Voice from the Pulpit – a special performance in the Quire of York Minster to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Laurence Sterne

Monday 14 October, 7.30pm

York Minster

Tickets: £10.00

To book visit:  http://bit.ly/19YylY7

Watch the trailer here:  http://youtu.be/t3zc7stkEWE

Voice from the Pulpit is a concert inspired by Sterne’s final sermon, ‘The Case of Hezekiah and the Messengers’ from 1764. The event will feature the premiere performance of David Owen Norris’s new composition, ‘STERNE was the MAN’, written especially for Sterne’s tercentenary. The concert will include period instruments, voice and four school choirs. The choirs have been coached by choir master Jonathan Brigg from the University of York. 

Voice from the Pulpit will also include a reading of ‘The Case of Hezekiah and the Messengers’ by Sterne himself in the guise of Yorkshire-born actor David Bradley. Bradley is well-known for his roles in television and film including Harry Potter and will star as William Hartnell, the first Doctor Who actor in forthcoming BBC Two drama ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’. 

Speaker : David Bradley

Tenor : Mark Wilde

Square Piano : David Owen Norris

The York String Quartet

Viola da Gamba : Susanna Pell 

Natural Trumpet : Michael O’Farrell

Conductor : Jonathan Brigg

Performance starts at 7.30pm

Entrance via the South door from 7.00pm 

PLEASE NOTE SEATING IS UNRESERVED

Voice from the Pulpit is supported by Arts Council England