Details
Church of the Holy Spirit
28 Heyward Road
Southsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO4 0DY
England
Programme
Francis Poulenc – Gloria, FP 177
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
Cage John – Four2
Craig Hella Johnson – Gitanjali Chants
Ian Schofield – Stream of Life
Performers
Peter Gambie – Conductor
Karen Kingsley – piano
Renaissance Choir
Programme Note
The zesty Gloria by Poulenc, accompanied by Karen Kingsley, is surely one of the best-loved twentieth century choral works. It is contrasted with local composer Ian Schofield’s Stream of Life , freeing stress with the words of the Indian guru Rabindranath Tagore. We commissioned this piece for our 40th anniversary in July 2016.
The programme also contains William Byrd’s Ne Irascaris, Gitanjali Chants by Craig Hilla Johnson and John Cage’s 4/2, a Zen-inspired work of inner peace.
