Holst's 'The Cloud Messenger' and other British choral gems: Parry, Holst and Vaughan Williams feature at Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames on Saturday 23rd May 2020

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Holst's 'The Cloud Messenger' and other British choral gems

Parry, Holst and Vaughan Williams feature

Part of the English Music Festival 2020

Add to my Calendar 23-05-2020 19:00 23-05-2020 21:00 36 Holst's 'The Cloud Messenger' and other British choral gems The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. The EMF’s commitment to programming gems of the English choral repertoire has become a highlight of the choral calendar and this year the Choir of King’s College, London, under conductor Joseph Fort, will be joined by members of the Strand Ensemble in favourite works including Parry’s ‘Blest Pair of Sirens’, Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’, and a rare performance of Holst’s neglected, large-scale choral work ‘The Cloud Messenger’, from 1913; a setting of a Sanskrit text translated by the composer.Informative and entertaining talks and interviews, setting the composers and music in context, take place in Dorchester Village Hall.Concerts continue throughout the day and late into the evening, taking place at Dorchester Abbey, Radley College and Sutton Courtenay Church.  Characterful local inns provide accommodation and the opportunity for convivial social occasions over lunch and supper, and a convenient mini-bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station.  Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England

Saturday 23rd May 2020
7:00 PM

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Gustav Holst – The Cloud Messenger, Op.30
Gustav Holst – 5 Partsongs, Op.12
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs

Performers

Joseph Fort – Conductor

Strand Ensemble
Choir of King’s College, London

Programme Note

The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.

The EMF’s commitment to programming gems of the English choral repertoire has become a highlight of the choral calendar and this year the Choir of King’s College, London, under conductor Joseph Fort, will be joined by members of the Strand Ensemble in favourite works including Parry’s ‘Blest Pair of Sirens’, Vaughan Williams’s ‘Five Mystical Songs’, and a rare performance of Holst’s neglected, large-scale choral work ‘The Cloud Messenger’, from 1913; a setting of a Sanskrit text translated by the composer.

Informative and entertaining talks and interviews, setting the composers and music in context, take place in Dorchester Village Hall.

Concerts continue throughout the day and late into the evening, taking place at Dorchester Abbey, Radley College and Sutton Courtenay Church. Characterful local inns provide accommodation and the opportunity for convivial social occasions over lunch and supper, and a convenient mini-bus transfer operates between venues and Didcot Parkway station.

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