A Sense of the Divine – Pictures at a Concert Hall at St George's Bristol, Bristol on Saturday 9th June 2018

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

A Sense of the Divine – Pictures at a Concert Hall

Part of the St George's Bristol Spring / Summer 2018 Season

Add to my Calendar 09-06-2018 19:30 09-06-2018 21:30 36 A Sense of the Divine – Pictures at a Concert Hall “All art constantly aspires to the condition of music”, said the art critic Walter Pater. In this unique concert, Exultate Singers explores the relationship between paintings and music. Dr Beth Williamson, Reader in History of Art at the University of Bristol, introduces paintings from around the world and across the centuries. Works by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Canaletto, Monet, Dalí, Delacroix, Whistler, Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock will be projected above the choir as they perform music associated with and inspired by the paintings. This year’s Sense of the Divine concert will be a feast for the eyes as well as the ears. exultatesingers.org@ExultateSingers ‘Exultate produced a purity of sound worthy of King’s College, Cambridge’ THE GUARDIAN Special Offer All tickets half price for Students/U18s St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England

Saturday 9th June 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Guillaume Dufay – Nuper rosarum flores
Gustav Holst – Come to me in the silence of the night
Pablo Casals – O Vos Omnes
Lili Boulanger – Hymne au Soleil
Giovanni Gabrieli – Omnes gentes
John Tavener – Hymn to the Mother of God
John Tavener – The Lamb
Francis Poulenc – Figure Humaine, FP 120
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere

Performers

David Ogden – Conductor
Beth Williamson – Presenter

Exultate Singers

Programme Note

“All art constantly aspires to the condition of music”, said the art critic Walter Pater. In this unique concert, Exultate Singers explores the relationship between paintings and music. Dr Beth Williamson, Reader in History of Art at the University of Bristol, introduces paintings from around the world and across the centuries. Works by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Canaletto, Monet, Dalí, Delacroix, Whistler, Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock will be projected above the choir as they perform music associated with and inspired by the paintings. This year’s Sense of the Divine concert will be a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.

exultatesingers.org
@ExultateSingers

‘Exultate produced a purity of sound worthy of King’s College, Cambridge’ THE GUARDIAN

Special Offer

All tickets half price for Students/U18s

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