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Choral Discoveries: Jesu, Meine Freude - Lea Singers
An atmospheric programme exploring the highways and byways of choral music
Part of the Choral Discoveries 2022/23 Series
Add to my Calendar 18-03-2023 20:00 18-03-2023 22:00 36 Choral Discoveries: Jesu, Meine Freude - Lea Singers Harpenden’s leading chamber choir continue their new series of Choral Discoveries, with an atmospheric programme exploring the highways and byways of choral music in the Lady Chapel of St. Albans Abbey. Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude has a simple austerity that sits perfectly with its origins as a funeral motet, and Bortniansky’s music was definitely influenced by the Baroque. Nystedt’s epic Prayers of Kierkegaard follows, full of Nordic spices, and the concert builds to a dramatic climax using Hindu Temple gong and organ in Tavener’s Mother and Child. If you’re a first-timer, dip into over 400 years of singing. And even if you’re an expert, we guarantee you’ll hear something you haven’t heard before! Lady Chapel - St Albans Cathedral, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Lady Chapel - St Albans Cathedral
Sumpter Yard
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1BY
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu Meine Freude (chorale prelude), BWV 610
Dmytro Bortniansky – Sacred Concerto no.32 'Lord, Let Me Know Mine End'
Knut Nystedt – Prayers of Kierkegaard
John Tavener – Mother and Child
Performers
Benjamin Kirk – Conductor
Richard Pinel – organ
Lea Singers
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Programme Note
Harpenden’s leading chamber choir continue their new series of Choral Discoveries, with an atmospheric programme exploring the highways and byways of choral music in the Lady Chapel of St. Albans Abbey.
Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude has a simple austerity that sits perfectly with its origins as a funeral motet, and Bortniansky’s music was definitely influenced by the Baroque. Nystedt’s epic Prayers of Kierkegaard follows, full of Nordic spices, and the concert builds to a dramatic climax using Hindu Temple gong and organ in Tavener’s Mother and Child.
If you’re a first-timer, dip into over 400 years of singing. And even if you’re an expert, we guarantee you’ll hear something you haven’t heard before!
