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Chester Bach Singers - The Poet’s Voice
A collaboration of music and poetry
Part of the Chester Bach Singers 40th Anniversary Season
Add to my Calendar 22-10-2016 19:30 22-10-2016 21:30 36 Chester Bach Singers - The Poet’s Voice The Chester Bach Singers kick off their 40th Anniversary Season with a celebration of poetry and music. Focusing on the work of well-known English poets, including John Donne and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the concert features a mix of sacred and secular music, and explores the techniques used to reflect words through music. Accompanied by Neil Taylor, Director of the St George’s Singers and formerly Organist of Sheffield Cathedral, the concert includes a wide variety of styles, and will begin and end with contrasting settings of George Herbert's Let all the world, one of the most famous hymns in the English language, by Britten and Vaughan Williams. All Saints Church, Chester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
All Saints Church
Hoole Road
Hoole
Chester
Cheshire
CH2 3HZ
England
Programme
Kenneth Leighton – Let All The World In Every Corner Sing
Benjamin Britten – Antiphon, Op.56b
William Harris – Bring Us, O Lord God
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Silence and Music
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Blue Bird (arr. James Graham)
Performers
Martin Bussey – Conductor
Neil Taylor – organ
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Programme Note
The Chester Bach Singers kick off their 40th Anniversary Season with a celebration of poetry and music. Focusing on the work of well-known English poets, including John Donne and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the concert features a mix of sacred and secular music, and explores the techniques used to reflect words through music.
Accompanied by Neil Taylor, Director of the St George’s Singers and formerly Organist of Sheffield Cathedral, the concert includes a wide variety of styles, and will begin and end with contrasting settings of George Herbert's Let all the world, one of the most famous hymns in the English language, by Britten and Vaughan Williams.
