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Meditations on the Rig Veda
Part of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester 2019
Add to my Calendar 02-08-2019 22:30 03-08-2019 00:30 36 Meditations on the Rig Veda This meditative event weaves together Vedic chant led by members of the Bhavan centre with choral settings of these Hindu texts. Jean Coulthard, a student of Vaughan Williams, exults the mystery of creation, while delicate music of contemporary composers Anna R Matthews, Roxanna Panufnik and Sally Lamb McCune embraces the listener, mirroring the celestial beauty of Holst’s settings for choir and solo harp. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Gloucester Cathedral
College Green
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2LX
England
Programme
Gustav Holst – Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26
Sally Lamb McCune – Common be our prayer
Anna R Matthews – Asvins
Jean Coulthard – Hymn of Creation
Roxanna Panufnik – Child of Heaven
Performers
Catherine White – Harp
Ben Sawyer – Conductor
Oriel Singers
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Programme Note
This meditative event weaves together Vedic chant led by members of the Bhavan centre with choral settings of these Hindu texts. Jean Coulthard, a student of Vaughan Williams, exults the mystery of creation, while delicate music of contemporary composers Anna R Matthews, Roxanna Panufnik and Sally Lamb McCune embraces the listener, mirroring the celestial beauty of Holst’s settings for choir and solo harp.
