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Smith Square Hall
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Francis Poulenc – 4 Motets pour un temps de pénitence, FP 97
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
Anton Bruckner – Christus factus est, WAB 11
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 1, My Soul there is a country
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 2, I know my soul hath power
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 3, Never weather-beaten sail
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 4, There is an old belief
Kenneth Leighton – Drop, drop slow tears
~ Interval ~
Herbert Howells – Requiem
Performers
Stephen Layton – Conductor
Polyphony
Programme Note
An opportunity to hear Polyphony – named recently by Classic FM as one of the greatest choirs in the world – in an eclectic programme of music for Holy Week, culminating in the Howells Requiem, “a wonderful, heart-aching work of searing beauty”.
