Norwich School Choral Society is collaborating with music ensemble Norwich Baroque for a spring concert at the Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
The programme will feature John Rutter's Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer and Omnia Sol by American composer Z. Randall Stroope, a lesser known piece.
The concert will feature professional adult musicians and Norwich School pupils, including a boy chorister from Norwich Cathedral and three sopranos from the school’s sixth form.
To add to the programme the first movement of Mendelssohn’s violin concerto in E minor will be performed by Norwich School pupil Rosemary Zhang.
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The budding young violinist has been playing since she was seven and hopes of studying mathematics at university.
Norwich School's Choral Society was founded in 1983. The choral society's first concert performance was in March 1984, making 2024 its 40th anniversary.
Norwich Baroque, established in 2007, has a reputation for maintaining relationships with some of the nation's best musicians specialising in historically informed performance.
Pat Stephenson, secretary of the Norwich School Choral Society, said: “It’s wonderful that our members have the chance to sing a wide variety of beautiful music alongside some of the country’s top professionals.”
The concert will take place on Wednesday March 6, with tickets available at www.ticketsource.co.uk.
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