They will present ‘Sing for the Love of Heaven and Earth’, a feast of 20th and 21st Century choral music under their leaders David Ballard and Stephen Richards.
A wide ranging programme will include works by Elgar, Chilcott, Howells and Lauridsenamong others.
The Paston Singers were formed by David Ballard in 2016, originally operating under the name Cantores Sancti Nicolai, in recognition of a parish church dedicated to St Nicholas in North Walsham, Norfolk, to which they were originally linked. Pastonrefers to a grammar school in North Walsham which later became a sixth form college, founded by Sir William Paston in 1606. He was a member of the Paston family who gave their name to the Paston Letters, one of the most important pieces of primary source information for historians studying the English gentry between 1422 and 1509, covering the War of the Roses, the early Tudor period and, the Great Vowel Shift. Some members of the group sang the premiere performance of a composition by Sarah Rogers entitled Agnes: A Pocket Oratorio using texts from these letters for the Paston:600 celebrations in 2018, joined by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The group has performed previous concert tours to Spain (where they sang at the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona and acted as the warm-up act for the boys choir at Montserrat Abbey), and Portugal. In Norfolk they can be regularly found singing services around the county not least in Salle Church, one of the most perfect round tower acoustics in the country.
Selby Abbey will be the first concert venue in their Autumn tour of Yorkshire which will take in Bridlington Priory, Leeds Minster, All Saints Northallerton and St.Johns Knaresborough
Admission to the concert is free. There will be a retiring collection.
Selby Abbey welcomes visitors daily from 10.00am to 4.00pm
For further information regarding worship and events at Selby Abbey visit www.selbyabbey.org.uk
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