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Vespers by candlelight
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2018 Spring Series Festival
Add to my Calendar 01-03-2018 21:30 01-03-2018 23:30 36 Vespers by candlelight The Choir of Royal Holloway and conductor Rupert Gough return to the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London with this hour-long concert of music inspired by eventide. Movements of Rachmaninov’s Vespers will be interspersed with works by other Baltic composers, including Arvo Pärt and Ēriks Ešenvalds: this rich and sonorous repertoire has become a specialty of this fine mixed-voice choir. The programme also includes Holst’s powerful Nunc Dimittis, and Rheinberger’s beautiful Abendlied. Join us in the beautiful surroundings of a candlelit St Martin’s for this relaxing and sumptuous way to end the day. This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval. A reduced price combined ticket is available for this concert and the later concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for more details. For more information please click here. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night vigil (Vespers): Extracts
Eriks Esenvalds – Evening
Arvo Pärt – Two Slavonic Psalms: Psalm 131
Aleksandr Kastalsky – A mercy of peace
Gustav Holst – Nunc Dimittis, H.127
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – 3 Geistliche Gesänge, Op.69: Abendlied
Arturs Maskats – Lugums naktij (Prayer to the night)
Georgy Sviridov – Sacred Love
Performers
Rupert Gough – Conductor
Choir of Royal Holloway
Other concerts in this Festival
Programme Note
The Choir of Royal Holloway and conductor Rupert Gough return to the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London with this hour-long concert of music inspired by eventide. Movements of Rachmaninov’s Vespers will be interspersed with works by other Baltic composers, including Arvo Pärt and Ēriks Ešenvalds: this rich and sonorous repertoire has become a specialty of this fine mixed-voice choir. The programme also includes Holst’s powerful Nunc Dimittis, and Rheinberger’s beautiful Abendlied. Join us in the beautiful surroundings of a candlelit St Martin’s for this relaxing and sumptuous way to end the day.
This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval.
A reduced price combined ticket is available for this concert and the later concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for more details.
For more information please click here.
