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Choral Splendour
masterpieces of the Victorian and Edwardian choral heyday
Add to my Calendar 28-02-2026 19:30 28-02-2026 21:30 36 Choral Splendour We celebrate the heyday of English church music with a programme chosen to complement the recent Alan Bennett film The Choral, about a 1916 production of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Masterpieces from the Victorian and Edwardian era, including music by Elgar, Parry and Bairstow accompanied by the Ruffatti organ in the Abbey's superb acoustic Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Buckfast Abbey
Buckfast
Buckfastleigh
Devon
TQ11 0EE
England
Programme
Samuel Sebastian Wesley – Wash me throughly
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Lord thou hast been our refuge
John Ireland – Greater Love Hath No Man
Hubert Parry – My Soul, there is a country
Herbert Howells – O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
William Harris – Strengthen ye the weak hands
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow – Blessed city, Heavenly Salem
Edward Elgar – The Apostles, Op.49: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
Edward Elgar – Give unto the Lord, Op.74
Performers
Caius Lee – Conductor
Isabella Wagner – soprano
Dartington Community Choir
Programme Note
We celebrate the heyday of English church music with a programme chosen to complement the recent Alan Bennett film The Choral, about a 1916 production of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Masterpieces from the Victorian and Edwardian era, including music by Elgar, Parry and Bairstow accompanied by the Ruffatti organ in the Abbey's superb acoustic
