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25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT |
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Saturday 25 July 2009 at 7pm |
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WELLS CATHEDRAL EMMA KIRKBY with SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR and CANZONA in BRILLIANT BAROQUE! 25th Anniversary Concert Emma Kirkby (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Derek Welton (baritone) Graham Caldbeck (conductor) Charpentier: Te Deum Handel: Dixit Dominus Vivaldi: Gloria RV589 Harvey: The Angels
...plus music to celebrate the 70th birthday of the influential British composer, Jonathan Harvey. This summer in Wells we will perform an exciting programme of works from the French, German & Italian Baroque, plus a ‘taster’ of the a cappella music of Jonathan Harvey. Charpentier’s Te Deum is one of his most famous and thrilling works and follows on from the French Baroque music that the choir performed in 2007. SCC last sang Handel’s Dixit Dominus in 1992 (the choir’s first-ever concert in Wells), so it is high time that we re-visited this wondrous piece in the year that marks the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death. Vivaldi’s Gloria is, of course, an all-time favourite that never fails to reward both choir and audience alike, especially when performed with a Baroque spring in its step! We hope you will join us to hear this wonderfully exciting programme, to be performed in the choir’s 25th anniversary year, which mixes music old and new in, we think, a fascinating way, as well as showcasing the huge variety of musical styles encompassed within the Baroque period. Tickets: £25.00 & £22.00 (front nave); £18.00 & £15.00 (rear nave); £12.00 & £10.00 (side aisles), from Musicbox on 01275 349010, also from Cathedral Shop Box Office, Wells TIC & at the door The right is reserved, without incurring liability, to substitute artists and to vary the programme for reasons beyond our control,
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Read the Review of our last concert!
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