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Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Music from the English choral tradition
Add to my Calendar 07-03-2019 19:30 07-03-2019 21:30 36 Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor Vaughan Williams’ rich and impassioned Mass in G Minor forms the centrepiece for this inspiring programme of music from the English choral tradition. English ‘pastoralism’, rooted in folk music, nostalgia, and a love of the English countryside, revolutionised British music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, giving rise to some of the greatest church music ever written. Do not miss this concert of stirring pieces, several of them chosen by members of the choir. St Katharine Cree, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Katharine Cree
86 Leadenhall Street
City of London
London
EC3A 3BP
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Mass in G minor
Charles Villiers Stanford – 3 Motets, Op.38
Gustav Holst – Turn back, O man, Op.36a no.2
Charles Wood – Hail Gladdening Light
Herbert Whitton Sumsion – They that go down to the sea in ships
Herbert Howells – Like as the Hart
Charles Wood – O Thou the central orb
Performers
Julian Collings – Director
Colin Spinks – organ
Ad Libitum Chamber Choir
Programme Note
Vaughan Williams’ rich and impassioned Mass in G Minor forms the centrepiece for this inspiring programme of music from the English choral tradition. English ‘pastoralism’, rooted in folk music, nostalgia, and a love of the English countryside, revolutionised British music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, giving rise to some of the greatest church music ever written. Do not miss this concert of stirring pieces, several of them chosen by members of the choir.
