Rhymes and Charms: Kingston Choral Society Summer Concert at St Andrew's Church, London on Saturday 28th June 2025

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

Rhymes and Charms

Kingston Choral Society Summer Concert

Add to my Calendar 28-06-2025 19:30 28-06-2025 21:30 36 Rhymes and Charms Midsummer Magic Comes to Surbiton   On Saturday 28 June Kingston Choral Society (KCS) returns to St Andrew’s Church, Surbiton, KT6 4DS to present Rhymes & Charms.   A selection of charming songs from across five centuries which evokes green summer meadows and skies buzzing with life.  There is a particular emphasis on the elusive magic of flying creatures, with bees, bats, ladybirds and crickets, featuring alongside birds of many feathers, including swans, cuckoos, crows, owls and magpies.   Contemporary composer Kerry Andrew’s Rhymes & Charms for Flyaway Things inspired the concert’s title.  The piece was commissioned by Making Music after Andrew won their prize at the 2010 British Composer Awards.  KCS Musical Director Andrew Griffiths’ imaginative programme juxtaposes this modern collection of “very sweet” songs about nature with well-loved renaissance madrigals, and further blends tradition with modernity with a performance of the beautifully harmonised arrangements of John Rutter’s folk song cycle, A Sprig of Thyme.   Andrew Griffiths will conduct the choir, accompanied by special guest, the distinguished pianist, Libby Burgess.   For more information see :  https://kingstonchoralsociety.org.uk/concerts/rhymes-charms/ St Andrew's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew's Church
Maple Road
Surbiton
London
KT6 4DS
England

Saturday 28th June 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Kerry Andrew – Rhymes & Charms
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 24 Negro Melodies: X, Deep River
Florence Price – Clouds
Josquin des Prez – El Grillo
Thomas Vautor – Sweet Suffolk Owl
John Bennet – All creatures now
Charles Butler – Melissomelos: The Bees Madrigall
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
John Rutter – The Sprig of Thyme

Performers

Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Libby Burgess – Piano

Kingston Choral Society

Programme Note

Midsummer Magic Comes to Surbiton

On Saturday 28 June Kingston Choral Society (KCS) returns to St Andrew’s Church, Surbiton, KT6 4DS to present Rhymes & Charms. A selection of charming songs from across five centuries which evokes green summer meadows and skies buzzing with life. There is a particular emphasis on the elusive magic of flying creatures, with bees, bats, ladybirds and crickets, featuring alongside birds of many feathers, including swans, cuckoos, crows, owls and magpies.

Contemporary composer Kerry Andrew’s Rhymes & Charms for Flyaway Things inspired the concert’s title. The piece was commissioned by Making Music after Andrew won their prize at the 2010 British Composer Awards. KCS Musical Director Andrew Griffiths’ imaginative programme juxtaposes this modern collection of “very sweet” songs about nature with well-loved renaissance madrigals, and further blends tradition with modernity with a performance of the beautifully harmonised arrangements of John Rutter’s folk song cycle, A Sprig of Thyme.

Andrew Griffiths will conduct the choir, accompanied by special guest, the distinguished pianist, Libby Burgess.

For more information see :

https://kingstonchoralsociety.org.uk/concerts/rhymes-charms/

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