Invictus: A Passion. Howard Goodall. Faure Requiem at St John Baptist Church, Newport on Saturday 21st March 2020

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Invictus: A Passion. Howard Goodall. Faure Requiem

Add to my Calendar 21-03-2020 19:30 21-03-2020 21:30 36 Invictus: A Passion. Howard Goodall. Faure Requiem Howard Goodall’s Invictus: A Passion receives its Welsh premiere at St John the Baptist Church, Risca Road, Newport. March 21, 7.30 The work is a contemporary reflection on the themes of the traditional Christian Passion story with particular attention to the role and perspective of women. Poems by various authors are interwoven with the 1611 verse narrative of the biblical Passion by Æmelia Lanyer née Bassano, one of the first books published in the English language by a female poet. Interspersing extracts of her long-form poem are texts from various periods of historic turmoil, written or inspired by women which eloquently portray humility in the face of tyranny. These texts include Gethsemane by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary by Christina Georgina Rossetti and Slave Auction by Ellen Watkins Harper. Invictus: A Passion is performed by the Priory Singers, and Orchestra de Cymru with solo roles taken by Samantha Thomas (soprano) and Jeffrey Vernon Davies (tenor) both members of the choir. The programme is completed by the 1893 version of the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré. Soloists, Salli Marsdon and Peter Banks. St John Baptist Church, Newport DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John Baptist Church
57 Risca Road
Newport
NP20 4HX
Wales

Saturday 21st March 2020
7:30 PM

Programme

Howard Goodall – Invictus: A Passion (Welsh premiere)
Gabriel Fauré – Requiem, Op.48 (1883)

Performers

Samantha Thomas – soprano
Jeffrey Vernon Davies – Tenor
Stephen Benavente – Conductor

Priory Singers
Orchestra de Cymru

Programme Note

Howard Goodall’s Invictus: A Passion receives its Welsh premiere at St John the Baptist Church, Risca Road, Newport. March 21, 7.30

The work is a contemporary reflection on the themes of the traditional Christian Passion story with particular attention to the role and perspective of women. Poems by various authors are interwoven with the 1611 verse narrative of the biblical Passion by Æmelia Lanyer née Bassano, one of the first books published in the English language by a female poet. Interspersing extracts of her long-form poem are texts from various periods of historic turmoil, written or inspired by women which eloquently portray humility in the face of tyranny. These texts include Gethsemane by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary by Christina Georgina Rossetti and Slave Auction by Ellen Watkins Harper.

Invictus: A Passion is performed by the Priory Singers, and Orchestra de Cymru with solo roles taken by Samantha Thomas (soprano) and Jeffrey Vernon Davies (tenor) both members of the choir.

The programme is completed by the 1893 version of the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré. Soloists, Salli Marsdon and Peter Banks.

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