For the Common Man at St Paul's Cathedral, London on Wednesday 11th July 2018

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For the Common Man

Part of the New Worlds 2018 Series

Add to my Calendar 11-07-2018 19:00 11-07-2018 21:00 36 For the Common Man NEW WORLDS The music of America and beyond, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the American Memorial Chapel at St Paul’s Cathedral For the Common Man St Paul’s Cathedral Choir and Organists, conducted by Andrew Carwood A chance to hear the most famous Cathedral Choir in the world singing into their own unique and breathtaking space, as they perform seminal American choral works of the twentieth-century.  Drawing on the anniversary of the American Memorial Chapel, the concert opens with Copland’s celebrated Fanfare for the Common Man, written in response to the US entry into World War 2, and closes with Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms from 1965, a dramatic reflection of the turbulence of the twentieth century, with a finale that invites all peoples to join together in unity.  Along the way we encounter the music of slavery and despair, and of joy, wonder and hope. Principal Sponsor: Katten Muchin Rosenman St Paul's Cathedral, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard
City of London
London
EC4M 8AD
England

Wednesday 11th July 2018
7:00 PM

Programme

Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Traditional – I wonder as I wander
Michael Tippett – Five African-American Spirituals
Charles Ives – Variations on America (arr. Cristan Richards)
Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei
~ Interval ~
Aaron Copland – In the Beginning
Antonin Dvorak – New World Symphony: Largo
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms

Performers

Andrew Carwood – Conductor

Choir of St Paul's Cathedral

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Programme Note

NEW WORLDS

The music of America and beyond, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the American Memorial Chapel at St Paul’s Cathedral

For the Common Man

St Paul’s Cathedral Choir and Organists, conducted by Andrew Carwood

A chance to hear the most famous Cathedral Choir in the world singing into their own unique and breathtaking space, as they perform seminal American choral works of the twentieth-century. Drawing on the anniversary of the American Memorial Chapel, the concert opens with Copland’s celebrated Fanfare for the Common Man, written in response to the US entry into World War 2, and closes with Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms from 1965, a dramatic reflection of the turbulence of the twentieth century, with a finale that invites all peoples to join together in unity. Along the way we encounter the music of slavery and despair, and of joy, wonder and hope.

Principal Sponsor: Katten Muchin Rosenman

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