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Aallotar: Women's voices in Finnish acapella
 

Sun 1 June, 2pm to 4pm
 

Creative Centre, York St John University

Free tickets: yorksj.ac.uk/events/

NEXT PERFORMANCE

In our musical talk Allotar (translation: ‘spirit of the waves’ or ‘water nymph’), Enkelit (translation: ‘angels’) will discuss the important role of women’s voices in Lönnrot's collection of these folk poems, as well as examining the poems’ content and singing some of the songs, tracing those waves to modern times. Finnish women composers continue to be inspired by these epic but everyday poems, giving women such as those in Enkelit the opportunity to share songs of hope, defiance, despair and happiness that delve deeply into the fullness of women’s lived experiences. This then, despite the linguistic challenges, allows women singers of this repertoire the unusual chance to bring their whole selves, body, mind and voice, to the process of choral singing, in a way that makes waves and reverberates through and beyond the singing group.

Previous concerts

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Wild Beasts and Angels 

1st October 2023

Enkelit performed with Coracle 

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Summer sing

12th June 2022

A relaxed post-covid performace

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Cemetery Chapel

2nd July 2023

Enkelit return York Cemetery Chapel

2024

March – York St John University Chapel, International Women’s Day event with workshop

2023

October – Unitarian Chapel, York (with Coracle)
July – Cemetery Chapel, York

2022

June – Cemetery Chapel, York

2021

December – mini concert in a front garden
March onwards – rehearsals resumed outside

2020

Covid-19 hiatus

2019

November – York Unitarian Chapel
October – Morpeth Methodist Church
June - Rowntree Park, York

2018

October – St Matthew's Rastrick, Brighouse Arts Festival
June – United Reform Church, Saltaire
May – St Anne’s Church, Ings

2017

July – Buxton Festival (awarded Best Vocal Performance)
June – St Clements Church, York
March – Littlethorpe Women’s Institute

2016

November – John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough
July – Cemetery Chapel, York
May – St Luke’s, York (with Sonus)

2015

May – Bedern Hall, York
February – Narberth (with a workshop the day afterwards)

2014

November – Sage, Gateshead (Enkelit were invited to be one of four choirs to take part in a concert at the Sage, Gateshead, as part of BBC Radio 3’s ‘Free Thinking’ Festival, and broadcast in Radio 3’s ‘The Choir’ programme)
October – Whitby, Musicport Festival
August – York Art Gallery
May – Hebden Bridge, Birchcliffe Centre

2013

August – Canongate Kirk Edinburgh Fringe Festival (4 gigs)
May – Cemetery Chapel, York

2012

October - St Mary’s, Gateshead
June – Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden bridge (with Ensemble Norma)
April – Square Chapel, Halifax
February – National Centre for Early Music, York, Yorvik Viking Festival (with the Martin Simpson Trio)

2011

November – St Mary’s Church, York, Illuminating York Festival (with Cornelia Parker’s installation Thirty Pieces of Silver)
September – Unitarian Chapel, York (with Sicut Sol)
July – recruitment concert and workshop, Clements Hall, York
June – Tampere Choral Festival
May – Settle Parish Church

2010

July – Todmorden Central Methodist Church

2009

Unknown dates – Bedern and York Minster, York
July – Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge

2008

December - SAGE, Gateshead
November – Fielden Centre, Todmorden
March - Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York

2007

Czech Republic – summer tour

2006

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2005

July – Cemetery Chapel, York (shared with Blossom St Singers)
June – Tampere Choral Festival (awarded 2 silvers by the judges)

2004

March – Penrith - Enkelit’s debut concert, sharing a concert with another one of Richard’s
choirs

2003

June 2003: a flyer was left on seats at Fiori’s concert in York by Richard, who had seen them
perform in Tampere. Enkelit’s first rehearsal happened later this year.

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