The Choir
The Choir of the American Cathedral was organized in 1884, when its Choir School educated 16 boys who, with a complement of men's voices, sang the offices daily, in the manner of the great English and continental cathedrals. The Choir School was closed shortly after World War I, and women choristers were admitted.
Today, its singers, of a number of different nationalities, provide music for more than 80 services each year, including weekly Sunday Eucharists, special feast days during the week, Solemn Evensongs, marriages and funerals. Recent concerts have included Handel's Messiah, Christmas Oratorio and St. John Passion of Bach, Stabat Mater settings of Palestrina and Pärt, motets of Brahms, Chichester Psalms of Bernstein, the Four Motets and Requiem of Duruflé, and large works of Britten, Howells, and Finzi. They have been recorded for radio broadcast by the BBC and Fréquence Protestante. The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols is offered every year during December, and was included, in 1995, in the Festival d'Art Sacré de la Ville de Paris. Singers of all nationalities and faiths are admitted: required are a good ability with English and good sight-reading and vocal skills. Its concerts are under the aegis of the Cathedral's not-for-profit arts association, Les Arts George V.
For further information contact music@americancathedral.org
Recordings
This seasonal offering from The Cathedral Choir presents a delightful selection of music for Christmas with traditional carols in attractive arrangements.
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