Holst Birthday Concert 2018 at St Andrew's Church, Cheltenham on Saturday 29th September 2018

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Holst Birthday Concert 2018

Add to my Calendar 29-09-2018 19:30 29-09-2018 21:30 36 Holst Birthday Concert 2018 Join us for the annual Holst Birthday concert, featuring Cheltenham Choral Society, and tenor soloist James Gilchrist accompanied by John Wright.  James and John will present some early, previously unpublished Holst songs. James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996. His musical interest was fired at a young age, singing first as a chorister in the choir of New College, Oxford, and later as a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge.  His extensive concert repertoire has seen him perform in major concert halls throughout the world.2018 is the 80th Anniversary of Cheltenham Choral Society, which was founded in 1938 by Morgan Islwyn Jones, who remained the principal conductor until 1973.  This concert will feature works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Bach, Tallis and Charles Wood. The Society will be conducted by Ian Higginson and accompanied by Alison Howell. St Andrew's Church, Cheltenham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew's Church
Montpellier Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1SP
England

Saturday 29th September 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Gustav Holst – 3 Festival Choruses, Op.36a
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon, 'Let all the world'
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Linden Lea
Thomas Tallis – If ye love me
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave verum corpus, K.618
Gustav Holst – Short Festival Te Deum, H.145

Performers

James Gilchrist – Tenor
Ian Higginson – Conductor
Alison Howell – piano

Cheltenham Choral Society

Programme Note

Join us for the annual Holst Birthday concert, featuring Cheltenham Choral Society, and tenor soloist James Gilchrist accompanied by John Wright. James and John will present some early, previously unpublished Holst songs.

James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996. His musical interest was fired at a young age, singing first as a chorister in the choir of New College, Oxford, and later as a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge. His extensive concert repertoire has seen him perform in major concert halls throughout the world.

2018 is the 80th Anniversary of Cheltenham Choral Society, which was founded in 1938 by Morgan Islwyn Jones, who remained the principal conductor until 1973. This concert will feature works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Bach, Tallis and Charles Wood. The Society will be conducted by Ian Higginson and accompanied by Alison Howell.

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