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Valiant-for-Truth: Vaughan Williams at 150
Londinium (chamber choir)
Add to my Calendar 08-04-2022 19:30 08-04-2022 21:30 36 Valiant-for-Truth: Vaughan Williams at 150 Chamber choir Londinium celebrates the wonderful a cappella music of Ralph Vaughan Williams to mark 150 years since his birth. Alongside a generous selection of Vaughan Williams' own works, including the classic Valiant-for-Truth and Three Shakespeare Songs, we perform music by his teachers Parry, Stanford and Ravel, and by his students Ina Boyle, Imogen Holst and Elizabeth Maconchy, as well as gems by his close friends Gustav Holst and Finzi. St Gabriel's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Gabriel's Church
Warwick Square
Pimlico
London
SW1V 2AD
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – My Soul there is a country
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Rest
Gustav Holst – Nunc Dimittis, H.127
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The turtle dove
Maurice Ravel – Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis, M.69 no.2
Ralph Vaughan Williams – O Vos Omnes
Ina Boyle – The Light'ner of the Stars
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Valiant-for-truth
~ Interval ~
Imogen Holst – A Hymne to Christ
Elizabeth Maconchy – Nocturnal
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Blue Bird (arr. James Graham)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Silence and Music
Gerald Finzi – A Garland for the Queen: 'White flowering days'
Kenneth Leighton – London Town
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare songs
Performers
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Londinium
Programme Note
Chamber choir Londinium celebrates the wonderful a cappella music of Ralph Vaughan Williams to mark 150 years since his birth. Alongside a generous selection of Vaughan Williams' own works, including the classic Valiant-for-Truth and Three Shakespeare Songs, we perform music by his teachers Parry, Stanford and Ravel, and by his students Ina Boyle, Imogen Holst and Elizabeth Maconchy, as well as gems by his close friends Gustav Holst and Finzi.
