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Rutland Boughton's 'Bethlehem'

New Sussex Opera

Part of the Bethlehem NSO 2024

Add to my Calendar 01-11-2024 19:30 01-11-2024 21:30 36 Rutland Boughton's 'Bethlehem' New Sussex Opera follows its ‘jaw-droppingly stupendous’ production of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with a Chorus production of this magnificent but rarely heard work for soloists and chorus. First performed in 1915, Bethlehem is a gorgeous ‘choral drama’ based on a Coventry mystery play. Rutland Boughton’s music features beautiful choral writing, including wonderful arrangements of Christmas carols as you’ve never heard them before. Rutland Boughton was a contemporary of Vaughan Williams, a friend of George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy. St Mary's Church, Brighton and Hove DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Church
61 St James's Street
Kemptown
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
BN2 1PR
England

Programme

Rutland Boughton – Bethlehem (1915)

Performers

Hamish Dustagheer – Conductor / piano
Cate Couch – Director

New Sussex Opera Chorus

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Programme Note

New Sussex Opera follows its ‘jaw-droppingly stupendous’ production of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with a Chorus production of this magnificent but rarely heard work for soloists and chorus. First performed in 1915, Bethlehem is a gorgeous ‘choral drama’ based on a Coventry mystery play. Rutland Boughton’s music features beautiful choral writing, including wonderful arrangements of Christmas carols as you’ve never heard them before. Rutland Boughton was a contemporary of Vaughan Williams, a friend of George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Hardy.

Rutland Boughton's 'Bethlehem'

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