of Handel’s iconic Messiah. Over two hundred years, Handel’s Messiah has been regarded as a masterpiece, loved by many and regarded as a national staple around Christmas. This part-German passion, part-Italian opera, part-English anthem, tells of the prophecies and birth of Christ. Join The Ebor Singers as we sing Part One, with famous arias and choruses including, ‘And the glory of the Lord’, ‘For unto us a child is born’, and ‘Glory to God in the highest’.
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Alongside Messiah Part One will be seasonal favourites from John Rutter and Bob Chilcott – two contemporary composers known to be masters of Christmas. Few composers have captured the spirit of Christmas as Rutter and Chilcott, through their arrangements of popular carols and their settings of familiar texts. Hear the renowned voices of The Ebor Singers offer some of their favourites as we enter into the festive spirit!
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