Details
Grosvenor Chapel
South Audley Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 2PA
England
Programme
Robert Hugill – Black Dragon
Benjamin Britten – Gloriana, Op.53: Choral Dances
Edward Elgar – My Love dwelt in a Northern Land, Op.18 no.3
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Bushes and Briars
Jessica Norton – The Dagda's Harp
Bob Chilcott – Aesop's Fables
Elizabeth Maconchy – Creatures
Performers
Jessica Norton – Conductor
London Concord Singers
Programme Note
Exploring story telling in music, from Robert Hugill's science-fantasy-inspired The Black Dragon (commissioned for London Concord Singers in 2000), to Bob Chilcott's retelling of Aesop's Fables and Elizabeth Maconchy's vivid animal pictures in Creatures. Choral Dances from Gloriana take us to Britten's evocation of Elizabethan England and Jessica Norton's new piece explores Celtic myth, whilst Richard Strauss' rarely performed melodrama combines spoken text with piano accompaniment.