The Gabrieli Choir
Welcome to the website of the Gabrieli Choir
Welcome to the website of the Gabrieli Choir, a Budapest-based amateur chamber choir specializing in the study and performance of sacred music drawn from the repertoire of Anglican Cathedrals. It has been led by its present Musical Director, Richárd Sólyom, since he re-formed it in 2005. Currently, the Choir comprises around twenty-four experienced singers, who possess a wide variety of musical backgrounds. Many are trained musicians or music students; others simply enjoy learning and performing new music in a chamber choir environment in their spare time. Rehearsals are held once a week on Sunday evenings (5 to 8 pm) in St. Stephen’s Basilica.
The majority of the Choir’s repertoire will be new to Hungarian audiences. The emphasis is on English music from the sixteenth century to the present day, by composers such as Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Handel, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir Edward Bairstow, Michael Tippett, Herbert Howells, John Rutter and John Tavener. In common with performance practice in England, old works are frequently juxtaposed with new; English pieces are contrasted with non-English pieces; and the whole is set the context of the Anglican tradition.
We hope that you enjoy reading a bit more about the Choir on the following pages. If you have any comments or would like any further information, then don’t hesitate to get in touch: just contact us.We hope to see you at one of our concerts.