NYCoS National Girls Choir

St. Mary's Church, Haddington

There are tickets available for NYCoS Girls Choir and Bach by Candlelight, both on this evening, at St Mary’s, Haddington at the venue one hour before the performance starts. Check availability by phoning 07580 941108.

Programme includes

Brahms 4 Songs Op 17, for female voices, two horns and harp
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Brahms Chorale Preludes
Britten Missa Brevis
Sweeney The Singin’ Lass
Lammermuir Festival Commission

NYCoS National Girls Choir
Christopher Bell Director
John Kitchen Organ
Alec Frank-Gemmill Horn
Harry Johnstone Horn
Sharron Griffiths Harp

 

Scotland’s National Girls Choir is an extraordinary phenomenon, and this promises to be another memorable concert with wonderful, rarely heard songs featuring horns and harp by Brahms, a new work for the same forces by William Sweeney, and two popular choral pieces by Britten in his centenary year.

“Supreme, consistent, and wonderfully articulate”
The Scotsman

Running time 2 hours

 

Festival Talk – this talk has been cancelled

Meet Alec Frank-Gemmill at 1.15pm on 20 September (the day before this concert).

Venue: The Waterside Bistro, 1-5 Waterside, Haddington, EH41 4AT.

View our Talks page to book this talk. All Festival talks are free.

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington

The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is one of the great ecclesiastical buildings of mediaeval Scotland, founded in 1380 and known for centuries as "The Lamp of Lothian".

It was severely damaged in the 16th Century during Henry VIII's 'Rough Wooing' of Scotland, and after the Reformation only the nave was used as a parish church, with the choir and tower remaining roofless.

It was finally restored to its former glory in the 1970s, and is Scotland's longest church as well as one of its most beautiful, with a wonderfully warm, resonant acoustic.

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington

Address

St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington
EH41 4BZ

Getting there by bus

Buses passing trough Haddington
EAST COAST BUSES: X6, X7, 106
PRENTICE: 108, 109, 101, 111, 122
EVE COACHES: 121
Please check bus timetables before booking your tickets.

Getting there by train

The nearest station is Drem.

Getting there by car

Haddington is off the A1. There are two exits off the A1 coming from the east or the west.

Accessibility

Parking:

There is free on-street parking, 100m from the church, on the road, and throughout the town.

We can offer 3 spaces inside the church grounds, buy the side of the church, for blue badge holders. Please email [email protected] to book a space, subject to availability and on a first come first served basis.

Terrain:

Tarmac and gravel.

Induction Loop:
Yes

Toilets:
Good male/female provision plus adapted toilet for disabled.

Wheelchair Access:

Access is easier via the North Side (side) door, next to the blue badge parking spaces, and open 30 minutes before concert. There will be a volunteer steward in a high vis jacket who will provide assistance. There is level access into venue.

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