EVENT PROGRAMME
Join us at one of our upcoming events in 2025
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
With Parry's Songs of Farewell
Saturday 8th March
The Chapter House, York Minster, 7.30pm
Join The Ebor Singers for an opportunity to hear two key choral masterpieces - Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Parry's Songs of Farewell.
The English choral tradition has long given voice to the sentiments of loss. As part of their 30th anniversary year, The Ebor Singers explore this in music expressing themes of Lent and lamentation.
Written on the young composer’s deathbed, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s masterpiece Stabat Mater offers a powerful depiction of Mary standing at the cross of Jesus, exploring lenten themes of suffering and penitence. Alongside this, the six moving motets of Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell reflect the composer’s experience of the First World War, longing to escape the despair violence was causing, and a profound statement to find something of peace.
Performed in the beautiful acoustic of York Minster’s Chapter house, with David Pipe on the chamber organ, this is certainly not a concert to be missed.
Compline in York Minster
Lent and Holy Week 2025
York Minster, 8.30pm
Join The Ebor Singers for Compline on Thursday evenings during Lent at 8.30pm, beginning on 13th March.
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. All are welcome, no booking required.
The dates for Compline are:
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13th March
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20th March
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27th March
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3rd April
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10th April
During Holy Week, we will sing:
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Sunday 13th April, Stainer's Crucifixion - 7.30pm
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Monday 14th April, Compline with Byrd's Ne irascaris - 7.30pm
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Tuesday 15th April, Compline with Bach's Jesu meine freude - 7.30pm
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Wednesday 16th April, Compline with Palestrina's Lamentations - 7.30pm
The Sound of Drums:
Music from the English Civil War
Saturday 17th May
The Quire, York Minster, 7.30pm
The Ebor Singers, an Associate Choir of York Minster, offer an evening of music from the Siege of York in 1644. The choir will trace the course of the Civil War with music from the court of Charles 1 and songs performed in York Minster during the Siege as a place of sanctuary. Based around the 'York' psalms of William Lawes, this fascinating programme of music composed around a time of huge political, social and religious upheaval, includes work by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, and John Hutchinson.
'This is a thoughtfully compiled programme of little-known but interesting repertoire, some of which has specific York connections [...] The choir sing with unanimity and a good blend'
Early Music Review
'[...] a very imaginative production [...] a fascinating historical document as well as a wonderful listening experience'
Lark Reviews
2025
Saturday 27th September 2025
York Minster
"The Ebor Singers impart a natural, unflamboyant grace"
The Independent