An Atlantic Bridge: A musical journey through Europe from the birth of civilization to the modern Era at Ely Cathedral, Ely on Tuesday 4th July 2023

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An Atlantic Bridge

A musical journey through Europe from the birth of civilization to the modern Era

Add to my Calendar 04-07-2023 19:30 04-07-2023 21:30 36 An Atlantic Bridge Music Celebrations International presents The Great Britain Choral Festival 2023 'An Atlantic Bridge'   Join us in Ely Cathedral on July 4th for a glorious celebration of the special relationship between the UK and the USA. In 2018, a massed choir of singers from across the United States filled Ely Cathedral on American Independence Day to perform a Celebration of Peace, an extraordinarily moving experience that  commemorated 100 years since the end of World War 1.   Now they return with another massive Thanksgiving Day concert, this time celebrating transatlantic concord.  Singers from no fewer than seven choirs will be joined by Cambridgeshire’s own Prime Brass to perform a mixture of cathedral classics and American and British folk songs, conducted once again by Craig Jessop, with Stan Engebretson, artistic director of the National Philharmonic Chorale.    The extensive programme will include old favourites such as Parry’s I was Glad, Handel’s Zadoc the Priest and Vaughan Williams’ O Clap your Hands from the UK, as well as Randall Thompson’s Last Words of David and Stephen Paulus’ Pilgrim’s Hymn from the USA.     Crowning glory will be An Atlantic Bridge, a magnificent compilation of British and American folk songs arranged by Mack Wilberg All profits will go to East Anglian Air Ambulance. Ely Cathedral, Ely DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Ely Cathedral
The College
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DL
England

Tuesday 4th July 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
Mack Wilberg – An Atlantic Bridge
Randall Thompson – The Last Words of David
Ralph Vaughan Williams – O clap your hands, motet
George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Performers

Stanley Engebretson – Conductor
Craig Jessop – Conductor

Great Britain Choral Festival

Programme Note

Music Celebrations International presents The Great Britain Choral Festival 2023

'An Atlantic Bridge'

Join us in Ely Cathedral on July 4th for a glorious celebration of the special relationship between the UK and the USA.

In 2018, a massed choir of singers from across the United States filled Ely Cathedral on American Independence Day to perform a Celebration of Peace, an extraordinarily moving experience that commemorated 100 years since the end of World War 1.

Now they return with another massive Thanksgiving Day concert, this time celebrating transatlantic concord. Singers from no fewer than seven choirs will be joined by Cambridgeshire’s own Prime Brass to perform a mixture of cathedral classics and American and British folk songs, conducted once again by Craig Jessop, with Stan Engebretson, artistic director of the National Philharmonic Chorale.

The extensive programme will include old favourites such as Parry’s I was Glad, Handel’s Zadoc the Priest and Vaughan Williams’ O Clap your Hands from the UK, as well as Randall Thompson’s Last Words of David and Stephen Paulus’ Pilgrim’s Hymn from the USA.

Crowning glory will be An Atlantic Bridge, a magnificent compilation of British and American folk songs arranged by Mack Wilberg

All profits will go to East Anglian Air Ambulance.

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