The Gabrieli Choir

Upcoming concerts in 2008

26 09 2008 18:46:56 +0000

The Gabrieli Choir is pleased to announce the dates of its concerts and other engagements for the remainder of 2008.

Our concert in September, in the Zugló district of Budapest, takes place in a fine church where we have been made most welcome before. The programme features pieces intended for a range of different seasons in the Churchs calendar, and whose period of composition spans over four hundred years.

Our engagements in November and December offer our friends a rare chance to hear us perform in the context in which the choirs repertoire was originally intended to be heard, that is, within the Anglican liturgy. With us already enjoying a fruitful relationship with Budapests Anglican community, we are delighted to have been invited to lead them in worship first on their patronal festival and then as they prepare for Christmas.

Two concerts in September

01 10 2008 08:35:02 +0000

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 Herminamez?, 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.

Our first demo

10 08 2008 08:33:05 +0000

Our first demo was recorded in the Holy Trinity Church of Gödöll?, on the 5th of July. It consists of 5 pieces.

New sections

26 07 2008 09:37:08 +0000

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!

New Easter Concerts on 29th and the 30th of March

27 07 2008 03:13:59 +0000

The Gabrieli Choir is performing a new programme for Easter of 2008 at two venues this March. Beautiful pieces from Byrd, Howells, Elgar, Handel and Rutter, just to name a few will be sung first at the new Holy Trinity Church of Gödöll? on Saturday, the 29th. You can download the handbill in pdf format.

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The second concert with identical programme will be in Budapest at Jáki Chapel the next day, on Sunday the 30th. You can download the handbill in pdf format.

Both concerts start at 7pm, admission is free, donations are welcome.

We are seeking for tenors and bass singers now!

26 09 2007 13:02:45 +0000

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

22 06 2007 10:56:36 +0000

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 Budapests 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 M?vészetek Völgye Festival. For full details, please follow the link.

Lenten Concert in the Church of Holy Spirit

19 03 2007 13:06:50 +0000

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.

Lenten Concert in the St. Michael Church

19 03 2007 12:39:10 +0000

The Gabrieli Choir will perform a programme of music for Lent. The programme is the following:

Thomas Tallis (c.1515-1585) ? When Rising From the Bed of Death
Orlande di Lassus (c.1532-1594) ? Super Flumina Babylonis
Richard Farrant (?-1580) ? Call to Remembrance
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) ? Drop, Drop Slow Tears
William Byrd (c.1540-1623) ? Ave Verum Corpus
Robert Whyte (c.1538-1574) ? Lamentations
Orlando Gibbons & Sir Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) ? Jesu, Grant Me This I Pray
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) ? Wash Me Throughly
Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) ? God So Loved the World
John Sanders (1933-2003) ? The Reproaches

Download the handbill.

Tickets: 1,800 HUF (600 HUF for students) are available at Concert&Media outlets, online at jegyelado.hu or at the door.

Sing with Us!

22 01 2007 07:13:00 +0000

Did you know there is a chamber choir in Budapest that specializes in English sacred music? Well, it?s true ? and it is now recruiting enthusiastic new members in all voices.