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Bernstein Chichester Psalms
20th-century choral classics
Part of the Highgate Choral Society 2017-2018 Season
Add to my Calendar 19-05-2018 19:00 19-05-2018 21:00 36 Bernstein Chichester Psalms 2018 marks the centenary of the birth of composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist Leonard Bernstein, whose most famous scores include West Side Story, On the Town, Candide and On the Waterfront. Commissioned from Bernstein by the Dean of Chichester Cathedral for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival, the Chichester Psalms received its UK premiere on 31st July 1965 and has gone on to become a highly popular staple of choral societies to this day. Consisting of three short movements, the Chichester Psalms is sung in Hebrew. Our programme of 20th- and 21st-century compositions is completed with choral works by Janáček, Morten Lauridsen and Vaughan Williams. St Michael's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Michael's Church
South Grove
Highgate
London
N6 6BJ
England
Programme
Benjamin Britten – Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac', Op.51
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon, 'Let all the world'
Leoš Janáček – Otčenáš (The Lord's Prayer)
Morten Lauridsen – Nocturnes
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Performers
James Hall – countertenor
James Way – Tenor
Milo Harper – Harp
Ronald Corp – Conductor
Highgate Choral Society
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Programme Note
2018 marks the centenary of the birth of composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist Leonard Bernstein, whose most famous scores include West Side Story, On the Town, Candide and On the Waterfront.
Commissioned from Bernstein by the Dean of Chichester Cathedral for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival, the Chichester Psalms received its UK premiere on 31st July 1965 and has gone on to become a highly popular staple of choral societies to this day. Consisting of three short movements, the Chichester Psalms is sung in Hebrew.
Our programme of 20th- and 21st-century compositions is completed with choral works by Janáček, Morten Lauridsen and Vaughan Williams.
