Choirs on the Concourse (Gateshead)
16:00
Sat 25 Jul 2026
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Programme
- Hail, gladdening light(3 mins)
- Symphony of the Harmony of Heavenly Revelations – Alleluia, O virga mediatrix Details(3 mins)
- My soul, there is a country(5 mins)
- Sat on the shore(4 mins)
- Like as the waves(7 mins)
- and the swallow(4 mins)
- Never weather-beaten sail(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Night Prayer(4 mins)
- Mother of God, here I stand(3 mins)
- Lord let me know mine end(11 mins)
- interval
- O radiant dawn(4 mins)
- Good Night, Dear Heart(4 mins)
- Deep In The Night(3 mins)
- Earth Song(4 mins)
- Alleluia(2 mins)
- The Water Of Tyne(4 mins)
- Only In Sleep(6 mins)
- interval
- Concerto for Choir(42 mins)sung in English
Performers
- Tim Burkechorus director
- Simon Davies-Fidlerchoir director
About This Event
A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers. The event includes a selection from Parry’s set of motets written during the First World War.
There will be two intervals
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Performed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
