Destroyed in 1004, the church was rebuilt from around the end of the 11th century ( including the crypt, the transept and the choir ), and finished in 1155.

The choir was back in use by 1180, and in that year the remains of St Dunstan and St Alphege were moved there from the crypt.

These new parts east of the choir transepts were was raised on a higher crypt than Ernulf's choir, necessitating flights of steps between the two levels.

* Works for the Duomo, Florence, including the high altar and its Adam and Eve ( 1551 ), now in the Bargello and Pietà now in the crypt of Santa Croce ; much-praised bas-reliefs made for the enclosure of the choir, designed by the architect Giuliano di Baccio d ' Angnolo ( 1555 ), now in the Museo dell ' Opera del Duomo ; Saint Peter, one of eight apostles by various sculptors in the piers of the crossing.

In the 1180s, Strongbow and other Norman magnates helped to fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, initially a wooden building, in stone, comprising the construction of a choir, choir aisles and transepts, the crypt and chapels to St. Edmund and St. Mary and St. Lô.

The great 14th century choir was demolished and a new eastern end was built over the original crypt.

Although the original building was to be cruciform in shape, it was never completed ; only the choir was constructed, with the retro-chapel, otherwise called the Lady chapel, built on the much earlier crypt ( Lower Chapel ) believed to form part of an earlier castle.

The south choir aisle and transept were giving cause for concern, so in 1751 they were buttressed, the roof lightened and supporting brickwork placed in the crypt.

Emperor Leopold I enlarged the crypt in 1657 in the area under the nave of the church and his son Emperor Joseph I extended it further westward in 1710, but awkwardly, beginning the vault that his brother Emperor Karl VI continued westward in 1720 that extends under the chancel and the apse choir above.

The interior exhibits the early feature of a choir raised on a platform above the large crypt.

The choir was constructed by 1217, the crypt by 1240 and the refectory by 1267.

The crypt beneath the choir was consecrated in 1948, the steeple and wings were completed in 1974, and the nave was consecrated in 1986.

In 1690, Christian V ordered the old Catholic choir cleared, so he could create a crypt beneath it for the children he had had with his mistress Sophie Amalie.

Because of the steep slope of the site, Pugin built a large crypt beneath the building, to be used primarily as a burial place for family tombs, and former cathedral clergy, and is now rehearsal room for the choir.

Under Archbishop Hartwig, a choir with a crypt was built towards West between 1000 and 1020.

This was taken as the necessary sign for his formal recognition as a saint, and his body was translated from the crypt to the choir.

In 1905 Widor and Schweitzer were among the six musicians who founded the Paris Bach Society, a choir dedicated to performing J. S.

In large churches where they were celebrated the services were usually grouped ; e. g. Matins and Lauds ( about 7. 30 A. M .); Prime, Terce ( High Mass ), Sext, and None ( about 10 A. M .); Vespers and Compline ( 4 P. M .); and from four to eight hours ( depending on the amount of music and the number of high masses ) are thus spent in choir.

By the 9th century, eunuch singers were well-known ( not least in the choir of Hagia Sophia ), and remained so until the sack of Constantinople by the Western forces of the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

There were certainly castrati in the Sistine Chapel choir in 1558, although not described as such: on 27 April of that year, Hernando Bustamante, a Spaniard from Palencia, was admitted ( the first castrati so termed who joined the Sistine choir were Pietro Paolo Folignato and Girolamo Rossini, admitted in 1599 ).

According to their special constitutions the Celestines were bound to say matins in the choir at two o ' clock in the morning, and always to abstain from eating meat, save in illness.

Einhard and his wife were originally buried in one sarcophagus in the choir of the church in Seligenstadt, but in 1810 the sarcophagus was presented by the Grand Duke of Hesse to the count of Erbach, who claims descent from Einhard as the husband of Imma, the reputed daughter of Charlemagne.

By employing students Telemann took away a major resource for Kuhnau's choir ( and church music in Leipzig in general ); Kuhnau was also concerned that students were too frequently performing in operas, leaving them with less time to devote to church music.

Johann Sebastian Bach also wrote six surviving works he called motets ; Bach's motets were relatively long pieces in German on sacred themes for choir and basso continuo, thought to have been written as training pieces for the members of his choir school.

Professional soloists, a 80 member opera choir, a symphony orchestra and a live audience of 2700 were part of this historic event when Free Will was presented at the medieval castle of Olavinlinna.

