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Thomas Tallis Society - Songs & Sonnets
A Celebration of Roses, Sonnets, Jazz and all that is Sacred
Part of the Thomas Tallis Society 2023 Season
Add to my Calendar 17-09-2023 19:30 17-09-2023 21:30 36 Thomas Tallis Society - Songs & Sonnets The Thomas Tallis Society Choir performs a celebratory programme of music by English composers from the 16th to 21st century in both serious and lighter veins, conducted by Eamonn Dougan. The programme includes sacred and secular music of the 16th century composer William Byrd, madrigals by the 20th century composer Herbert Howells, 'Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare’ by the 20th/21st jazz pianist George Shearing, as well as 21st century composer Bob Chilcott’s lively ‘A Little Jazz Mass’. Solo piano items include the well known ‘To a Wild Rose’ by Edward MacDowell and Peter Dickinson’s 'Wild Rose Rag’, performed by Paul Plummer. St Alfege Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Alfege Church
3 Greenwich Church Street
Greenwich
London
SE10 9BJ
England
Programme
George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets
Bob Chilcott – Little Jazz Mass
William Byrd – Turn our captivity
William Byrd – Blow up the trumpet
Herbert Howells – In Youth is Pleasure
Peter Dickinson – Wild Rose Stag
Edward MacDowell – To a Wild Rose, Op.51 no.1
Performers
Eamonn Dougan – Conductor
Paul Plummer – piano
Thomas Tallis Society Choir
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Programme Note
The Thomas Tallis Society Choir performs a celebratory programme of music by English composers from the 16th to 21st century in both serious and lighter veins, conducted by Eamonn Dougan.
The programme includes sacred and secular music of the 16th century composer William Byrd, madrigals by the 20th century composer Herbert Howells, 'Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare’ by the 20th/21st jazz pianist George Shearing, as well as 21st century composer Bob Chilcott’s lively ‘A Little Jazz Mass’.
Solo piano items include the well known ‘To a Wild Rose’ by Edward MacDowell and Peter Dickinson’s 'Wild Rose Rag’, performed by Paul Plummer.
