Opus Anglicanum

John Rowlands Pritchard director

This lively interactive lecture-recital by Opus Anglicanum, led by John Rowlands-Pritchard, will finish at 4 pm in Belmont and will be followed by the service of Vespers for the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hereford Cathedral at 5.30pm, singing music from the 13th-century Hereford Breviary.

This event is suitable for everyone and no specialist knowledge or skill is necessary. ‘The careful structuring of the day and clarity of explanation opened up a world I had thought of as entirely beyond my reach.’ Sarah Scaife, North East Museums and Libraries Council

Workshops are also booked by cathedral choirs and the RSCM to introduce singers to this beneficial resource.
‘Fascinating, enlightening and helpful to adults and boys alike, effective and compelling’ James Lancelot, Durham Cathedral

• background
• notation
• working sessions
• repertoire and performance practice
• sung celebration

Workshops have been given for:

Leeds University Music Department
Worcester Three Choirs Festival
English Heritage
Glasgow Episcopal Cathedral Choir
Ely Cathedral Choir
St David's Cathedral Choir
RSCM Essex and London
Durham Cathedral Choir
English Heritage
Bede's World at Jarrow
Salisbury Cathedral Choir
Exeter Cathedral Choir
Chichester Cathedral choir
Chester Cathedral Choir
OA Trust scheme Music in Churches

‘Boys and men alike have been most enthusiastic about the plainsong and about your patient guidance which enabled them to enjoy the experience so much. Perhaps the most heartening thing was the degree of interest and sheer fascination this music aroused amongst our senior boy choristers. It was a joy to see how quickly and naturally these youngsters took to the more complex chants.’ Paul Trepte, Ely Cathedral

The ticket ‘with lunch’ includes a light buffet lunch with vegetarian option and coffee or tea.