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Phoenix Chorale: Hymn to St Cecilia - Britten
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Text: WH Auden (1907-1973)
Performed at 'unCLOUDED day', a concert to celebrate the return of live choral music following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Solo... morePhoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Text: WH Auden (1907-1973)
Performed at 'unCLOUDED day', a concert to celebrate the return of live choral music following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Soloists:
Lies’l Hill, soprano
Nina Garguilo, soprano
Julia Powers, alto
Thomas Strawser, tenor
Christopher Herrera, bass
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Video Direction: Andrew Staples
Sound Engineering: Sound Mirror
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In a garden shady this holy lady
With reverent cadence and subtle psalm,
Like a black swan as death came on
Poured forth her song in perfect calm:
And by ocean's margin this innocent virgin
Constructed an organ to enlarge her prayer,
And notes tremendous from her great engine
Thundered out on the Roman air.
Blonde Aphrodite rose up excited,
Moved to delight by the melody,
White as an orchid she rode quite naked
In an oyster shell on top of the ... less
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Rainier Chorale - Omaggio 2017 - The Bridge Builder
This original composition being premiered this afternoon was commissioned by Rainier Chorale “in honor of Ron Bayer, Artistic Director, for his 20 years of dedicated service and leadership.” Written by well-known and respected contemporary composer David ... moreThis original composition being premiered this afternoon was commissioned by Rainier Chorale “in honor of Ron Bayer, Artistic Director, for his 20 years of dedicated service and leadership.” Written by well-known and respected contemporary composer David Dickau, it hauntingly sets a very thoughtful text by Will Dromgoole. In it, Dromgoole tells the story of an old man who approaches a deep and wide water-filled chasm. He crosses in the evening as he is unafraid, then builds a bridge to span the tide. A fellow pilgrim questions why an old man would build the bridge, as he would surely never pass this way again in his lifetime.
The old man lifts his grey head and responds to the questioning traveler that a youth is to follow after him. He too, would need to cross in the twilight dim. The old man answers, “I am building this bridge for him.”
The commission process was an interesting and fascinating one in which to be involved. Dr. Dickau was originally approached a year or so ago by the Chorale, and was inter... less
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Teddington Choral Society Spring Concert
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY SPRING CONCERT
B. Britten's "Saint Nicolas" and B. Chilcott's "Songs and Cries of London Town"
April 2, 2022 at 7:30pm
All Saints Church
Kingston KT1 1JP
Teddington Choral Society (...