Diocese of Leeds on the BBC
This Sunday (3 May) at 7.10am, the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme will feature the work of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme.
Leeds International Organ Festival Live
Weโre delighted that the billed Monday recitalists for Leeds International Organ Festival 2020 are generously providing video and audio clips for us to broadcast on our LIOF YouTube channel each week, so that everyone can enjoy these world-class performers from the comfort of their own homes.
Tune in each Monday at 1.15 pm toย lioflive.org.ukย for Leeds International Organ Festival Live.
Diocese of Leeds Music host national webinar
On Thursday 2nd April, Diocese of Leeds Music hosted a webinar for the Cathedral Organists' Association and Conference of Catholic Directors of Music: Practical Approaches to Cathedral Choir Rehearsals Online. The webinar explained the technology and teaching methods...
Keep calm and carry on singing!
In mid-March, members of the Leeds Cathedral Junior Choirs and Childrenโs Choir had been enjoying learning songs for our Spring Concert and were excited about the performance.ย Some of us were becoming slightly anxious about the progress of Coronavirus around the world, but we generally continued as normal, singing a full choral Mass as recently as 15th March, albeit with extra hygiene measures in place and a few children missing.ย
Live-streaming of Leeds Cathedral Mass
Holy Mass will now be live-streamed each weekday at 10.30am and on Sundays at 11am whilst the celebration of public Masses is suspended. There will also be a live-stream of the Angelus at 12 noon each weekday, followed by praying the Rosary. To participate online, please visit the new YouTube channel www.leedscathedrallive.org.uk
Coronavirus / COVID-19
Due to the increasing seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak and public health guidance to avoid inessential contact we are suspending all of the Diocese’s choirs with immediate effect. This includes all scheduled rehearsals, liturgies and concerts.
Leeds International Organ Festival
Leeds Cathedral in the Diocese of Leeds is to hold the second Leeds International Organ Festival this summer. Between 13th May and 10th July, organists young and old will have the opportunity to hear, meet and perform alongside renowned international concert organists...
Tune into โฆ@BBCRadio3โฉ tomorrow evening to hear our accordion tutor โฆ@valerie_barrโฉ playing in the โฆ@BBCPhilharmonic with โฆ@LudovicMorlotโฉ, accompanying โฆ@SampsonCarolynโฉ in a wonderful piece by Dutilleux. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013jr4
Our Director of the Schools Singing Programme @thomas_leech - together with @StPaulsLondon OBE Organ Outreach Fellow @tom_daggett - spoke at the @_cathedralmusic conference today about access, partnerships and excellence growing from sustained foundations in church music.
Today at Leeds Cathedral
The Baptism of the Lord
๐ต.๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ)
๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ (๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ / ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐)
Dilexisti, Gregorian
Missa Sancti Nicolai, Haydn
Asperges, Gregorian
Quem pastores laudavere, Praetorius
Ave verum corpus, Mozart
Huddersfield Youth Choirs with Bradford Catholic Youth Choir perform the sacred Christmas Carol Guadete, from Piae Cantiones. Arr. Keith Roberts.
A live recording from Huddersfield Town Hall, December 2021 as part of Kirklees Organ Concert Season.
https://youtu.be/WYf4DOXwCww
Thanks for featuring! We've loved hearing the other choirs in your digital Advent Calendar as well...๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ถ
BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Correspondances
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BBC Philharmonic and soprano Carolyn Sampson in Dutilleux, Dvorak, Copland and Betsy Jolas