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St Michael and All Angels Church
St Michael's Avenue
Bramhall
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 2PG
England
Programme
Veljo Tormis – Four Estonian Lullabies
Benjamin Britten – Gloriana, Op.53: Choral Dances
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op.52 (singers and 4 hands)
Aaron Copland – Old American Songs (first & second set)
Performers
Neil Taylor – Conductor
Peter Durrant – piano
Tim Kennedy – piano
St George's Singers, Poynton
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Programme Note
A concert of charming choral works with their origins in the traditional song and dance music of peoples from around the world. Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer (Love Song Waltzes) with piano accompaniment for four hands explore the subject of love. Copland’s Old American Songs are based on traditional Shaker, minstrel, hymn and other tunes reflecting the history of the American nation. Britten’s simple and unpretentious Choral Dances from his opera Gloriana are sung in honour of Queen Elizabeth I by country girls and young rustics. Tormis’s Estonian Lullabies are unembellished four-part settings of songs which lie at the heart of Estonia’s cultural and musical heritage.
