Combined Boys and Girls Choirs of Hexham Abbey
Setting: Missa brevis in C major KV 220 (196b) (Sparrow Mass) – Mozart
Motet: Tantum Ergo – de Séverac
Organ Voluntary: Final (Symphony No. 1) – Vierne
Officiant: The Reverend Canon Dagmar Winter, Rector of Hexham
Preacher: The Very Reverend Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emeritus of Durham
Director of Music: Michael Haynes
Assistant Director of Music: Keith Dale
The combined Abbey Boys and Girls Choirs sing the Spatzenmesse or Sparrow Mass as the setting at this year’s Festival Eucharist. First performed at an Easter mass in Salzburg Cathedral in April 1776, the nickname is derived from the figures in the Hosanna which resemble the chirping of birds.
Michael Sadgrove is our guest preacher today and we extend a warm welcome to Keith Dale, our new Assistant Director of Music.
Date & Time
Sunday 24th September, 10am
Tickets
No tickets required