Sangerstevne

Business Name

An Independent Choir Affiliated to The Questors Theatre

Choral Festival 2008

West London Sangerstevne 2008

Scandinavian-Style International Choral Festival

Parking: Restricted. Pay-and-display in North Common Road till 11pm

Nearest Tube stations: Ealing Broadway and Ealing Common

Time: 3 pm—9 pm

Date: 17/05/2008

Venue: St Matthew’s Church, North Common Road, London W5 2QA

Download and print the handbill (Adobe PDF):

English Version

Italian Version

Polish Version

Festival Pieces:

Click here to download the music scores and rehearsal tracks for the Festival Chorus.

Sangerstevne 2008 Performances:

Click here to view this year’s programme

The Sangerstevne 2008 will be held during the afternoon and early evening of Saturday 17 May 2008, the fourth of its kind to be held in the London Borough of Ealing, West London.

A Sangerstevne (loosely translated from the Norwegian—a Congress of Singers) is a major event in the choral calendar in Scandinavia. Choirs, on a district, regional, or even a national basis gather, sing to each other in a series of public concerts, exchange repertoire and ideas, and generally get to know each other better.

Participating choirs and soloists will each present a short programme of their choice (10 to 15 minutes) in a series of public concerts.

The day will conclude with a performance by all singers (who wish to be involved with this) of two choral pieces, “How Goodly are Thy Tents” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” both now available for download from this website.

This year’s festival will take place at St Matthew’s Church in Ealing, West London. St Matthew’s Church is a fine example of a late Victorian church, possessing exceptional stained glass windows and woodcarvings and a three-manual pipe organ built in 1884 by Auguste Gern.

The Sangerstevne festival is free and open to the general public. Everyone is welcome to stay for the whole event or just that part which interests them most.

Light refreshments will be offered at regular intervals during the day. There will be a retiring collection in aid of St Matthew’s Church Fabric Appeal.

Find out more about past Sangerstevner:

Sangerstevne 2005

Sangerstevne 2006

Sangerstevne 2007

To contact us:

sangerstevne@btinternet.com