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Trinity Church Centre
15 Nether Street
North Finchley
London
N12 7NN
England
Programme
John Wilbye – Sweet honey-sucking bees
Eric Whitacre – Seal Lullaby
Thomas Vautor – Sweet Suffolk Owl
John Tavener – The Lamb
Manning Sherwin – A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (arr. J Clements)
Jonathan Rathbone – Tyger, Tyger
Pierre Passereau – Il est bel et bon
Cecilia McDowall – Here Hum the Bees
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Edward Elgar – Owls (an epitaph), Op.53 no.4
Frank Bridge – The Bee, H.110
Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs: Die Nachtigall
Jacques Arcadelt – Il bianco e dolce cigno
Performers
John Winter – piano
David Lardi – Conductor
Finchley Chamber Choir
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Programme Note
All creatures great and small have frequently been a source of inspiration for composers of choral and vocal music. In this concert, you can enjoy pieces in the widest variety of styles, from the renaissance to the present day, all with an animal theme.
You’ll hear how different composers view the same creature - Thomas Vautor’s Suffolk Owl contrasting with Elgar’s eerie setting, and the bee as envisaged by John Wilbye, Frank Bridge right up to a recently premiered work by Cecilia McDowall. The Nightingale is heard in the Vienna of Alban Berg but also in Berkeley Square. Orlando Gibbons’ Silver Swan is paired with an Italian swan.
You can expect the widest variety of styles and moods, from the tranquil beauty of John Tavener’s The Lamb and Eric Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby, to the humour of Frederick Bridge’s The Goslings and Philip Colls’ Animal Songs.
