Parry and Pizzetti at Christ Church, Epsom on Saturday 26th October 2019

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Parry and Pizzetti

Part of the Epsom Chamber Choir Season 2019-20

Add to my Calendar 26-10-2019 19:30 26-10-2019 21:30 36 Parry and Pizzetti Discover works by two very different composers writing in the early twentieth century as Epsom Chamber Choir launches its new season. Under guest conductor James Henshaw, the choir showcases the music of Parry and Pizzetti. Hubert Parry is most famously known for his setting of Blake’s poem Jerusalem. His Songs of Farewell, written during the First World War, are exquisitely crafted to reflect the emotional intensity of a man in the final years of his life.  In his beautiful and evocative setting of the Requiem Mass inspired by Italian Renaissance music, Ildebrando Pizzetti’s work features polyphony, plainchant and modal tonalities. Christ Church, Epsom DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Christ Church
Epsom Common
Epsom
Surrey
KT19 8NE
England

Saturday 26th October 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell
Ildebrando Pizzetti – Messa di Requiem

Performers

James Henshaw – Conductor

Epsom Chamber Choir

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Programme Note

Discover works by two very different composers writing in the early twentieth century as Epsom Chamber Choir launches its new season. Under guest conductor James Henshaw, the choir showcases the music of Parry and Pizzetti.

Hubert Parry is most famously known for his setting of Blake’s poem Jerusalem. His Songs of Farewell, written during the First World War, are exquisitely crafted to reflect the emotional intensity of a man in the final years of his life.

In his beautiful and evocative setting of the Requiem Mass inspired by Italian Renaissance music, Ildebrando Pizzetti’s work features polyphony, plainchant and modal tonalities.

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