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Whitacre, Bernstein, Barbershop, Ragtime, Gospel.
Add to my Calendar 16-11-2024 19:30 16-11-2024 21:30 36 Music from America The rhythm of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, the scrunchy harmonies of Whitacre's Cloudburst, the sublime beauty of Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium - plus barbershop, ragtime and gospel music. This concert brings you the very best of choral music from America. St George's Church, Birmingham DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St George's Church
1 Westbourne Crescent
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 3DQ
England
Programme
Moses Hogan – The Battle of Jericho
Ola Gjeilo – The Rose
Morten Lauridsen – Dirait-on
Aaron Copland – Old American Songs: 'I bought me a cat'
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi caritas
Aaron Copland – Le Chat et la Souris
Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei
Eric Whitacre – Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre – Seal Lullaby
Kirby Shaw – O Shenendoah (Traditional, arr Shaw)
Arthur Hall – My Evaline
Marshall Bartholemew – De Animals a-comin'
Scott Joplin – Elite Syncopations
Florence Price – Nimble Feet
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Moses Hogan – Elijah Rock (arr Hogan)
Performers
David Wynne – Conductor
Kevin Gill – piano
Tom Peverelle – Percussion
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Programme Note
The rhythm of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, the scrunchy harmonies of Whitacre's Cloudburst, the sublime beauty of Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium - plus barbershop, ragtime and gospel music. This concert brings you the very best of choral music from America.
