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Christ Church
35 Darley Avenue
West Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2ZD
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers): 'Come Let Us Worship'
Pavel Chesnokov – Let My Prayer Arise
Ola Gjeilo – Agnus Dei (Phoenix)
Bob Chilcott – Come Back
Chris O'Hara – Bright Star (A setting of a poem by John Keats)
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Johannes Brahms – An die Musik
C A Vince – On Marriage (The Prophet Answered)
Bob Chilcott – My Heart's Friend
Jussi Chydenius – Tonight
Jussi Chydenius – Deep in the Night
Malin Gavelin – Hold Me Fast
Anton Leanderson-Andreas – Coffee Time
~ Interval ~
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Pseudo Oik
Morten Lauridsen – Contre Qui Rose
Francis Poulenc – La Blanche Neige
Francis Poulenc – A Peine
Bob Chilcott – A la Claire Fontaine
Ola Gjeilo – Unicornis Captivatur
Bob Chilcott – Scarborough Fair
Bob Chilcott – House of the Rising Sun
Bob Chilcott – Tell My Ma
Performers
Manchester Chorale
Programme Note
Music for a summer's evening at the Didsbury Arts Festival by one of Manchester's leading chamber choirs and featuring an exquisite and eclectic selection of songs.
The program includes 'My Heart's Friend', and 'Come Back' by Bob Chilcott; a selection of Scandinavian songs - Jussi Chydenius's 'Deep in the Night , two catchy Swedish numbers - 'Hold me Fast' and 'Coffee Time' plus 'Unicornus Captivatur' by Norwegian Ole Gjeilo
In complete contrast there are two Russian Orthodox songs (one by Rachmaninov) and Morten Lauridsen's 'O Magnum Mysterium' plus a pair of his beautiful songs from his settings of Rilke's 'Les Chansons des Roses' . And more...
