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Rutland Boughton's 'Bethlehem'
New Sussex Opera
Part of the Bethlehem NSO 2024 Series
Add to my Calendar 23-11-2024 19:00 23-11-2024 21:00 36 Rutland Boughton's 'Bethlehem' New Sussex Opera follows its ‘jaw-droppingly stupendous’ production of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with a Chorus production of this magnificent but rarely heard work for soloists and chorus. First performed in 1915, Bethlehem is a gorgeous ‘choral drama’ based on a Coventry mystery play. Rutland Boughton’s music features beautiful choral writing, including wonderful arrangements of Christmas carols as you’ve never heard them before. Rutland Boughton was a contemporary of Vaughan Williams, a friend of George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy. St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Mary de Haura Church
Church Street
Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5DQ
England
Programme
Rutland Boughton – Bethlehem (1915)
Performers
Cate Couch – Director
Hilary Selby – Conductor
Phillip Sear – piano
Mehreen Shah – soprano
Mae Heydorn – mezzo-soprano
James Beddoe – tenor
Thomas Stevenson – baritone
New Sussex Opera Chorus
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Programme Note
New Sussex Opera follows its ‘jaw-droppingly stupendous’ production of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with a Chorus production of this magnificent but rarely heard work for soloists and chorus. First performed in 1915, Bethlehem is a gorgeous ‘choral drama’ based on a Coventry mystery play. Rutland Boughton’s music features beautiful choral writing, including wonderful arrangements of Christmas carols as you’ve never heard them before. Rutland Boughton was a contemporary of Vaughan Williams, a friend of George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy.
