Rachmaninov
Vespers
Tewkesbury Abbey
28 March 2020
Rachmaninov Vespers
Saturday 28 March 2020
Tewkesbury Abbey 7.30pm
Cheltenham Bach Choir
David Crown Conductor
raised as Rachmaninov's finest choral achievement, The All Night Vigil is a quiet, reflective and deeply moving work which was composed and premiered in 1915‑just after WW1 had commenced. At the time, Russia was going through political and social turmoil during the aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution.
Despite not being a regular church‑goer, Rachmaninov had a deep personal religious faith, which is expressed through this unaccompanied set of choral vespers. Separated into two parts: the evening Vespers and the morning Matins, this deeply spiritual work is full of exquisitely rich harmonies.
Cheltenham Bach Choir will perform this wonderful work in the perfect setting of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tickets
£8 children/students £20 adults. Carers with a disabled adult, child or student‑free of charge. Pre‑booking is required.
Available from:
Tewkesbury Abbey Shop
or call 0333 666 3366
Rachmaninov Vespers
St Martin in the Fields
London
4 May 2020
Monday 4 May 2020
St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JH
By candlelight at 9.30pm
David Crown Conductor
heltenham Bach Choir will perform Rachmaninov's Vespers by candlelight at St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square as part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London Spring Season.
A platform for amateur choirs to perform in Central London venues, the Brandenburg Choral Festival is London's biggest celebration of all things choral.
Tickets
£15
Available online from:
Also available by email from boxoffice@smitf.org
Or call 020 7766 1100
FaurÉ Requiem
John Rutter's Requiem
26th June 2020
Pitville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham
Friday 26th June 2020
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
7.30pm
David Crown Conductor
Hannah Davey Soprano
Steffan Lloyd Owen Baritone
Claire Alsop Organist
Members of Regency Sinfonia
abriel Fauré is said to have created some of the most beautiful melodies ever composed in his Requiem. A prayerful lament for the dead it is widely considered to be a musical tribute to his late father. The seven-section piece is calm, serene and exquisitely peaceful, providing musical solace in grief. The Pie Jesu, Agnus Dei and In Paradisum are filled with rich, soulful melodies. It was performed at Fauré’s own funeral in 1924.
omposed in 1985, John Rutter's Requiem is reminiscent of Faure's Requiem in its simple brevity and rich choral writing. This deeply moving Requiem owes its inspiration to both the Requiem Mass and the Book of Common Prayer. The Pie Jesu is a glorious highlight and the Requiem Aeternam, which opens the work, sets the tone for this seven-section piece. Performed regularly by choral societies across the world, Rutter’s Requiem is considered to be one of the most popular Christian compositions of the last thirty years.
Tickets will be available soon.
Hannah Davey | Soprano
Steffan Lloyd Owen | Baritone
Mozart
Mass in C
14 November 2020
Saturday 14th November 2020
Cheltenham Town Hall
7.30pm
David Crown Conductor
Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra
onsidered to be one of his greatest choral works, Mozart began composing the Great Mass in C in Vienna in 1782 and completed it in 1783. Scored for two soprano soloists, a tenor and a bass, double chorus and a large orchestra, the work was premiered in Salzburg in October 1783. Mozart's new bride, Constanze, sang the Et incarnatus est. The pomp and solemnity of the work is typical of the grand Salzburg tradition at the time, but the influence of Bach and Handel can be clearly recognised.
More details will be available soon.
The Cheltenham Bach Choir
Christmas Cracker
21 December 2020
Monday 21st December 2020
Cheltenham Town Hall
7.30pm
David Crown Conductor
Performing with the choir:
Beauregard Youth Choir
The Flowers Brass Band
eauregard Youth Choir is made up of around 35 music pupils and has made it to National level for Choir of the Year and Music for Youth - performing in top venues around the UK. The choir regularly compete in competitions and have won many awards including Best Youth Choir Overall at the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts for the past eight years.
he Flowers Band is based in Gloucester was formed as a result of the disbandment of the Royal Gloucester Hussars (Territorial Army) Brass Band. The band in the top 20 of the Brass Band World Rankings table. Read more...
More details will be available soon.
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