A Choral Flourish: Celebrating Vaughan Williams 150 years at St John the Evangelist Church, Derby on Saturday 12th November 2022

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A Choral Flourish

Celebrating Vaughan Williams 150 years

Add to my Calendar 12-11-2022 14:30 12-11-2022 16:30 36 A Choral Flourish The first concert by the Sitwell Singers with their newly-appointed conductor, the prize-winning Dexter Drown. An afternoon hour or so of choral items by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth together with the rarely performed final work of his almost exact French contemporary Florent Schmitt. In addition, Tom Corfield plays Schmitt's Marche Nuptiale for organ, and the 20th century programme is completed by items from Britten and Howells. St John the Evangelist Church, Derby DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John the Evangelist Church
Mill Street
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 3HZ
England

Saturday 12th November 2022
2:30 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Choral Flourish
Florent Schmitt – Marche nuptiale, Op.108
Benjamin Britten – Festival Te Deum, Op.32
Herbert Howells – Requiem
Florent Schmitt – Messe en quatre parties, Op.138
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Festival Te Deum
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Ralph Vaughan Williams – O clap your hands, motet

Performers

Dexter Drown – Conductor
Tom Corfield – organ

Sitwell Singers

Programme Note

The first concert by the Sitwell Singers with their newly-appointed conductor, the prize-winning Dexter Drown.

An afternoon hour or so of choral items by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth together with the rarely performed final work of his almost exact French contemporary Florent Schmitt. In addition, Tom Corfield plays Schmitt's Marche Nuptiale for organ, and the 20th century programme is completed by items from Britten and Howells.

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