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"Let us Garlands Bring"
A Musical Celebration of Shakespeare
Add to my Calendar 05-03-2016 19:30 05-03-2016 21:30 36 "Let us Garlands Bring" Kingston Choral Society marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a deliciously varied programme of Shakespearean music. Vaughan Williams’ cantata based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and Finzi’s exquisite Shakespeare songs rub shoulders with a fascinating tribute by the eighteenth-century composer Thomas Linley and the seductive Songs and Sonnets by jazz pianist George Shearing. St Andrew's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Andrew's Church
Maple Road
Surbiton
London
KT6 4DS
England
Programme
Thomas Linley – Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare
Ralph Vaughan Williams – In Windsor Forest
George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
Gerald Finzi – Let us garlands bring, Op.18
Performers
Marcus Farnsworth – baritone
Leanne Singh-Levett – piano
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Kingston Choral Society
Programme Note
Kingston Choral Society marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a deliciously varied programme of Shakespearean music. Vaughan Williams’ cantata based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and Finzi’s exquisite Shakespeare songs rub shoulders with a fascinating tribute by the eighteenth-century composer Thomas Linley and the seductive Songs and Sonnets by jazz pianist George Shearing.
