CHORAL
GEMS
THROUGH THE AGES |
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Conductor:
Rebecca Johnson
Accompanist:
Helen Kirk ~ Solo Vocalist: Ben Noble
Violins:
Clare Gale and Dan Hands
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Programme
of Choir Pieces
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| William
Byrd - Sing Joyfully. |
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| Mozart
- Veni Sancte Spiritus. |
| Bruckner
- Three Graduals (two only): |
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Locus
Iste |
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Christus
Factus Est |
| Mascagni
- 'Easter hymn' from Cavalleria Rusticana |
| Fauré
- Cantique de Jean Racine Op 11 |
| Rachmaninoff
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Priidite,
poklonimsya. (Come, Let Us Worship) |
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Bogoroditse
Devo. (Rejoice, O Virgin) |
| Elgar
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The
Snow |
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Fly
Singing Bird Fly |
| Vaughan
Williams - Turtle Dove |
| Leonard
Bernstein - West Side Story - A Medley |
| Ola
Gjeilo - Northern Lights |
| Eric
Whitacre - Sleep |
After
the amazing success of the choir's performance of Handel's Messiah,
the Society is ringing the changes for this concert. From the
17th century to the 21st, from the Renaissance to the present
day, the evening will feature a wonderful variety of shorter
choral works from across the centuries.
So
a great English composer of the Tudor and Stuart age - William
Byrd - will rub shoulders with the most celebrated choral
composer of the internet generation - Eric Whitacre.
The audience will be taken through the ages with an 18th century
work by Mozart, 19th century classics from Mascagni
(the Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana), Fauré
and Bruckner (including Locus iste), and the 20th century
represented by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninoff
(selections from the Vespers). Norwegian Ola Gjeilo
(with Northern Lights) and American Eric Whitacre are
two of the finest 21st century choral composers
Whitacres
phenomenal Sleep will be the evening's final highlight. Composed
in 2000 as a conventional work for a 16 person choir in Austin,
Texas, this stunningly beautiful piece has been at the centre
of the amazing 'virtual choir' movement, where the home-recorded
videos of thousands of individual singers from as many as
70 countries are brought together in a single video performance
uploaded to YouTube.
At last check the latest version of Sleep had nearly two and
a quarter million views on the video-sharing website!
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The
fascinating programme will be rounded out with solo
numbers from guest singer Ben Noble, and pieces by violin
duet Clare Gale and Dan Hands.
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