
Music for a Royal Occasion
An evening bejewelled with choral favourites linked to royalty, sung by The Durham Cathedral Young Singers, Neville’s Cross Community Choir, the Choral Scholars of Durham Cathedral and the Northern Consort and directed by Simon Lee.
Music includes
Ralph Vaughan Williams O Taste and See – commissioned for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II)
John Rutter This is the Day – commissioned by Westminster Abbey for the marriage of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
George Frederick Handel Coronation anthem Zadok the Priest – written for the coronation of George II and sung at every coronation service since then.
Tickets £8 (concessions £6)