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Details

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

Programme

Saint Alphonsus Liguori – Tu scendi dalle stelle
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas: Witches' Duet
Antonio Cesti – Orontea: 'Intorno all'idol mio'
Francesco Durante – Danza, Danza Fanciulla Gentile
Claudio Monteverdi – Chiome D'oro
Franz Schubert – Deutsche Messe, D.872: 'Holy, holy, holy'
Franz Schubert – An die Musik, D.547
Giacomo Carissimi – Piangete ohime
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, BWV 37: I will praise the Lord
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, BWV 9: Lord, see the good works of my heart
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, BWV 15: Laughing and Shouting for Joy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339: Laudate Dominum
Traditional Spanish – La Paloma Yradier
Ronald Binge – Where the gentle Avon flows
Edward MacDowell – To a Wild Rose, Op.51 no.1
Traditional – Oh no John
Camille Saint-Saëns – Ave Maria, Op.145
Roger Quilter – Go lovely Rose, Op.24 no.3
Roger Quilter – Weep you no more, Op.12 no.1
Felix Mendelssohn – On Wings of Song, Op.34 no.2
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs – Five Eyes
Mátyás Seiber – Three Hungarian Folk Songs: This Old Woman

Performers

Elizabeth Muir-Lewis – Conductor
Jennie Beckwith – piano
Katie Hoad-Hitchings – violin
Lizzie Howard – violin

Sussex Song Makers

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Programme Note

The Sussex Songmakers return to the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London with another innovative programme of music and poetry, and take us on a journey From Bach to Betjeman. The repertoire this evening is a real mix, and includes Fauré’s sublime Cantique de Jean Racine, Mozart’s sparkling Laudate Dominum, Hungarian and Spanish Songs, and songs, arias and duets by Bach, Binge, Mendelssohn, Quilter and Schubert, to name but a few. In between musical offerings, Nicholas Chisholm will perform some related poems, making this concert a true celebration of words and music, and bound to contain something for everyone. Accompaniment will be provided on the piano by Jennie Beckwith and on the violin by Katie Hoad-Hitchings and Lizzie Howard.

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