We are one of thirteen choirs singing in the cathedral that day as part of the Tyne Valley Pop-Up Choirs Festival
Over five Saturdays in January, February, and March 2027, in five venues in Newcastle-Gateshead, fifty-five choirs are each offering 30 minutes.
This is our contribution in a day of music from 10:30am to 5:00pm
An informal performance as part of Jarrow Hall's offering in the Jarrow Festival.
A range of music from simple early chant, which Bede would probably have known to more highly ornamented music from the 12th century
a short contribution of appropriate music in two performances of
THE CAUSEWAY
Christ Church, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0HQ
From its starting point of the legacy of the Lindisfarne Gospels and their links with the North East, this cross-generational, multi-faith performance challenges us to consider what legacy we ourselves will leave to the world.
St Helen's Church
Beamish Museum
informal performances
Greek and Latin
and Early Middle English –
early church chant Bede sang,
long sinuous lines from the 12th century and the oldest songs in English from a Co.Durham hermit
as part of the
North East Early Music Forum Performing Day
On the eve of the feast day of the Venerable Bede
in a church where he worshipped more than 1300 years ago
St PAUL'S CHURCH Church Bank, Jarrow
medieval chant for a few minutes every half-hour between 12:30 and 3:30pm
FOUNTAINS BY FLOODLIGHT
Chant in the floodlit ruins of Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire
WASHINGTON OLD HALL
Visitors to this fine medieval Manor House heard rehearsal from 2pm and informal performance at 4pm
ST CUTHBERT'S CHURCH, ELSDON, NORTHUMBERLAND
Performance by participants at the end of a workshop day for all comers
USHAW COLLEGE, Durham
SING CHANT
plainsong workshop day
All voices, no experience necessary.
Singers of any faith or none welcome.
ST DOMINIC'S CHURCH, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
with the Choir of St Dominic's Priory
as part of the Late Shows – performances in places not usually open in the evenings
The Stables, SEATON DELAVAL HALL
as part of the North East Early Music Forum (NEEMF) Day Out
St Mary Magdalene's Church, MILLFIELD, Sunderland
A concert of plainsong
Bede Museum at Jarrow Hall
+ The Friends of the World of Bede
BEDE TO BECKET - illustrated talk and performance of Chant from the time of Bede to the martyrdom of Becket
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