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St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England
Programme
Clément Janequin – Le chant des oiseaux
Felix Mendelssohn – Die Nachtigall
Gerald Finzi – Nightingales, Op.17 no.5
Gabriel Jackson – Nightingale Fragments
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – Abendfriede, Op.52 no.5
Caroline Shaw – And the Swallow
Jonathan Dove – Who Killed Cock Robin?
~ Interval ~
William Byrd – This Sweet and Merry Month of May
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Bluebird
Michael Tippett – The Windhover
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Bob Chilcott – Silver Swan
Charles Butler – Melissomelos: The Bees Madrigall
Cecilia McDowall – Here Hum the Bees
Eric Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Performers
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Londinium
Programme Note
In this enchanting programme, chamber choir Londinium takes to the air to explore the domain of birds and other flying creatures. We encounter nightingales, swans, bees, swallows and much else besides, pairing fine recent works by Gabriel Jackson, Cecilia McDowall, Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Dove, and Caroline Shaw with madrigals and chansons by Byrd, Janequin, Gibbons, and the 'father of English bee-keeping', Rev. Charles Butler. Completing this colourful selection are classic works by Finzi, Stanford, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and Tippett, and Eric Whitacre's dazzlingly inventive response to Leonardo da Vinci's dream of human flight.
Tickets include a complimentary programme, and wine will be served in the interval.
