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Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
A storytelling concert
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London Autumn Series 2016
Add to my Calendar 08-10-2016 19:30 08-10-2016 21:30 36 Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London is thrilled to welcome Copenhagen’s award-winning Chamber Choir Musica to the 2016 Autumn Series. Together with storyteller Pernille Stockfleth, Musica will explore choral music inspired by William Shakespeare in his 400th anniversary year. This storytelling concert will feature music by Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and several Nordic composers, including new pieces written for this project by Christian Hildebrandt and the choir’s conductor Filipe Carvalheiro. Texts will be drawn from Hamlet, Othello, The Tempest, Macbeth, Twelft Night, As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The concert is performed entirely in English. Join us for this unique and memorable celebration of The Bard! St Paul's Church (Actors' Church), London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Paul's Church (Actors' Church)
Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
England
Programme
Filipe Carvalheiro – Such stuff as dreams are made on
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Full Fathom Five
Matthew Harris – And will a' not come again
Juhani Komulainen – Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Juhani Komulainen – O weary night
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Double, double toil and trouble
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The willow song
Frank Martin – You Are Three Men of Sin
Knud Jeppesen – Blow, blow thou winter wind
Henry Purcell – If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Come Away Death
Christian Hildebrandt – Stephano's Drinking Song
Amy Beach – Through the house
Knud Jeppesen – Under the Greenwood Tree
Thomas Morley – It was a lover and his lass (As you like it: Act V Scene 3)
Performers
Filipe Carvalheiro – Conductor
Pernille Stockfleth – Actor
Chamber Choir Musica
Other concerts in this Series
Programme Note
The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London is thrilled to welcome Copenhagen’s award-winning Chamber Choir Musica to the 2016 Autumn Series. Together with storyteller Pernille Stockfleth, Musica will explore choral music inspired by William Shakespeare in his 400th anniversary year. This storytelling concert will feature music by Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and several Nordic composers, including new pieces written for this project by Christian Hildebrandt and the choir’s conductor Filipe Carvalheiro. Texts will be drawn from Hamlet, Othello, The Tempest, Macbeth, Twelft Night, As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The concert is performed entirely in English.
Join us for this unique and memorable celebration of The Bard!
