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Details

St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England

Programme

Lucy Walker – There will come soft rains
Richard Dering – Factum est silentium
John Joubert – Lines from 'The Youth of Man', Op.90
Barbara Strozzi – Che si può fare (arr. Clare O'Connell)
Fernanda de las Infantas – Congregati sunt inimici nostri
Rudolph Mauersberger – Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, RMWV 4/1
John Tavener – Svyati
~ Interval ~
Gabriel Jackson – In memoriam
Howard Skempton – After Rain
Thomas Tallis – O Nata Lux
John Joubert – Let There Be Light
Heinrich Schütz – Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich, SWV 372
Richard Rodney Bennett – A Farewell to Arms
Lucy Walker – I saw eternity

Performers

Clare O'Connell – cello
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor

Londinium

Programme Note

Chamber choir Londinium is joined by acclaimed collaborative cellist Clare O'Connell for an evening of luminous and meditative music exploring themes of conflict, loss, resilience, and hope. Our programme is anchored by two masterpieces for cello and choir: John Tavener's haunting Svyati, in which the cello represents the Ikon of Christ, and Richard Rodney Bennett's warm-hearted A Farewell to Arms, in which it embodies a war-weary soldier. Woven around them is a sequence of classic motets by Tallis, Dering and Schütz, heartfelt works by Joubert and Mauersberger, and radiant recent music by Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton, and Lucy Walker. 

Tickets include a complimentary programme, and wine will be served.

Londinium: A Farewell to Arms

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