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Music from America
Part of the Blackburn Chamber Choir 2022 - 2023 Season
Add to my Calendar 12-11-2022 19:30 12-11-2022 21:30 36 Music from America Join us for an evening of exhilarating and uplifting music from the New World. America has a rich and varied tradition of choral music and tonight you will hear everything from the unique voice of Leonard Bernstein to the more European accents of Randall Thompson, via favourites Eric Whitacre and Stephen Paulus, with the beautiful lyricism of Morten Lauridsen - a choral favourite! Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Blackburn Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 5AA
England
Programme
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Katherine Burk – Listen Sweet Dove
Samuel Barber – Heaven-haven (A Nun Takes The Veil)
Stephen Paulus – Southern Harmony 1835: The Road Home
Leo Sowerby – I will lift up my eyes
Randall Thompson – The Best of Rooms
Randall Thompson – Alleluia, motet (1940)
Morten Lauridsen – Sure on this shining night
Morten Lauridsen – O nata lux
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Performers
Eira Lynn Jones – Harp
John Robinson – Conductor
John Hosking – organ
Helen Davies – Percussion
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Programme Note
Join us for an evening of exhilarating and uplifting music from the New World. America has a rich and varied tradition of choral music and tonight you will hear everything from the unique voice of Leonard Bernstein to the more European accents of Randall Thompson, via favourites Eric Whitacre and Stephen Paulus, with the beautiful lyricism of Morten Lauridsen - a choral favourite!
