Details

St Paul's Church (Actors' Church)
Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
England

Friday 23rd February 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Douglas Coombes – Godolphin Missa Brevis: Gloria
Judith Weir – The King of France
Bob Chilcott – Like a Singing Bird
Douglas Coombes – How a little girl danced (London premiere)
John Gardner – Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Ottorino Respighi – Tre preludi sopra melodie gregoriane: I. Molto Lento
Traditional – Brother James’s Air (Arranged with descant by Gordon Jacob)
Daniel Schutte – Hear I am, Lord (arr. Andrew Parnell)
Benjamin Britten – Missa Brevis: Gloria
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Hymn Tune Prelude on 'Song 13'
Bob Chilcott – For him all stars have shone
Carol J Jones – All Shall be Well (London premiere)
Olivia Sparkhall – Lux aeterna
Ottorino Respighi – Tre preludi sopra melodie gregoriane: III. Lento
Patrick Hadley – I sing of a maiden
Carol Barratt – Praise the Lord

Performers

Olivia Sparkhall – Conductor
Christopher Guild – piano

Godolphin Vocal Ensemble

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Programme Note

The Godolphin Vocal Ensemble makes its Brandenburg Choral Festival of London debut with this fascinating concert of twentieth- and twenty-first-century music for upper voices. The programme will include music by Benjamin Britten and Bob Chilcott, as well as the London premieres of works by Douglas Coombes and Carol Jones, and the world premiere of Lux Aeterna by Olivia Sparkhall, the ensemble’s conductor. Acclaimed young pianist Christopher Guild, will provide piano accompaniment and interludes by Judith Weir, Ottorino Respighi and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Join us in the delightful surroundings of the famous Actor’s Church, St Paul’s Covent Garden, for this innovative programme sung by some of the country’s finest young voices.

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