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Meditations on the Rig Veda
Part of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester 2019
Add to my Calendar 02-08-2019 22:30 03-08-2019 00:30 36 Meditations on the Rig Veda This meditative event weaves together Vedic chant led by members of the Bhavan centre with choral settings of these Hindu texts. Jean Coulthard, a student of Vaughan Williams, exults the mystery of creation, while delicate music of contemporary composers Anna R Matthews, Roxanna Panufnik and Sally Lamb McCune embraces the listener, mirroring the celestial beauty of Holst’s settings for choir and solo harp. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Gloucester Cathedral
College Green
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2LX
England
Programme
Gustav Holst – Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26
Sally Lamb McCune – Common be our prayer
Anna R Matthews – Asvins
Jean Coulthard – Hymn of Creation
Roxanna Panufnik – Child of Heaven
Performers
Catherine White – Harp
Ben Sawyer – Conductor
Oriel Singers
Other concerts in this Festival
Programme Note
This meditative event weaves together Vedic chant led by members of the Bhavan centre with choral settings of these Hindu texts. Jean Coulthard, a student of Vaughan Williams, exults the mystery of creation, while delicate music of contemporary composers Anna R Matthews, Roxanna Panufnik and Sally Lamb McCune embraces the listener, mirroring the celestial beauty of Holst’s settings for choir and solo harp.
