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Exultate Singers 'Dreams of Flight'
Part of the The Art of Flight Series
Add to my Calendar 15-10-2016 19:30 15-10-2016 21:30 36 Exultate Singers 'Dreams of Flight' Bristol’s celebrated chamber choir, Exultate Singers, presents a unique contribution to ‘The Art of Flight’ with a host of choral pieces from across the centuries. The eclectic programme contrasts madrigals inspired by birds and dramatic settings of words from the psalms with exciting contemporary pieces describing the soaring and excitement of aeroplanes and space flight. Some of the music is illustrated by projected images. A wonderfully vivid combination of words, music and pictures. St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England
Programme
Eric Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Various – madrigals by Janequin, Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Stanford
Bob Chilcott – High Flight and The First Powered Flight
Toby Young – Dancing Star
Maurice Ravel – Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis, M.69 no.2
Owain Park – The Wings of the Wind
Performers
Exultate Singers
Programme Note
Bristol’s celebrated chamber choir, Exultate Singers, presents a unique contribution to ‘The Art of Flight’ with a host of choral pieces from across the centuries. The eclectic programme contrasts madrigals inspired by birds and dramatic settings of words from the psalms with exciting contemporary pieces describing the soaring and excitement of aeroplanes and space flight. Some of the music is illustrated by projected images. A wonderfully vivid combination of words, music and pictures.