There is currently a memorial ledger stone in the choir of the Cathedral, as well as a stone plaque on the bridge where his remains were allegedly thrown into the Soar.

Five reasons were given: the body was of an adult male ; it was buried beneath the choir of the church ; there was scoliosis of the spine, making one shoulder higher than the other ; there was an arrowhead embedded in the spine ; and there were perimortem injuries to the skull.

During the national anthem, they were backed by a Mardi Gras choir.

During that final moment, Sondheim and I were standing, facing the choir of students from the University of Utah's opera program, our backs to the audience, and I could see tears welling in his eyes as the voices rang out.

Her remains were taken to Bergen and buried beside her mother in the stone wall, on the north side of the choir, in Christ's Kirk at Bergen.

In 1911, the choir and the crossing were opened, and the foundation for Cram's nave began to be excavated in 1916.

Besides vocal harmonies, Queen were also known for multi-tracking voices to imitate the sound of a large choir through overdubs.

Throughout the era, hundreds of masses and motets ( as well as various other forms ) were composed for a cappella choir, though there is some dispute over the role of instruments during certain periods and in certain areas.

Not all of the choirs were based on coal – some started in the rugby clubs, such as Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir and Morriston Rugby Choir, while others such as Pontarddulais Male Choir were formed out of a youth choir.

On 17 February 1818, workmen breaking ground on the new parish church to be built on the site of the eastern choir of Dunfermline Abbey uncovered a tomb before the site of the former abbey high altar.

Construction of the choir took from 1163 until around 1177 and the new High Altar was consecrated in 1182 ( it was normal practice for the eastern end of a new church to be completed first, so that a temporary wall could be erected at the west of the choir, allowing the chapter to use it without interruption while the rest of the building slowly took shape ).

Due to the high water table in the new location, the cathedral was built on only four feet of foundations, and by 1258 the nave, transepts and choir were complete.

The new church was a cruciform building, with an aisled nave of nine bays, a pair of towers at the west end, transepts with apsidal chapels, a low crossing tower, and a short choir ending in three apses.

The new choir took the form of a complete church in itself, with its own transepts ; the east end was semicircular in plan, with three chapels opening off an ambulatory

Scott was a steadfast supporter of the Gothic revival and designed the tomb of the first bishop ; he had a new bishop's throne built ( 1903 ), together with commemorative stalls for Bishop Festing and two Archdeacons, and new choir stalls.

He also redecorates the Broghams ' Christmas tree in two seconds, saves an old church by restoring interest in the boys ' choir, and arranges for the typewriter to automatically type Henry's new sermon-which Dudley dictates without Henry's knowledge.

Choir members are currently limited to twenty years of participation, or until the member reaches the age of 60, allowing new members to join the choir on a regular basis.

Cabot High School has recently completed a remodeling process which includes a large new fine arts center, designed with the input from the directors of the band, choir, theatre, forensics, and art programs.

A new choral foundation was established in 2007, providing for a choir of sixteen undergraduate and graduate choral scholars singing from October 2008.

In 2009, the choir released a new CD, called ' A Voice from Afar '.

Many stops were removed ; some of them were used to build a new choir organ.

In 1859 Liddell welcomed the then Prince of Wales when he matriculated at Christ Church, being the first holder of that title who had matriculated since Henry V. While he was Dean of Christ Church, he arranged for the building of a new choir school and classrooms for the staff and pupils of Christ Church Cathedral School on its present site.

In 1895, he heard a choir rehearsing Elgar's King Olaf, attended the first performance and became a fervent enthusiast of the new music being produced by Richard Strauss and the British composers of the day.

The album included 11 new recordings, featuring covers of Joni Mitchell's " River ", Gordon Lightfoot's " Song for a Winter's Night ", and John Lennon's " Happy Xmas ( War Is Over )", which she recorded with her outreach children and youth choir, and seasonal favourites: " Christmas Time Is Here ", " O Little Town of Bethlehem ", " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ", " Silent Night ", " The First Noel ", and " Greensleeves ( What Child Is This?

Silence, Night and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisner's new recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job.

The choir is currently working on a variety of new material, including popular and folk music.

This new line-up released Episode, an album that showcased their new symphonic direction with a full orchestra and choir utilised on tracks such as " Season of Change " and " Forever ".