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Online event

Westminster
London
England

Friday 20th May 2022
5:00 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Messiah: 'Comfort Ye, My People'
Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah: 'He watching over Israel'
Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah: 'For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee'
Joseph Haydn – The Creation: 'By Thee With Bliss'
Joseph Haydn – The Creation: 'The Heavens are Telling'
Various – A selection of solos
Henry Purcell – Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z.15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor: 'Recordare'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K.618
~ Interval ~
Sergei Rachmaninov – Symphony no.2 in E minor: 3rd movement
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria in D major: 'Et In Terra Pax'
George Frideric Handel – Messiah: 'Glory to God'
George Frideric Handel – Messiah: 'Their Sound Is Gone Out'
Various – A selection of solos
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

Performers

Ben England BEM – Musical Director
Ben England BEM – Conductor
Helen Charlston – mezzo-soprano
Ashley Riches – bass-baritone
Claire Alsop – organ
Richard Gowers – Arranger
Richard Gowers – organ / piano

Choir of the Earth
The Self-Isolation Orchestra
The Self-Isolation Baroque Orchestra
Fieri Consort

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Programme Note

Please join Choir of the Earth on YouTube for our Ukraine fundraising Peace on Earth concert to raise funds for the Red Cross.

Ben England BEM will conduct Choir of the Earth in performances of pieces by Handel, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Purcell, Mozart, Vivaldi and Fauré. The programme also includes solo performances by mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and bass-baritone Ashley Riches, as well as a performance by the Self-Isolation Orchestra.

We ask non-choir members to kindly donate £5 to our Ukraine Fund.