Tenebrae: We Will Remember Them: WWI Centenary Concert at Exeter Cathedral, Exeter on Thursday 20th September 2018

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Tenebrae: We Will Remember Them

WWI Centenary Concert

Add to my Calendar 20-09-2018 19:30 20-09-2018 21:30 36 Tenebrae: We Will Remember Them 2018 marks the centenary of World War One and Ivor Gurney’s elegiac compositions, which are often shadowed by his better-known poetic output, emphasise the importance of remembrance. Music by Gurney and his contemporaries – Elgar, Howells and Parry – together with a new commission by Judith Bingham for mezzo soprano solo and choir, precede Schoenberg’s unaccompanied choral plea for peace on earth. The British have a culture of commemoration in music and the choral tradition possesses an unmistakable role in giving voice and words to these sentiments. Tenebrae offers the finest pairing of poetry and music in a range of works, some already treasured in the heart of the nation, with other masterpieces which might well join them. Exeter Cathedral, Exeter DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Exeter Cathedral
1 The Cloisters
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1HS
England

Thursday 20th September 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Edward Elgar – They Are At Rest, anthem
John Taverner – Song for Athene
Herbert Howells – Take him, earth for cherishing
Judith Bingham – A Walk with Ivor Gurney
Torsten Rasch – A Foreign Field Psalm
Ivor Gurney – Since I believe in God
~ Interval ~
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell
Arnold Schoenberg – Friede auf Erden, Op.13

Performers

Nigel Short – Conductor

Tenebrae Choir

Programme Note

2018 marks the centenary of World War One and Ivor Gurney’s elegiac compositions, which are often shadowed by his better-known poetic output, emphasise the importance of remembrance. Music by Gurney and his contemporaries – Elgar, Howells and Parry – together with a new commission by Judith Bingham for mezzo soprano solo and choir, precede Schoenberg’s unaccompanied choral plea for peace on earth.

The British have a culture of commemoration in music and the choral tradition possesses an unmistakable role in giving voice and words to these sentiments. Tenebrae offers the finest pairing of poetry and music in a range of works, some already treasured in the heart of the nation, with other masterpieces which might well join them.

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