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Choral Discoveries: Rachmaninov - Lea Singers
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Part of the Choral Discoveries 2022/23 Series
Add to my Calendar 01-07-2023 18:00 01-07-2023 20:00 36 Choral Discoveries: Rachmaninov - Lea Singers Harpenden’s leading chamber choir continue their revelatory new series of one-hour choral discoveries concerts with Rachmaninov’s profoundly beautiful Liturgy of St John Chrysostom in the atmospheric setting of the Palladian Church of Ayot St Lawrence. If you’re a first-timer, this concert will take you straight to the heart of Russian Orthodox choral music. If you’re a lover of Rachmaninov’s famous Vespers, then why not celebrate his 150th anniversary with this lesser-known masterpiece, inspired by his idol Tchaikovsky. And if you’re a fan of quirky English churches, then come and hear us sing in this temple to Apollo where George Bernard Shaw played the organ, and let the deeply moving music just wash over you. New St Lawrence Church, Welwyn DD/MM/YYYYDetails
New St Lawrence Church
Bibb Hall Lane
Ayot St Lawrence
Welwyn
Hertfordshire
AL6 9BZ
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op.31
Performers
Benjamin Kirk – Conductor
Lea Singers
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Programme Note
Harpenden’s leading chamber choir continue their revelatory new series of one-hour choral discoveries concerts with Rachmaninov’s profoundly beautiful Liturgy of St John Chrysostom in the atmospheric setting of the Palladian Church of Ayot St Lawrence.
If you’re a first-timer, this concert will take you straight to the heart of Russian Orthodox choral music. If you’re a lover of Rachmaninov’s famous Vespers, then why not celebrate his 150th anniversary with this lesser-known masterpiece, inspired by his idol Tchaikovsky. And if you’re a fan of quirky English churches, then come and hear us sing in this temple to Apollo where George Bernard Shaw played the organ, and let the deeply moving music just wash over you.
