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Music and Mysticism

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 Music and Mysticism In this, a varied and exciting programme exploring the musical and the spiritual, we present a variety of music to both calm and rouse the soul.  The programme features two well-known works by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Five Mystical Songs, and Serenade to Music. Five Mystical Songs, for baritone solo and optional (!) choir are settings text by 16th Century metaphysical poet George Herbert, while Serenade to Music explores discussions about music and the music of the spheres with text fromThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. We complete the concert with music by John Tavener – Song for Athene, heard at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales – and Gerald Finzi; his triumphant God is gone up (words by the metaphysical poet Edward Taylor) and his meditative Eclogue – the exquisite slow movement of his unfinished piano concerto. St Peter and St Paul Church, Olney DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Street
Olney
Buckinghamshire
MK46 4AD
England

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs
Gerald Finzi – Eclogue for piano and strings, Op.10
Gerald Finzi – God is gone up, Op.27 no.2
John Tavener – Song for Athene
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music

Performers

Mark Jordan – Conductor
Alex Aitken – organ / piano

Milton Keynes Chorale

Programme Note

In this, a varied and exciting programme exploring the musical and the spiritual, we present a variety of music to both calm and rouse the soul. 

The programme features two well-known works by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Five Mystical Songs, and Serenade to Music. Five Mystical Songs, for baritone solo and optional (!) choir are settings text by 16th Century metaphysical poet George Herbert, while Serenade to Music explores discussions about music and the music of the spheres with text fromThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. We complete the concert with music by John Tavener – Song for Athene, heard at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales – and Gerald Finzi; his triumphant God is gone up (words by the metaphysical poet Edward Taylor) and his meditative Eclogue – the exquisite slow movement of his unfinished piano concerto.

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