Finchley Symphony Orchestra and Finchley Chamber Choir come together again with conductor Christopher Stark for the final concert of their seasons. The programme explores humanity’s place in the world – its beauty, its uncertainty and its longing for something beyond.
Dvorak’s Symphony No.8 inhabits a world of bucolic optimism, Bohemian melodies dancing one after another leading to a rousing finale.
Brahms’ ‘Song of Destiny’, sometimes called the ‘Little Requiem’, is a profound meditation on the divide between divine serenity and human fragility.
Two short pieces by Mendelssohn for unaccompanied choir, a motet and a setting of part of the Mass, provide moments of stillness.
Vaughan Williams’ first major choral work is a glowing setting of Walt Whitman’s visionary invitation to step beyond the familiar.