Kensington to Bloomsbury: Choral music by Howells and his contemporaries at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, London on Friday 10th February 2017

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Kensington to Bloomsbury

Choral music by Howells and his contemporaries

Add to my Calendar 10-02-2017 19:30 10-02-2017 21:30 36 Kensington to Bloomsbury We invite you to explore with us an unlikely cornerstone of London's musical culture: 'The George' pub on Great Portland St in Bloomsbury. In this establishment (nicknamed ‘The Gluepot’ by Sir Henry Wood, such was its adhesive effect on his musicians), an eclectic and fascinating group of composers gathered during the first half of the twentieth century. This concert marks the launch of fundraising for Londinium's debut recording, featuring a selection of their music, some of which has not previously been recorded, which will be made in July 2017. The 'Gluepot Connection' is represented in this concert in well-loved works by William Walton, Arnold Bax, John Ireland and EJ Moeran, alongside lesser-known gems by Alan Rawsthorne and Elisabeth Lutyens. The complete disc will also include Bax's Mater ora filium together with music by Frederick Delius, Peter Warlock and Humphrey Searle. To complement this selection we look to the Royal College of Music in Kensington, where Herbert Howells taught and several Gluepot composers were students; our concert includes Howells’ masterpiece, contemporary with many of the works we will perform: the Requiem of 1932. Londinium's website St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church
Holborn Viaduct
City of London
London
EC1A 2DQ
England

Friday 10th February 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

William Walton – Where does the uttered Music go?
Arnold Bax – I Sing of a Maiden
John Ireland – The Hills
Elisabeth Lutyens – Verses of Love
John Ireland – Twilight Night
Alan Rawsthorne – Four Seasonal Songs
~ Interval ~
Ernest John Moeran – Songs of Springtime
Herbert Howells – Requiem

Performers

Andrew Griffiths – Conductor

Londinium

Programme Note

We invite you to explore with us an unlikely cornerstone of London's musical culture: 'The George' pub on Great Portland St in Bloomsbury. In this establishment (nicknamed ‘The Gluepot’ by Sir Henry Wood, such was its adhesive effect on his musicians), an eclectic and fascinating group of composers gathered during the first half of the twentieth century. This concert marks the launch of fundraising for Londinium's debut recording, featuring a selection of their music, some of which has not previously been recorded, which will be made in July 2017.

The 'Gluepot Connection' is represented in this concert in well-loved works by William Walton, Arnold Bax, John Ireland and EJ Moeran, alongside lesser-known gems by Alan Rawsthorne and Elisabeth Lutyens. The complete disc will also include Bax's Mater ora filium together with music by Frederick Delius, Peter Warlock and Humphrey Searle. To complement this selection we look to the Royal College of Music in Kensington, where Herbert Howells taught and several Gluepot composers were students; our concert includes Howells’ masterpiece, contemporary with many of the works we will perform: the Requiem of 1932.

Londinium's website

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