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York Minster Family Carol Concert 2008
Published: on 13th November 2008 by the Grace of God in Minster News
York Minster is to host its ever-popular Family Carol Concert on Friday 12th December at 7.00pm. Proceeds will go to the York Minster Fund (Registered Charity No 252157) which supports the ministry and continuing conservation and development of York Minster.
York Minster's acclaimed Choir will sing traditional Christmas Carols, joined by the St William Singers and the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers. There will also be readings by well-known guests Wendy Cope and Dame Janet Baker.
Dame Janet Baker is a distinguished English mezzo-soprano, known world-wide as an opera, concert, and lieder singer until her retirement in 1982. A Yorkshirewoman, Dame Janet served as Chancellor of the University of York from 1991 to 2004. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1976 and a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1993, and received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of Denmark in 1979.
Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondeley Award for Poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse.
The audience will be invited to sing favourite carols such as “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “O Come all Ye Faithful”. The readings will range from the traditional to the humorous.
Tickets range from £10 to £15 and are available from the York Minster Box Office on 01904 557208 or in person at Church House, 10-14 Ogleforth, York YO1 7JN.