Music of the Mystics at St Michaels & All Angels, Leeds on Sunday 3rd July 2016

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Music of the Mystics

Add to my Calendar 03-07-2016 20:00 03-07-2016 22:00 36 Music of the Mystics Leeds-based St Peter’s Singers are no strangers to innovation, and on Sunday 3 July (8.00pm) they present a programme at St Michael’s, Headingley, Leeds (LS6 3AW) including no fewer than six works written by or for members of the choir. Entitled Music of the Mystics, the recital will include settings by well-known composers such as Vaughan Williams, Finzi [1901-1956], Leighton, Barber, Parry and Wood [1866-1926]of poets such as George Herbert, William Blake, Robert Southwell, Richard Crashaw and Gerald Manley Hopkins. But it will also comprise the first performance of a work created by two choir members, Hannah Stone (poet) and Matthew Oglesby (composer) along with first performances of works written by Philip Moore and David Hill for conductor Dr Simon Lindley’s 65th birthday, as well as a work by choir member Alasdair Jamieson and two other works by Matthew Oglesby. St Peter’s Singers will be directed Dr Simon Lindley and accompanied by David Houlder (organ). St Michaels & All Angels, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Michaels & All Angels
St Michael's Road
Headingley
Leeds
LS6 3AW
England

Sunday 3rd July 2016
8:00 PM

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs: I. Easter, 'Rise, heart, thy Lord is Risen'
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sweet Day (from "Three Elizabethan Partsongs")
Hill David – O Salutaris Hostia
Philip Moore – Evening Hymn
Charles Wood – The Lamb
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 3, Never weather-beaten sail
Samuel Barber – Heaven-haven (A Nun Takes The Veil)
Kenneth Leighton – God's Grandeur
Alasdair Jamieson – The Burning Babe
Matthew Oglesby – Stay, stay said Earth
Matthew Oglesby – O send out thy light
Matthew Oglesby – Picking fruit on the Eve of the Transfiguration
Gerald Finzi – Lo, The Full Final Sacrifice

Performers

Quentin Brown – baritone
David Houlder – organ
Simon Lindley – Conductor

St Peter's Singers

Programme Note

Leeds-based St Peter’s Singers are no strangers to innovation, and on Sunday 3 July (8.00pm) they present a programme at St Michael’s, Headingley, Leeds (LS6 3AW) including no fewer than six works written by or for members of the choir.

Entitled Music of the Mystics, the recital will include settings by well-known composers such as Vaughan Williams, Finzi [1901-1956], Leighton, Barber, Parry and Wood [1866-1926]of poets such as George Herbert, William Blake, Robert Southwell, Richard Crashaw and Gerald Manley Hopkins.

But it will also comprise the first performance of a work created by two choir members, Hannah Stone (poet) and Matthew Oglesby (composer) along with first performances of works written by Philip Moore and David Hill for conductor Dr Simon Lindley’s 65th birthday, as well as a work by choir member Alasdair Jamieson and two other works by Matthew Oglesby.

St Peter’s Singers will be directed Dr Simon Lindley and accompanied by David Houlder (organ).

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