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Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst

Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2017 Spring Series

Add to my Calendar 19-03-2017 17:00 19-03-2017 19:00 36 Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes Cambridge University Musical Society Symphony Chorus and Percussion Ensemble for this exciting programme featuring Eric Whitacre's magnificent Cloudburst. The chorus will also perform works by Aaron Copland and Nicholas Maw alongside the London Premiere of Toby Young's Nature's Beauty, which was commissioned by the choir and will be premiered in Cambridge on the 4th March. The concert will also feature mezzo-soprano Carris Jones performing excerpts from Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson and pianist Leo Popplewell providing some contrast with a movement of Schumann's delightful Fantasiestücke for solo piano. For more information please click here. St Paul's Church (Actors' Church), London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Paul's Church (Actors' Church)
Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
England

Programme

Toby Young – Nature's Beauty
Aaron Copland – In the Beginning
Aaron Copland – Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson: Excerpts
Robert Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op.12: Des Abends
Eric Whitacre – Cloudburst
Nicholas Maw – One foot in Eden still, I stand

Performers

Steven Grahl – Conductor
 Carris Jones – mezzo-soprano
 Leo Popplewell – piano

Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
 Cambridge University Musical Society Percussion Ensemble

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Programme Note

The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London welcomes Cambridge University Musical Society Symphony Chorus and Percussion Ensemble for this exciting programme featuring Eric Whitacre's magnificent Cloudburst. The chorus will also perform works by Aaron Copland and Nicholas Maw alongside the London Premiere of Toby Young's Nature's Beauty, which was commissioned by the choir and will be premiered in Cambridge on the 4th March. The concert will also feature mezzo-soprano Carris Jones performing excerpts from Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson and pianist Leo Popplewell providing some contrast with a movement of Schumann's delightful Fantasiestücke for solo piano.

For more information please click here.

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