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Concert: National Youth Choir (15-18 Years) | War and Peace
A performance exploring the brutality and futility of war, and the peace and solace to be found in the natural world. Featuring the exciting teenage voices of the National Youth Choir with cellist Joely Koos, this promises to be a moving and uplifting concert experience.
Be transported by a beautiful programme of music for choir and cello, including Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s A Farewell to Arms and Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow. The concert is bookended by two contemplative works from the Russian Orthodox tradition - Rachmaninoff’s Borogoditse Dyevo and John Tavener’s Syvati.
Programme to include:
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Borogoditsye Yevo
Alexander L’Estrange - Lighten Our Darkness
Kristina Arakelyan - To a Skylark
Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow
Kim André Arnesen - Do Not Neglect
Richard Rodney Bennett - Farewell to Arms
Moses Hogan - Hear My Prayer
Michael Tippett - 'Deep River' from Five Spirituals (From a Child of Our Time)
Veljo Tormis - Curse upon Iron
John Tavener - Svyati
Be transported by a beautiful programme of music for choir and cello, including Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s A Farewell to Arms and Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow. The concert is bookended by two contemplative works from the Russian Orthodox tradition - Rachmaninoff’s Borogoditse Dyevo and John Tavener’s Syvati.
Programme to include:
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Borogoditsye Yevo
Alexander L’Estrange - Lighten Our Darkness
Kristina Arakelyan - To a Skylark
Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow
Kim André Arnesen - Do Not Neglect
Richard Rodney Bennett - Farewell to Arms
Moses Hogan - Hear My Prayer
Michael Tippett - 'Deep River' from Five Spirituals (From a Child of Our Time)
Veljo Tormis - Curse upon Iron
John Tavener - Svyati
Saturday 11 April
Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SA
3.30pmTickets: £22
Under 25s: £5
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