ENGLISH SPRING SERENADE
Hull Choral Union will be singing 5 Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams, Shakespeare Songs and Sonnets by George Shearing and Edward's Elgar's Te Deum and Benedictus, plus two songs by Howard Goodall, including the theme tune of the Vicar of Dibley. They will be accompanied by the organ of St Ninian's, with baritone solist James Gaughan. There will be an interval with light refreshments. The church is fully accessible and there is parking on street or in the garage car park opposite (free for 2 hours then £3 for 24 hours).
Christmas Carol Concert
Traditional carols in beautiful St Mary's Church in Cottingham. Enjoy the village's Christmas lights whilst you are there. Special guests: students from Wyke and St Mary's.
St Mary's Church is accessible with disabled parking spaces on Hallgate. There is free parking on Market Green, side streets and the supermarket car parks (Co-op and Aldi). There is no interval but after the concert (just over an hour) seasonal refreshments will be served in the church. Please note the toilets are in the church hall through the church yard.
AutumnConcert
Our autumn concert will feature two well known choral pieces and one popular orchestral piece plus an entirely new composition, The Bothy Suite, written especially for us by local musician and composer Laurence Rugg.
Trinity Methodist Church is fully accessible and there is on street parking and limited parking in the church car park.
HCU SUMMER CONCERT
An hour of pleasant music for a summer’s evening followed by refreshments.
Glories of Venice
Works by a group of composers who lived in Venice, including Vivaldi, Gabrieli, Astorga and Monteverdi.
Candlelight Messiah Highlights
Come and hear your favourite choruses and arias from the Messiah by candlelight in the St Mary’s Church, Cottingham
Dvořák Mass in D and Choral Classics
Dvořák’s Mass in D plus some favourite classics including the Hallelujah Chorus, Panis Angelicus, Ave Verum Corpus, accompanied by the Hull Minster organ.
Celebration and Commemoration
Our next concert in Hull Minster showcases two modern pieces, Magnificat by familiar composer John Rutter and Requiem by Christopher Wood, who will not be so familiar to most.
Both works have a joyful and uplifting quality, something that is much needed in the present climate. Our performance will help to celebrate and remember lives, of those we have lost, those still with us and those still to be born.
Autumn Concert 2021
Members of Hull Choral Union are excited to be planning our first live concert since December 2019. Scheduled for Armistice Day, and just a few days before Remembrance Sunday, and in the imposing and spacious surroundings of Hull Minster, we will be thinking not just of those who died in wars, but of all those we have lost around the world to Covid 19.
We began rehearsals on Wednesday 8th September at St Mary’s college, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull
Tickets: Under 16s: £1, Students and Jobseekers: £5, Adults: £10
Virtual Spring Concert 2021
Join us this Spring for our second virtual concert featuring seasonal music from Hull Choral Union and poetry from Ian McMillan (BBC Radio 3’s The Verb). Watch the première on www.hullchoralunion.co.uk at 7:30pm on Wednesday 7th April. The video will be available on the Hull Choral Union YouTube Channel thereafter. Read more