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Allegri Miserere by candlelight
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2018 Spring Series
Add to my Calendar 14-04-2018 18:00 14-04-2018 20:00 36 Allegri Miserere by candlelight The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes the mixed-voice Choir of University College, Oxford for its festival debut in the gorgeous surroundings of a candlelit St Martin-in-the-Fields. This hour-long concert celebrates some of the great works for a cappella choir of the last 500 years, with Allegri's heart-stopping Miserere as the centrepieces. The programme also features several masterpieces of the great English choral tradition by Howells, Parry, Stanford and Wood, as well as less frequently heard works such as E. W. Naylor's Magnificat and Grieg's Ave Maris Stella. Join us for this concert of sumptuous music sung by these talented young voices. For more information please click here. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Programme
Edward Naylor – Magnificat in A
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – My Soul there is a country
Gustav Holst – Nunc Dimittis, H.127
William Walton – A Litany
Michael Tippett – A Child of our Time: Five Spirituals
Sergei Rachmaninov – To thee, O Lord, Op.31 no.12
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Charles Villiers Stanford – Beati Quorum Via, Op.39 no.3
Herbert Howells – Requiem
Edvard Grieg – Ave maris stella, EG 150
Traditional American – Shenandoah
Charles Wood – Hail Gladdening Light
Performers
Giles Underwood – Conductor
Chapel Choir of University College, Oxford
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Programme Note
The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes the mixed-voice Choir of University College, Oxford for its festival debut in the gorgeous surroundings of a candlelit St Martin-in-the-Fields. This hour-long concert celebrates some of the great works for a cappella choir of the last 500 years, with Allegri's heart-stopping Miserere as the centrepieces. The programme also features several masterpieces of the great English choral tradition by Howells, Parry, Stanford and Wood, as well as less frequently heard works such as E. W. Naylor's Magnificat and Grieg's Ave Maris Stella. Join us for this concert of sumptuous music sung by these talented young voices.
For more information please click here.