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Details
Priory Church of St Mary & St Cuthbert
Bolton Abbey
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 6AL
England
Programme
Bob Chilcott – My Heart's Friend
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Chris O'Hara – Bright Star (A setting of a poem by John Keats)
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers): 'Come Let Us Worship'
Ola Gjeilo – Agnus Dei (Phoenix)
Various – other works
Performers
Manchester Chorale
Programme Note
Music for a summer's evening at Bolton Priory by one of Manchester's leading chamber choirs and featuring an exquisite and eclectic selection of songs.
The program includes 'My Heart's Friend', and 'Come Back' by Bob Chilcott; a selection of Scandinavian songs - Jussi Chydenius's 'Deep in the Night , two catchy Swedish numbers - 'Hold me Fast' and 'Coffee Time' plus 'Unicornus Captivatur' by Norwegian Ole Gjeilo
In complete contrast there are two Russian Orthodox songs (one by Rachmaninov) and Morten Lauridsen's 'O Magnum Mysterium' plus a pair of his beautiful songs from his settings of Rilke's 'Les Chansons des Roses' . And more...
