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Details
St Andrew's UR Church
Northey Avenue
Cheam
London
SM2 7HF
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 (Under 25s half price)
Book Tickets
Programme
Ola Gjielo – Dark Night of the Soul
Ola Gjeilo – Luminous Night of the Soul
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange – A Season to Sing (A choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons)
Performers
Julian Collings – Conductor
Peter Jaekel – piano
Programme Note
A Season to Sing is a choral reimagining of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange. It will be at St Andrew's Church in Cheam.
It weaves Bible verses, poetry, hymns, madrigals and sonnets into Vivaldi’s very popular music, creating a colourful and expressive musical journey through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. It is bookended with Forbes L’Estrange’s own original settings of To everything there is a season.
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange says: “The Four Seasons is the first piece of music I can remember hearing from my childhood. I used to dance around the sitting room to it! I thought a great way to mark its 300th anniversary would be to make it possible for choirs to perform it. Vivaldi’s tunes are so magnificent they deserve to be sung!”
The concert also includes two beautiful pieces by Ola Gjeilo and a mystical work by Morten Lauridsen.
