A sparkling set of choral gems will be on display in our June concert. Vaughan Williams' powerful setting of George Herbert's Five Mystical Songs, with baritone (XX) is familiar fare to many, but an exciting new find is Donald Fraser's compelling arrangement of Elgar's Sea Pictures for choir, more often heard as a contralto solo. [...]
7.30pm Fri 27th May SIR EDWARD ELGAR: The Spanish Lady: Comedy Overture, FREDERICK DELIUS: Petite Suite pour Orchestre, SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G minor, WILLIAM ALWYN: Concerto Grosso no.1 in B-flat, REGINALD (R. O.) MORRIS: Sinfonia in C and RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Ballet: Old King Cole with the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA MARTIN YATES | conductor [...]
Do come along for a fantastic evening of Sacred Choral Music at Dorchester Abbey on Friday 13th May at 7.30PM , performed by the Pupils and Staff of Cothill House. And it's free!!! (just help with the retiring collection for St Helen's Church restoration fund!).
Keziah Thomas performs The Harp Four Seasons. A fresh take on Vivaldi's enduring classic in the stunning setting of Dorchester Abbey Harpist Keziah Thomas, acclaimed by the New York Concert Review as ‘Stupendous…totally original and engaging’, at her Carnegie Hall debut recital, performs her own arrangement of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the beautiful setting of [...]
Join us for a joyful musical celebration of the awakening of nature. This programme for piano, voice and oboe reflects on Easter and joyfully moves into Spring, with music by Bach, Schumann, Haydn and Mozart interlaced with more contemporary composers such as Golijov, Respighi, Vaughan Williams and Poulenc. Susanne Mecklenburg - voice William Hancox - [...]
Benson Choral Society Our first concert under our new musical director, David Wordsworth will feature Bob Chilcott's gentle and beautiful Requiem coupled with one of Haydn's most successful and stirring choral compositions, the Nelson Mass
Chiltern Arts Festival 2022 The award-winning choir, described as 'devastatingly beautiful' by The Guardian, perform a dramatic programme charting a journey through the seasons, centering around the summer and winter solstices. Featuring music by Holst, Elgar, MacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Poulenc and many more. Richard Rodney Bennett The seasons of His mercies Bob Chilcott Before the ice [...]
Music from the Wedding, the Coronation and the 50th Jubilee to include Handel Zadok the priest Parry I was glad Music by Vaughan Williams, Wesley, Purcell and others OSJ Oxford Voices Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock, conductor When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you add a voluntary donation, to support our work [...]
Operatic overtures, arias and duets. Young Soloists auditioned from the Conservatoires Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock, conductor When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you add a voluntary donation, to support our work in the community and with children in Special Educational Needs schools.
Tavener – Syvati Bach – Cello Suite no 2 Duruflé – Requiem Garwyn Linnell cello Ellie Edmonds alto Alaric Green bass OSJ Oxford Voices John Lubbock, conductor When you purchase tickets, we politely ask that you add a voluntary donation, to support our work in the community and with children in Special Educational Needs schools.
