Danesborough Chorus: Rossini's Petite Messe Solonnelle at St Mary's Church, Woburn on Saturday 9th November 2019

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Danesborough Chorus

Rossini's Petite Messe Solonnelle

Add to my Calendar 09-11-2019 19:30 09-11-2019 21:30 36 Danesborough Chorus Rossini's Petite Messe Solonnelle, his last major composition, written in 1863, beguiles with its romantic moments and harmonic ingenuity, as well as the solemn beauty promised by the title, There's also plenty of operatic wit and hair-raising drama from this 'man of the theatre', who once said ' Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind'! St Mary's Church, Woburn DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Church
Park Street
Woburn
Bedfordshire
MK17 9PG
England

Saturday 9th November 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Gioachino Rossini – Petite messe solennelle
Alexandre Guilmant – Marche triomphale, Op.34
Alexandre Guilmant – Pastorale, Op.26

Performers

Ian Smith – Conductor
Elizabeth Bottone – soprano
Lilly Papaioannou – mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson – Tenor
Philip Tebb – Bass
John Witchell – piano
Tim Grant-Jones – harmonium

Danesborough Chorus

Programme Note

Rossini's Petite Messe Solonnelle, his last major composition, written in 1863, beguiles with its romantic moments and harmonic ingenuity, as well as the solemn beauty promised by the title,

There's also plenty of operatic wit and hair-raising drama from this 'man of the theatre', who once said ' Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind'!

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