April 24th, 2007 - St. George

St. Georges Day, Patron Saint of England was this year marked by a very special Mass in Leeds Cathedral. The principal celebrant was HE, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales.

 

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April 21st, 2007 - Celebrate Leeds 2007 Awards Dinner

The Bradford Girls' Choir returned to Leeds Town Hall last night to perform at the Celebrate Leeds 2007 Awards Dinner .

Over the last month, the girls have been working hard on learning sign language! At the request of the organisers, the choir sang 'What a wonderful world' in both More>>

April 11th, 2007 - 3 Choirs concert

In May the Bradford Girls' Choir will join the Yorkshire Youth Choir and Oldham Youth Choir on the Stage of Huddersfield Town Hall for a concert in aid of the West Yorkshire Forget me not Trust .

Get your tickets now for what promises to be a very exciting evening of choral music sung by More>>

April 10th, 2007 - Cathedral Organs I: Phoenix

At the present time the temporary organ in Leeds Cathedral is an electronic model by Phoenix organs. The Cathedral pipe organ is presently in storage in Germany, and it is hoped that it will be renovated and restored in the near future.

The Phoenix organ was designed and built in More>>

April 8th, 2007 - Triduum III: Easter Vigil

For those choir members who had made sacrifices over Lent (chocolate and alcohol being among the top things being given up!) the end of Lent couldn't come quick enough. Well, it didn't exactly come as quickly as they might have hoped as the Easter Vigil lasted 2 1/2 hours! There is a lot to More>>

April 7th, 2007 - Triduum II: Good Friday

Red is the colour of the Day. The service is broken into three parts - the Liturgy of the word (with the reading of the passion - we hope that next year this will be sung) the Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion.

Musically, the service is a feast of unaccompanied singing. This More>>