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3 June 2024

Sat 8th June - A Quaker Trilogy: From concept to completion (York Festival of Ideas, featuring the Micklegate Singers)

Event this Saturday (8th June 2024), 1:00PM at The Mount School, Dalton Terrace, York, YO24 4DD.

"A Quaker Trilogy grew from a concept to inspire young composers at the beginning of their careers by offering funds for the commission of three pieces for the Micklegate Singers.

"The brief was simple: the composers could choose whichever words from a passage written by William Penn that is often read at Quaker memorial meetings they felt they wanted to work with. The fruits of their labours have proved to be a challenge for the choir, but the pieces are all remarkable, and each has been loved by the choir in rehearsal and by the audiences at their respective first performances."

Book tickets here (free admission).

The three talented composers from the University of York - David McGregor, Joe Bates and Frederick Viner - will explain the appeal of the text, how they selected which words to set, and what musical thoughts and construction techniques lay behind their compositions.

The three pieces comprising A Quaker Trilogy, now published by University of York Music Press, will be performed by the Micklegate Singers, under their Musical Director, Nicholas Carter, and the discussion will be chaired by Nicola LeFanu."

Find out more on the Micklegate Singers website here.

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