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Britten: The Company of Heaven / Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn

Part of the Sheffield Oratorio Chorus 2025/26

Add to my Calendar 28-03-2026 19:30 28-03-2026 21:30 36 Britten: The Company of Heaven / Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn Join us for a moving evening of choral music as two powerful works explore life, loss, and hope. Britten’s The Company of Heaven combines vivid poetry, texts and expressive music to reflect on angels in scripture, life and what lies beyond, while Handel’s The Ways of Zion do Mourn offers a deeply touching response to grief, full of beauty and quiet consolation. Written centuries apart, these works speak with a shared emotional honesty that still resonates today. Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Sheffield Cathedral
Church Street
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 1HA
England

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264
~ Interval ~
Benjamin Britten – The Company of Heaven

Performers

Georgie Malcolm – soprano
Timothy Peters – tenor
Alan Eost – Conductor
Olivia Hirst – Speaker
Andrew Strafford-Baker – Speaker
Peter Heginbotham – organ

Sheffield Oratorio Chorus
Northern Chamber Orchestra

Programme Note

Join us for a moving evening of choral music as two powerful works explore life, loss, and hope. Britten’s The Company of Heaven combines vivid poetry, texts and expressive music to reflect on angels in scripture, life and what lies beyond, while Handel’s The Ways of Zion do Mourn offers a deeply touching response to grief, full of beauty and quiet consolation. Written centuries apart, these works speak with a shared emotional honesty that still resonates today.

Britten: The Company of Heaven / Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn

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