David Hawkin's Blog Entries

  • Penthos: A New Requiem

    Leeds choir to mark Armistice commemorations with new Requiem Leeds choir St Peter’s Singers is preparing to mark the centenary of the end of the Great War with the world premiere of a new work created in Leeds by two of its own members.   Penthos – a new Requiem - has been composed by Matthew Oglesby, setting a visionary ... read more
  • Choir Tour of East Anglia

    St Peter’s Singers of Leeds Founded in 1977 by Harry Fearnley Registered Charity No. 507174   Choir Concert Tour of East Anglia Saturday 21 – Wednesday 25 October 2017 Waltham Abbey Church; Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich; Ely Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral; Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Peterborough &n... read more
  • Fulneck Baroque 2017

    FULNECK BAROQUE 2017: Fulneck Moravian Church, 38 Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 8NT BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 28 AUGUST @ 4PM   St Peter's Singers of Leeds who are celebrating their fortieth anniversary concert season present two beautiful Bach Cantatas and Handel's Foundling Hospital Anthem at the historic Fulneck Moravian Church just south of Pu... read more
  • St Peter's Singers of Leeds - Konzerttournee 2015

      St. Peters Singers - Konzerttournee 2015   Lienen - Haselünne - Münster - Meppen - Elburg ST PETER’S SINGERS 2015 RECITAL TOUR OF NORTHWESTERN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS   Unsere Konzerte lassen Sie auf eine Reise durch mehr als 600 Jahre prächtiger geistlicher britischer und europäischer Chormus... read more
  • One Equal Music: St Peter's Singers of Leeds innovative choral project

    One Equal Music   Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening,into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall beno darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music …   William Harris’s peerless setting of John Donne’s poem i... read more
  • St Peter's Singers Centenary Revival of Somervell's Passion of Christ

    A Centenary performance of Sir Arthur Somervell's cantata The Passion of Christ at Leeds Minster Sunday 30 March 2014 beginning at 6.30pm. On Sunday 30th March, a centenary performance of Arthur Somervell's rarely heard 1914 work, "The Passion of Christ", is presented by the St. Peter's Singers in Leeds Minster at 6.30pm in the place of Choral... read more
  • Byrd, Barbershop and The Beach Boys

    High-flying chorister returns to Leeds Minster   Toby Ward will be among a group from King’s College, Cambridge, to perform at Leeds Minster on Tuesday 25 March 2014. The close harmony group The King’s Men [formerly known as Collegium Regale] will be presenting a concert entitled Byrd, Broadway and the Beach Boys beginning at 7.3... read more
  • St Peter's Singers of Leeds Return to Mallorca

    ACCLAIMED BRITISH CHOIR RETURN TO MALLORCA   The Leeds-based chamber choir St Peter’s Singers make a return visit to the beautiful Balearic island of Mallorca from 26th to 29th October 2013. This will be the choir’s fourth overseas tour, following acclaimed trips to Romania in November 2007, Mallorca in October 2009 and Britta... read more
  • St Peter's Singers of Leeds - contemporary sacred choral music

    On Saturday 22nd June the St Peter's Singers of Leeds travel to the picturesque Norcliffe Chapel in Styal Village for a concert programme of contemporary sacred choral music and organ solos. The free concert with retiring collection begins at 7.30pm. This is one of a number of pre-tour concerts that St Peter's Singers will be presenting prior to th... read more
  • St Peter's Singers of Leeds - 24hr sponsored Hymn-a-thon

    St Peter's Singers Hymn-a-thon St Peter's Singers of Leeds @SPS Leeds Hymnathon On 24th May, members of the choir will be singing the New English Hymnal “from cover to cover” - in excess of 500 hymns over 24 hours in order to raise money to allow us to continue our music-making. The Singers will begin at 1.30pm at Leeds Minster on... read more