Songs of Devotion at St Pancras Church, London on Saturday 13th April 2019

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Songs of Devotion

Add to my Calendar 13-04-2019 19:00 13-04-2019 21:00 36 Songs of Devotion One of the great choral masterpieces of the 20th century Two choirs join together to give a performance of one of the great choral masterpieces of the 20th century, Alfred Schnittke's Choir Concerto. Written in 1984-85 the work sets texts drawn from The Book of Lamentations by the Armenian mystic and poet, Saint Gregory of Narek. The music is based on traditional harmony and melodic formualae of Russian Orthodox Chant, but Schnittke uses his large choir to create richly evocative textures full of Schnittke's personal musical language. Lasting 40 minutes, the Choir Concerto is modelled on the choral concertos by 18th century Russian composers which influenced the choral music of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. The work will be accompanied by a selection of other devotional works by Rachmaninov, Arvo Pärt and Anton Bruckner.   St Pancras Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Pancras Church
Euston Road
Bloomsbury
London
NW1 2BA
England

Saturday 13th April 2019
7:00 PM

Programme

Alfred Schnittke – Choir Concerto
Anton Bruckner – Locus iste, WAB 23
Anton Bruckner – Os justi, WAB 30
Arvo Pärt – Da Pacem
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo

Performers

Jessica Norton – Conductor

London Concord Singers
East London Chorus

Programme Note

One of the great choral masterpieces of the 20th century

Two choirs join together to give a performance of one of the great choral masterpieces of the 20th century, Alfred Schnittke's Choir Concerto. Written in 1984-85 the work sets texts drawn from The Book of Lamentations by the Armenian mystic and poet, Saint Gregory of Narek. The music is based on traditional harmony and melodic formualae of Russian Orthodox Chant, but Schnittke uses his large choir to create richly evocative textures full of Schnittke's personal musical language. Lasting 40 minutes, the Choir Concerto is modelled on the choral concertos by 18th century Russian composers which influenced the choral music of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.

The work will be accompanied by a selection of other devotional works by Rachmaninov, Arvo Pärt and Anton Bruckner.

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