NYCoS has a fantastic 2012 season lined up with performances from NYCoS National Choirs, NYCoS Area Choirs and everything in between. Read on to find out more...
Concerts
National Choir Concerts
NYCoS National Boys Choir and NYCoS Stirling Choir (Youth Choir)
Sunday 27 May
6.00pm
Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling
Join NYCoS National Boys Choir for another outstanding performance of Going for Gold: a sports cantata.
The Choir of over 70 young singers will cover the themes of dedication, motivation and commitment while visiting the sports of Rowing, Track and Field, Aquatics and Cycling on the way.
Also taking part in the concert is NYCoS Stirling Choir (Youth Choir), directed by Anne Murphy.
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National Youth Choir of Scotland (BBC Proms Youth Choir) at BBC Proms 2012
Wednesday 1 August
7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
BBC SO Principal Guest Conductor David Robertson begins with two iconic American pieces before turning to works in which the emotive force of the African American spiritual is harnessed by composers of the old world.
In A Child of Our Time Tippett drew in five spirituals to reaffirm the indispensable human values of compassion and brotherhood.
Star trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger returns and an impressive array of international singing talent features alongside tonight’s newly formed youthful chorus.
Ives
The Unanswered Question
Barber
Adagio for strings
Zimmermann
Nobody knows de trouble I see
Tippett
A Child of Our Time
• Measha Brueggergosman soprano
• Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
• Paul Groves tenor
• Jubilant Sykes bass-baritone
• BBC Proms Youth Choir
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• David Robertson conductor
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Music of Richard Rodney Bennett
NYCoS National Girls Choir at Aberdeen International Festival
Saturday 4 August
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Sunday 5 August
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The acclaimed NYCoS National Girls Choir and conductor Christopher Bell return to AIYF to give an impressive performance of music by composer Richard Rodney Bennett – a performance that earned five stars from The Herald at Easter.
Highlights will include Letters to Lindbergh - a fanciful piece following Charles Lindbergh’s famous 1927 transatlantic flight - Dream-Songs and The Aviary.
Tickets coming soon!
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NYCoS Training Choir at Aberdeen International Youth Festival
Friday 10 August
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Saturday 11 August
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NYCoS Training Choir and Choir Director Michael Kibblewhite will perform at AIYF for the first time, bringing with them an exciting mix of classical, traditional and contemporary music.
Tickets coming soon!
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
NYCoS National Girls Choir at Edinburgh International Festival
Monday 13 August
8pm
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports us to Shakespeare’s fairy world with its enchanting evocations, including the well-loved ‘Wedding March’. Sir Roger Norrington, one of the founding fathers of historically informed performance, has long produced striking and unforgettable interpretations of cherished masterpieces. The sensitivity of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s gossamer sound is the perfect match for Mendelssohn’s magical textures.
The Shakespearean theme is established in Berlioz’s languid Les nuits d’été, settings of six poems by French poet Théophile Gautier that pay affectionate homage to the great English dramatist. Celebrated Austrian mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is famed for the warmth and vividness of her readings, ideal qualities in these beautifully crafted songs of love, desire and longing.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington Conductor
Angelika Kirchschlager Mezzo soprano
Sophie Bevan Soprano
Mary Bevan Soprano
NYCoS National Girls Choir
Christopher Bell Chorus Master
Berlioz Les nuits d’été
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Requiem by Candleight
National Youth Choir of Scotland at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Friday 24 August
10pm
St Giles' Cathedral
Saturday 25 August
10pm
St Giles' Cathedral
More details coming soon!
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The Nutcracker
National Youth Choir of Scotland at Edinburgh International Festival
Saturday 25 August
7.30pm
Usher Hall
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite is one of the composer’s best-loved works, with timeless pieces including the ‘Trepak’, ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ and ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’. Hearing the suite’s wealth of melody in its rightful place as part of Tchaikovsky’s complete ballet score places the famous movements in their true dramatic context, and also offers the chance to discover lesser-known gems.
Josep Pons directs the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in sumptuous music that’s perfect for festive occasions of all seasons, and enchants listeners whatever their age.
This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a future date.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons Conductor
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Christopher Bell Chorus Master
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (complete ballet)
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National Youth Choir of Scotland at Sound Festival 2012
Sunday 11 November
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Sound Festival is North East Scotland's festival of new music. The festival brings together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons.
More details coming soon!
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Area Choir Concerts
Savourna Stevenson with NYCoS Galloway Choir
Saturday 19 May
7.30pm
The Ryan Centre, Stranraer
Tickets available from The Ryan Centre on 01776 703535
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NYCoS Aberdeen Choir
Tuesday 22 May
6.30pm
William Guilds Arts Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Dundee Choir
Sunday 27 May
6.30pm
Caird Hall, Dundee
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Stirling Choir
Tuesday 29 May
7.00pm
Albert Halls, Stirling
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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Savourna Stevenson with NYCoS Dumfries Choir
Wednesday 30 May
7.30pm
Kirkcudbright Parish Church
Tickets available from Peter Renwick, Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, on 01387 260447
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NYCoS Edinburgh Choir (Trainers and Juniors)
Saturday 2 June
6.30pm
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Falkirk Choir
Saturday 2 June
7.00pm
Falkirk Town Hall
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Midlothian Choir
Saturday 2 June
2.30pm
Penicuik North Kirk
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Dumfries Choir
Sunday 3 June
4.00pm
Castle Douglas Parish Church
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Isle of Lewis Choir
Wednesday 6 June
7.00pm
Stornoway Primary School
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Renfrewshire Choir
Wednesday 6 June
from 6.00pm
Paisley Abbey
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Angus Choir
Thursday 7 June
5.30pm
Forfar Academy
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Galloway Choir
Thursday 7 June
7.00pm
Penninghame Primary School, Newton Stewart
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Inverness Choir
Thursday 7 June
7.00pm
Culduthel Christian Centre, Inverness
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS West Lothian Choir (Youth and Junior Choirs)
Thursday 7 June
7.00pm
Inveralmond Community High School, Livingston
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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NYCoS Inverness Choir at Music for Youth National Festival
Friday 8 June
from 10am
Perth Concert Hall & Theatre
NYCoS Inverness Choir and young musicians from across Scotland will take to the stages of Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, filling Horsecross with masses of music for this one day festival. Perth will take centre stage as it hosts this brand new festival, with outside performances, a procession and a brand new fanfare, you’ll hear choirs, rock, traditional music and more!
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NYCoS West Lothian Choir (Training Choir, CC1 and CC2)
Friday 8 June
7.00pm
Inveralmond Community High School, Livingston
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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Savourna Stevenson with NYCoS Stirling Choir
Saturday 9 June
7.30pm
Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane
Tickets available from Ruth Bamford on 01786 825448
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NYCoS Edinburgh Choir (Intermediates, Seniors, Chamber Choir and Ensemble)
Saturday 9 June
7.00pm
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
Tickets available from the Choir Coordinator
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Savourna Stevenson with NYCoS Aberdeen Choir
Saturday 16 June
7.30pm
The Lemon Tree Lounge, Aberdeen
Tickets available from Ben Torrie on 01224 337667
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