St Ives Choral Society: Songs of Old America at Free Church, St Ives on Saturday 8th June 2019

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

St Ives Choral Society

Songs of Old America

Add to my Calendar 08-06-2019 19:30 08-06-2019 21:30 36 St Ives Choral Society For our summer concert this year we bring you a programme of music inspired by America. Copland's Old American Songs are settings of American folk tunes collected in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including the famous shaker melody "Tis the gift to be simple". The songs sung by African American slaves have inspired many composers in Britain and further afield. Rutter's Feel the Spirit brings together seven of those spirituals including When the Saints and Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, with the choir being joined by a soprano soloist. Free Church, St Ives DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Free Church
Market Hill
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 5AL
England

Saturday 8th June 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

John Rutter – Feel the Spirit
Aaron Copland – Old American Songs (first & second set)

Performers

Felicity Hayward – soprano
Alison Daniels – Conductor
Olga Elbourn – piano

St Ives Choral Society

Programme Note

For our summer concert this year we bring you a programme of music inspired by America. Copland's Old American Songs are settings of American folk tunes collected in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including the famous shaker melody "Tis the gift to be simple". The songs sung by African American slaves have inspired many composers in Britain and further afield. Rutter's Feel the Spirit brings together seven of those spirituals including When the Saints and Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, with the choir being joined by a soprano soloist.

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