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National Youth Choir of Great Britain Fellowship Octet
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Add to my Calendar 13-07-2019 19:30 13-07-2019 21:30 36 National Youth Choir of Great Britain Fellowship Octet This year’s NYCGB Fellowship Octet presents a kaleidoscope of music written or arranged for voices spanning many centuries, continents and musical genres. From sacred and secular music from Renaissance Europe to a cappella arrangements of songs from legendary groups Queen and Simon & Garkunfel, interspersed with folk songs, African chants and choral classics by Brahms, Vaughan Williams and MacMillan, the Fellows will dazzle with their vocal virtuosity and stylish singing. Windmill Hill Archive Centre, Aylesbury DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Windmill Hill Archive Centre
Waddesdon Manor
Silk Street
Waddesdon
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 0JZ
England
Programme
Ben Parry – Star of the County Down
James MacMillan – Miserere
James MacMillan – Factus est repente
Johannes Brahms – Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op.109
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare songs
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Devo
Judith Weir – Love Bade Me Welcome
Francisco Guerrero – Ego Flos Campi
David Hamilton – Caliban's Song
William Byrd – Laudibus in Sanctis
Peter Philips – Ave Jesu Christe
Performers
National Youth Choir Fellowship Octet
Programme Note
This year’s NYCGB Fellowship Octet presents a kaleidoscope of music written or arranged for voices spanning many centuries, continents and musical genres. From sacred and secular music from Renaissance Europe to a cappella arrangements of songs from legendary groups Queen and Simon & Garkunfel, interspersed with folk songs, African chants and choral classics by Brahms, Vaughan Williams and MacMillan, the Fellows will dazzle with their vocal virtuosity and stylish singing.
