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The Gluepot Connection - CD launch concert
An intriguing selection of 20th-century British choral music
Add to my Calendar 10-03-2018 19:30 10-03-2018 21:30 36 The Gluepot Connection - CD launch concert This celebratory concert marks the launch of Londinium's debut recording 'The Gluepot Connection' - a mouthwatering selection of British choral music by composers who frequented 'The George' pub in Great Portland Street in the first half of the twentieth century, released on the SOMM label. The programme includes highlights from the disc, including Arnold Bax's stupendous Mater ora filium and works by Alan Bush, John Ireland, Elisabeth Lutyens, EJ Moeran, Alan Rawsthorne and Peter Warlock. Alongside this glorious repertoire Londinium performs an underrated masterpiece: Kenneth Leighton's Mass for Double Choir, op.44. Copies of the disc, which includes several première recordings, will be available to purchase. St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church
Holborn Viaduct
Holborn, City of London
London
EC1A 2DQ
England
Programme
John Ireland – The Hills
Alan Rawsthorne – Four Seasonal Songs
Peter Warlock – The Full Heart
Ernest John Moeran – Songs of Springtime
Alan Bush – Lidice
Elisabeth Lutyens – Verses of Love
Adrian Peacock – Venite, gaudete!
~ Interval ~
Kenneth Leighton – Mass for Double Choir, Op.44
Arnold Bax – Mater ora filium
Performers
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Londinium
Programme Note
This celebratory concert marks the launch of Londinium's debut recording 'The Gluepot Connection' - a mouthwatering selection of British choral music by composers who frequented 'The George' pub in Great Portland Street in the first half of the twentieth century, released on the SOMM label. The programme includes highlights from the disc, including Arnold Bax's stupendous Mater ora filium and works by Alan Bush, John Ireland, Elisabeth Lutyens, EJ Moeran, Alan Rawsthorne and Peter Warlock. Alongside this glorious repertoire Londinium performs an underrated masterpiece: Kenneth Leighton's Mass for Double Choir, op.44. Copies of the disc, which includes several première recordings, will be available to purchase.
