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IN REMEMBRANCE
Early November is the time when people in this country and beyond pay their respects to those men and women who gave their lives in war and other conflict.
This concert for the eve of Remembrance Sunday includes works by John Ireland, William Harris, Elgar, Parry and Stanford, and a new setting of the Requiem by Grayston Ives with Sam Madden tenor, Jeremy Lloyd organ and Bonnie Scott harp, conducted by Andrew Parnell.
Tickets will be on sale shortly at £28, £22, £15 and £5 for U18s from the cathedral box office or at www.elycathedral.org/events.
Review of Ely Choral Society’s concert of Haydn’s Creation in Ely Cathedral on 28th March 2026
Ely Choral Society’s performance of Haydn’s Creation in Ely Cathedral was a most glorious, uplifting experience. Under the expert baton of Andrew Parnell, choir, orchestra, and soloists combined to reflect perfectly the magnificence of God’s creation.
The soloists, Charlotte Jane Kennedy (soprano), Redmond Sanders (bass) and Harry Jacques (tenor) all had fine voices, colouring the musical texture with moving expression. Much of the storytelling was achieved by recitatives—a technique also used in operatic works of the time—with our very able cathedral organist, Jeremy Lloyd, beginning them with light introductions.
The choir enhanced the messages with their mesmerising and glorious sound. Under the keen leadership of Helen Medlock, the Medlock Sinfonia did more than support the singers, they worked as an integral part of delivering the messages.
This was a most awe-inspiring, thrilling, and uplifting experience that left one going out of the cathedral at the end of the performance with the glorious sounds still stirring our thoughts.
Rosemary Westwell Ely Standard