Details
St Andrew & St Teilo Church
Woodville Road
Cardiff
CF24 4DX
Wales
Programme
Charles Villiers Stanford – 3 Motets: Beati quorum via
Janet Wheeler – Beati quorum via
Anton Bruckner – Locus iste, WAB 23
Will Todd – Locus iste
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Bogoróditse Dévo, ráduisya
Johannes Brahms – A German Requiem: 'How lovely are thy dwellings'
Russell Hepplewhite – How lovely are thy dwellings
Thomas Tallis – If ye love me
James McCarthy – If ye love me
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – Abendlied, Op.69 no.3
Joanna Marsh – Evening Prayer
Performers
Neil Ferris – Conductor
Michael Higgins – Accompanist
Sonoro
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
Roath Community Chorus
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Programme Note
Sonoro has commissioned six British composers to each write a work inspired by a ‘choral classic’ for its new project for 2019, Inspirations. The composers are Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Russell Hepplewhite, Joanna Marsh, James McCarthy, Will Todd (Sonoro’s Honorary Patron) and Janet Wheeler. These have been inspired by classic partner pieces by Brahms, Bruckner, Rahcmaninov, Rheinberger, Stanford and Tallis. As well as introducing six new works into the choral repertoire, Sonoro aims to encourage amateur and community choirs to have the confidence to sing more ambitious and contemporary music. The new commissions have all been written and at suitable level for amateur choirs, without being simplistic.
Each new piece and its classic partner-piece has been recorded by Sonoro, and will be released online as freely accessible video and audio tracks. The tracks are meant as tools to help amateur choirs learning the works, as well as being there for anyone to listen to and enjoy. From June to October, Sonoro will take all twelve pieces on tour for workshops in Cardiff, Newcastle, Birmingham and London and side-by-side performances by local choirs and Sonoro in the four cities.
The composers’ choices of choral classics, and the original classics are:
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Bogoroditse Dyevo
Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Dyevo
Russell Hepplewhite How lovely are thy dwellings
Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Joanna Marsh Evening Prayer
Rheinberger Abendlied
James McCarthy If ye love me
Tallis If ye love me
Will Todd Locus iste
Bruckner Locus iste
Janet Wheeler Beati quorum via
Stanford Beati quorum via
Sonoro is conducted by Neil Ferris, with Michael Higgins, piano.