The Gabrieli Choir
News
Two concerts in September
2008-08-15 (update the 2008-10-01)
The Choir will give two concerts in September, 2008 with identical programmes. The first is on the 13th at the Jáki Chapel, Budapest starting at 7pm. The second concert is on the 28t, the venue is the Holy Spirit Church of Herminamező, 14th district, Budapest, starting at 7.30pm. Admission is free.
The programme of the concerts is the following:
- Somervell: O Saviour of the World
- Howells: Magnificat
- Morley: Agnus Dei
- Howells: Nunc Dimittis
- Walton: A Litany
- Tallis: When Rising from the Bed of Death
- Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway
- Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament
- Rawsthorne: Like as the Hart
- Shephard: The Secret of Christ
- Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
- Sisask: Kiitkem Südamest Mariat
The concert poster/handbill can be downloaded from here.
New sections
2008-07-26
We are happy to announce that we have just started two new sections on our site. In the photo gallery section we have collected some of memorable photos that were taken at concerts and other events. The members section is complex forum for our choir members, it is only accessible after registration.
The Gabrieli Choir just completed a recording of some demo tracks. We will post music soon, stay tuned!
We are seeking for tenors and bass singers now!
2007-09-26
The Gabrieli Choir is now looking for tenors and basses. If you are interested or you know someone who may be interested, you can have more information in pdf format (in Hungarian).
Summer Concerts 2007
2007-06-19 (update the 2007-06-22)
This July the Gabrieli Choir will be singing in three concerts, to which all will be most welcome. On Saturday 7th July the choir will be appearing at Zsámbék, in a concert organized – and broadcast – by Hungarian Radio; a week later, on Sunday 15th July, with a different programme, we shall be at the Ják Chapel in Budapest’s City Park; and at the end of the month, on Sunday 29th July, we shall be performing a programme containing items from both the earlier concerts at Vigántpetend, as part of the Művészetek Völgye Festival. For full details, please follow the link.
Lenten Concert in the Church of Holy Spirit
2007-03-19
For Palm Sunday we are pleased to perform the programme of our previous Lenten Concert. Date and time: Sunday 1st of April, 2007, 7:30pm. Venue: Church of Holy Spirit, Budapest XIV., Kassai tér 2. The church is just five minutes’ walk from the Mexikói út terminus of yellow line Underground. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Download the handbill.
Christmas Concert, 2006
2006-12-03 (update the 2007-01-19)
The Gabrieli Choir’s Christmas Concert will be on Saturday 16th December, 2006, at 7.30 p.m. in St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest. More details are here. You can also download an invitation by clicking on the image below. Please bring along your family and friends. All are welcome.
Basilica Concert (26th October) - Note of Thanks
2006-10-28
We much appreciate the many kind messages received following the concert the Gabrieli Choir gave jointly with the Choir of Carlisle Cathedral on Thursday 26th October in St. Stephen’s Basilica. If you would like to receive advance notification about our future concerts please contact us. Finally, could the gentleman who wrote asking how he could make a donation please contact us again, as the e-mail address given was invalid and we are unable to reply.
The Hungarian subsite is online
2006-10-19
We have gone live with the Hungarian version of gabrielichoir.org for our Hungarian speaking visitors. The two sites are not necessarily identical to each other, the content is continously refreshed on both.
October concert in the Basilica
2006-10-12 (update the 2007-01-19)
The Gabrieli Choir and the Choir of Carlisle Cathedral will sing Faure’s Requiem together in the Saint Stephen Basilica, Budapest on the 26th of October, 2006. The poster of the concert:
The concert poster is downloadable by clicking on the image. Please invite your families and friends, everyone is welcome!
The site is launched
2006-04-17
Our site is finally launched but it is still in beta. We will gradually upload new content, like the biography of singers, concerts etc. Please come back frequently and check out what is happening on the site.