Details
St Mary the Virgin Church
346 Lewisham High Street
Lewisham
London
SE13 6LE
England
Programme
Eric Whitacre – Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre – Seal Lullaby
John Tavener – The Lamb
John Tavener – The Tyger
Jonathan Dove – The Passing of the Year
Jonathan Dove – Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Enrique Granados – Goyescas: La Maja y el Ruisenor
Will Todd – Songs of Magical Creatures
Barbara Dudek – Room for All
Performers
Dan Ludford-Thomas – Conductor
Nico de Villiers – piano
Lewisham Choral Society
Programme Note
Lewisham Choral Society presents a lively summer concert reflecting themes of Lewisham’s Borough of Culture Year.
Cloudburst, by celebrated choral composer, Eric Whitacre, depicts people’s longing for rain in a parched desert, climaxing with a cloudburst of clapping, finger clicks and percussion - an apt piece to reflect today’s changing climate.
Room for All, a Borough of Culture commissioned work for LCS by composer Barbara Dudek, reflects another of the year’s key themes: Lewisham as a welcoming borough of sanctuary.
Pianist Nico de Villiers plays the sumptuous The Maiden and The Nightingale by Spanish composer Enrique Granados.
LCS will also be performing Whitacre’s The Seal Lullaby, John Tavener’s The Lamb and The Tyger, two joyful works by Jonathan Dove including Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars, and three jazzy Shakespeare settings by Will Todd.