Hymns of Paradise at Smith Square Hall, London on Friday 28th March 2025

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Hymns of Paradise

Add to my Calendar 28-03-2025 19:30 28-03-2025 21:30 36 Hymns of Paradise Goldsmiths Choral Union is joined by Affinity Chamber Orchestra and soloists Charlotte Bowden and Jeremy Budd to perform a gorgeous programme of music including Brahms Geistliches Lied, Haydn Little Organ Mass, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, Dyson Hierusalem and Howells Hymnus Paradisi. There is a close relationship between Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the work of Howells – Howells attended the world premiere in Gloucester Cathedral and was profoundly affected by it. Dyson’s Hierusalem is also inspired by Vaughan Williams, including similar textures and, at times, harmonic language. Brahms’ Giestliches Lied is luscious, deploying a double canon at the ninth throughout. The work is usually performed with organ, but this arrangement by John Elior Gardiner is for strings accompaniment. The Haydn, known as the Little Organ Mass because of the organ solo in the Benedictus, is light and joyful. Smith Square Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Smith Square Hall
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Friday 28th March 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Herbert Howells – Hymnus Paradisi
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
George Dyson – Hierusalem
Johannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied, Op.30
Joseph Haydn – Mass no.7 in B flat major 'Little Organ Mass', Hob.XXII:7

Performers

Richard Gowers – organ
Jeremy Budd – tenor
Charlotte Bowden – soprano

Goldsmiths Choral Union
Affinity Chamber Orchestra

Programme Note

Goldsmiths Choral Union is joined by Affinity Chamber Orchestra and soloists Charlotte Bowden and Jeremy Budd to perform a gorgeous programme of music including Brahms Geistliches Lied, Haydn Little Organ Mass, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, Dyson Hierusalem and Howells Hymnus Paradisi.

There is a close relationship between Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the work of Howells – Howells attended the world premiere in Gloucester Cathedral and was profoundly affected by it. Dyson’s Hierusalem is also inspired by Vaughan Williams, including similar textures and, at times, harmonic language.

Brahms’ Giestliches Lied is luscious, deploying a double canon at the ninth throughout. The work is usually performed with organ, but this arrangement by John Elior Gardiner is for strings accompaniment. The Haydn, known as the Little Organ Mass because of the organ solo in the Benedictus, is light and joyful.

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