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Music in the Cathedral
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul hosts frequent state services and events. Standing in the Parliamentary precinct the Cathedral is a visible symbol of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. The music and liturgy we provide is an important part of this function of the Cathedral.
The Cathedral currently has five highly-trained choirs, a young and enthusiastic music staff, and an ever-expanding reputation for musical excellence. The Cathedral is enriching in a unique way the spiritual, musical and cultural life of both city and nation.
Messiaen +
The cathedral is pleased to announce its recital series for 2008. Entitled Messiaen + it celebrates the centenary of Messiaen's birth.
Tour of England and Paris 2008
The Cathedral Choir plans to tour England and Paris in July-August 2008. We are taking newly written compositions by our own multi-award winning young Composer-in-Residence, Andrew Baldwin. We will be demonstrating that Kiwi choral singing is alive and well, both in terms of new music being written and in the performance of the traditional repertoire for a Cathedral Choir.
Cathedral Choir recordings
The Service of Shadows
Music for Good Friday and Passiontide
The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (the Cathedral Choir) has just released its new CD entitled The Service of Shadows. The choir is directed by Michael Fulcher and accompanied by organist Max Kenworthy, former Assistant Director of Music.
Music featured includes Kyries from the masses of Kiwi composers Andrew Baldwin and Katherine Dienes as well as those of Palestrina, Mathias, Fauré and Langlais, plus the beautiful Requiem of Maurice Duruflé. Other music includes the Howells Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B minor, and music by Kenneth Leighton.
Award-winning young Kiwi composer Andrew Baldwin is our Composer-in-Residence at the Cathedral. We are particularly proud to present the first recordings of Andrew Baldwin’s settings of “O vos omnes” and his Responses of the office of Evensong.
Copies are available from Parsons Books and Music, 126 Lambton Quay, 472 4587 ($30 each) as well as the Cathedral Shop 472 0286 and all profits after production costs will go to the Cathedral Choir Tour Fund in support of the 2008 England and Paris tour.
Favourite Hymns: Cathedral Classics Volume 1
Recorded in just one day as part of the music department’s choral outreach programme, this disc of favourite hymns sung by the Cathedral Choir and Choristers with the Cathedral Congregation makes the perfect Christmas present. Hymns included in the play list are Praise to the Lord, Dear Lord and Father, Morning has broken, Glorious things of Thee are spoken, Drop, drop slow tears and many more.
Copies are available for NZ$25 from the Cathedral Giftshop.
Visiting Choirs
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul welcomes visiting choirs.
Cathedral Choir Repertoire
Review the Cathedral’s service music for the coming months as well as music from previous years.
Cathedral Choirs Festival
The choirs of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson, Dunedin and Christchurch Cathedrals gathered in Christchurch for the NZ Anglican Cathedral Choirs Festival during labour weekend 20 – 23 October 06. Including recitals and services sung by the massed choirs, the festival also assisted in the celebration of the 125th consecration anniversary of Christchurch Cathedral (1 November, 1881).
