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Tippett Sprituals from A Child of our Time
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2017 Autumn Series
Add to my Calendar 24-10-2017 14:00 24-10-2017 16:00 36 Tippett Sprituals from A Child of our Time The Vale of Clwyd Singers and Robert Sells make their Brandenburg Choral Festival debut in this afternoon concert of stunning a cappella choral music. Tippett's memorable Five Negro Spirituals will be at the heart of this programme, which also features gems of the Renaissance by Gibbons, Weelkes and Pearsall, favourites of the early twentieth-century English and French choral repertoire by Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Fauré, and some of the most popular choral works of recent times by MacMillan, Gjeilo, Lauridsen and Whitacre. Join us for this delightful concert in the beautiful surroundings of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy. For more information please click here. The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy
Savoy Hill
The Strand
London
WC2R 0DA
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare songs
James MacMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Blue Bird (arr. James Graham)
Gabriel Fauré – Après un Reve
Charles Villiers Stanford – Beati Quorum Via, Op.39 no.3
Eric Whitacre – Lux Arumque
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
William Harris – Bring Us, O Lord God
Michael Tippett – A Child of our Time: Five Spirituals
John Wilbye – Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Michael East – Hence stars, too dim
Robert Lucas Pearsall – Lay a Garland
Thomas Weelkes – As Vesta Was, from Latmos Hill Descending
Ola Gjeilo – Unicornis Captivatur
Performers
Robert Sells – Conductor
The Vale of Clwyd Singers
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Programme Note
The Vale of Clwyd Singers and Robert Sells make their Brandenburg Choral Festival debut in this afternoon concert of stunning a cappella choral music. Tippett's memorable Five Negro Spirituals will be at the heart of this programme, which also features gems of the Renaissance by Gibbons, Weelkes and Pearsall, favourites of the early twentieth-century English and French choral repertoire by Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Fauré, and some of the most popular choral works of recent times by MacMillan, Gjeilo, Lauridsen and Whitacre. Join us for this delightful concert in the beautiful surroundings of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy.
For more information please click here.
