Details

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

Sunday 28th October 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – My Soul there is a country
Charles Villiers Stanford – The Blue Bird (arr. James Graham)
Edward Elgar – The Saga of King Olaf: 'As Torrents In Summer'
Ralph Vaughan Williams – 5 English Folk Songs
John Ireland – Ragamuffin
John Ireland – The Hills
John Ireland – Soliloquy
Howard Skempton – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (1999)
Edward Gregson – The Sad Tale of Barbara Allen (arr. folk song)
Judith Weir – The Song Sung True
Zillah Myers – A Red, Red Rose

Performers

David Wordsworth – Conductor
Matthew Hough – piano

Addison Singers Chamber Choir

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Programme Note

Brandenburg Choral Festival of London regulars the Addison Chamber Choir present this hour-long concert of English Choral Music, Parry and Beyond. The programme features works by Parry, his contemporaries, his pupils, and brings us up the present day with works by Edward Gregson, Howard Skempton and Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir. Pianist Matthew Hough will also perform two solo works by John Ireland.

This concert follows on from a Come & Sing afternoon with David Wordsworth and the Addison Oratorio Choir, which will focus on the music of Parry in the centenary year of his death. For information about this event please click here.

A combined ticket offer is available for the workshop and concert, saving 25%. Please contact the box office for details.

For more information about the concert please click here.