York Minster

York Minster Family Carol Concert

Published Friday 8th December 2006 by Alix Peacock

For information about the Family Carol Concert 2007 please see the Events Calendar. 

York Minster is to host its ever-popular Family Carol Concert on Friday 15th December at 7.00pm, proceeds will go to support the music at the Minster as part of the Development campaign. The acclaimed Minster Choir will sing traditional Christmas Carols, joined by the St William Singers and the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers. There will also be readings by well-known guests Ian Carmichael and Jane Lapotaire.

Ian Carmichael has appeared in many classic films including Private’s Progress, Lucky Jim and Scoundrels, and has recently appeared in The Royal, the popular spin-off to ITV1’s Heartbeat and BBC period Drama Wives and Daughters. He is well known for his television performances as Bertie Wooster opposite Denis Price’s Jeeves and Dorothy L. Sayers’ aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey. Ian Carmichael was awarded the OBE in 2003.

Jane Lapotaire has been a leading member of the National Theatre and the RSC for more than thirty years, and was one of the founding members of the Young Vic Theatre Company. Her films include To Catch a King, Anthony and Cleopatra, Surviving Picasso, and recently Shooting Fish, and There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble with Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle.

The audience will be invited to sing favourite carols such as “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “O Come all Ye Faithful”. The readings will range from the humorous to the traditional.

Tickets range from £5 to £10 and are available from the National Centre for Early Music Box Office, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, telephone 01904 658338 or email boxoffice@ncem.co.uk.