Penthos - a New Requiem: first performance by St Peter's Singers at St Michaels & All Angels, Leeds on Saturday 27th October 2018

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

Penthos - a New Requiem

first performance by St Peter's Singers

Add to my Calendar 27-10-2018 18:00 27-10-2018 20:00 36 Penthos - a New Requiem Penthos is an inspirational new musical work - a Requiem - created by two Leeds-based artists. It will receieve its first performance on Saturday 27 October at 6.00pm at St Michael's Church in Headingley. The concert forms part of Leeds' centenary commemorations of the Armistice that marked the end of the Great War (1914-18). Scored for choir, orchestra and soloists, Matthew Oglesby’s music fuses ancient sounds of Russian bells and Eastern Orthodox chanting with the music of English, French and German composers from the time of the Great War. Moments of stunning choral simplicity contrast with the carefully orchestrated sounds of a sizeable orchestra and the highly personalized utterances of contralto and baritone soloists. Hannah Stone is an award-winning poet who, in her professional life, is also an academic expert on penthos. Her text draws on this knowledge and, following the example of the early Eastern Christian monks who wrote about it, expresses it in poetry that is rich in imagery, vivid in its portrayal of key characters and skilful in its use of different forms. St Michaels & All Angels, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

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

Saturday 27th October 2018
6:00 PM

Programme

Rudolph Mauersberger – Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst, RMWV 4/1
Matthew Oglesby – Penthos (2018)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Mass in C major, Op.86

Performers

Sally Robinson – Leader
David Houlder – organ
Simon Lindley – Director
Lucy Appleyard – contralto
Quentin Brown – Bass

St Peter's Singers
National Festival Orchestra

Programme Note

Penthos is an inspirational new musical work - a Requiem - created by two Leeds-based artists. It will receieve its first performance on Saturday 27 October at 6.00pm at St Michael's Church in Headingley.

The concert forms part of Leeds' centenary commemorations of the Armistice that marked the end of the Great War (1914-18).

Scored for choir, orchestra and soloists, Matthew Oglesby’s music fuses ancient sounds of Russian bells and Eastern Orthodox chanting with the music of English, French and German composers from the time of the Great War. Moments of stunning choral simplicity contrast with the carefully orchestrated sounds of a sizeable orchestra and the highly personalized utterances of contralto and baritone soloists.

Hannah Stone is an award-winning poet who, in her professional life, is also an academic expert on penthos. Her text draws on this knowledge and, following the example of the early Eastern Christian monks who wrote about it, expresses it in poetry that is rich in imagery, vivid in its portrayal of key characters and skilful in its use of different forms.

Penthos Requiem - first performance by St Peter's Singers

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