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St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Aaron Copland – In the Beginning
Benjamin Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb, Op.30
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Samuel Barber – To be sung on the water, Op.42 no.2
Philip Glass – Three Songs a Capella
Cecilia McDowall – A Fancy of Folksongs
Samuel Barber – Hermit Songs, Op.29
Amy Beach – Hermit Thrush, Op.92
Performers
Dan Ludford-Thomas – Conductor
Clíodna Shanahan – piano
Cathy Bell – mezzo-soprano
Leo Ogungbemi – treble
Lewisham Choral Society
Programme Note
Lewisham Choral Society are excited to return to St John’s Smith Square following last summer's performance of Handel’s Dixit Dominus.
This year’s concert showcases some of the very best of the modern choral repertoire: Aaron Copland’s exquisite setting of the biblical text In the Beginning, for mezzo-soprano and choir, Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Eric Whitacre’s serene Sleep, Samuel Barber’s poignant song of love and loss To be Sung on the Water, rhythmic songs by minimalist composer Philip Glass, and a lively Fancy of Folksongs by Cecilia McDowall.
