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A Summer Journey
Leicester Philharmonic Choir season finale
Part of the Leicester Philharmonic Choir 2024-25 Cycle
Add to my Calendar 14-06-2025 19:00 14-06-2025 21:00 36 A Summer Journey Let us take you on a magical summer journey through time and place. Having picked up our tour guides for the evening; Bob Chilcott, Edward Elgar, Charles V Stanford, we will depart St James the Greater at 7pm on Saturday 14th June and head south-east, tracking down the world of Aesop’s Fables, in ancient Greece, as re-imagined by Bob Chilcott. We’ll then double back and take in the wonders of Elgar’s Bavarian Highlands. Then on, we have Dances of Time (Chilcott) which will pirouette us to the deck of a liner. Baritone Andrew Ashwin will ensure us a safe return home with Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet as we “Sail Away” through to the time we say “Fare Well.” What a journey full of delight, and with the bonus of not having to pack, queue at the airport, get sunburnt…….and you’ll leave with a suitcase of song. Church of St James the Greater, Leicester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Church of St James the Greater
London Road
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 2NE
England
Tickets
Prices: £17.50 nave, £14 aisle, U25's £5
Booking line: 07843435051
Book Tickets
Programme
Bob Chilcott – Aesop's Fables
Charles Villiers Stanford – Songs of the Fleet, Op.117
Bob Chilcott – Dances of Time
Edward Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands, Op.27
Performers
Stephen Bullamore – Conductor
Andrew Ashwin – baritone
Rosemary Field – Accompanist
Programme Note
Let us take you on a magical summer journey through time and place. Having picked up our tour guides for the evening; Bob Chilcott, Edward Elgar, Charles V Stanford, we will depart St James the Greater at 7pm on Saturday 14th June and head south-east, tracking down the world of Aesop’s Fables, in ancient Greece, as re-imagined by Bob Chilcott. We’ll then double back and take in the wonders of Elgar’s Bavarian Highlands. Then on, we have Dances of Time (Chilcott) which will pirouette us to the deck of a liner. Baritone Andrew Ashwin will ensure us a safe return home with Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet as we “Sail Away” through to the time we say “Fare Well.” What a journey full of delight, and with the bonus of not having to pack, queue at the airport, get sunburnt…….and you’ll leave with a suitcase of song.
