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Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 2NG
England
Programme
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March no.1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Jerusalem
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – I Was Glad
Cesar Franck – Mass in A major: Panis Angelicus
Gabriel Fauré – Pavane, Op.50
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K.618
Tomaso Albinoni – Adagio in G minor
George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Magnificat (1897)
Ethel Smyth – March of the Women
Performers
Geraint Bowen – Conductor
Hereford Choral Society
Hereford Sinfonia
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Programme Note
Hereford Choral Society’s programme of popular classics for choir and orchestra marks the centenary of the death of C H H Parry and features some of his most famous works, such as ‘Jerusalem’, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ and the beautiful ‘Blest pair of sirens’, a setting of an ode by John Milton which celebrates the joy of singing. A much less familiar work is Parry’s Magnificat written for the Hereford Three Choirs Festival in 1897 and rarely performed since. The concert also commemorates the centenary of the legislation that began the process of enabling universal suffrage, with a performance by the sopranos and altos of the choral society of ‘March of the Women’ by Dame Ethel Smyth, a vociferous campaigner for Votes for Women, who was imprisoned for her role in the suffrage movement.
