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St Cecilia Festival Society Concert
Part of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra 2017-18 Season
Add to my Calendar 14-10-2017 19:30 14-10-2017 21:30 36 St Cecilia Festival Society Concert The biennial St Cecilia Festival Concert brings together three choirs: their all-Russian programme features Rachmaninoff’s dramatic choral symphony The Bells (setting poems by Edgar Allan Poe), the Polovtsian Dances by Borodin and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture in a spectacular choral version. Shostakovich’s turbulent symphonic poem October for orchestra completes the programme. St Albans Cathedral, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Albans Cathedral
Holywell Hill
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1BY
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – The Bells, Op.35
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture, Op.49
Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphonic Poem in C minor 'October', Op.131
Performers
John Gibbons – Conductor
Anna Gorbachyova – Singer
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Hardynge Choir
Radlett Choral Society
St Albans Chamber Choir
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Programme Note
The biennial St Cecilia Festival Concert brings together three choirs: their all-Russian programme features Rachmaninoff’s dramatic choral symphony The Bells (setting poems by Edgar Allan Poe), the Polovtsian Dances by Borodin and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture in a spectacular choral version. Shostakovich’s turbulent symphonic poem October for orchestra completes the programme.
