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About the show
Choral works both summery and sombre - by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Rutter, George Gershwin and more
Join the Joyful Company of Singers, one of the UK's leading amateur chamber choirs for a programme of choral works that include Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs and a celebration of the 80th birthday of composer and a JCS Vice-President, Giles Swayne.
Other featured composers are Richard Rodney Bennett, Zoe Dixon, George Gershwin, Jonathan Lane, John Rutter, John Tavener and Vincent Youmans.
JCS will be joined in performance by Philippa Davies (Flute) and Ivan Rodriguez Deb (Cello).
The featured works are:
Prayer for the healing of the sick - John Tavener (1944-2013)
Musica Dei Donum - John Rutter (b.1945)
Summer Schemes: Weathers - Zoe Dixon (b.1999)
A Good-Night - Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
The Church Floore - Jonathan Lane (b.1958)
the flight of the swan - Giles Swayne (b.1946)
INTERVAL
The Lamb - John Tavener
To Sleep - Giles Swayne
Five Flower Songs - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Summertime - George Gershwin (1898-1937), arr. Roderick Williams
Tea for Two - Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), arr. Peter Gritton
It was a lover and his lass; Come live with me and be my love (Birthday Madrigals) - John Rutter
Featuring
The Joyful Company Of Singers
The Joyful Company of Singers is one of Europe's most prominent chamber choirs and is renowned for its virtuosity and intensity of spirit, as well as for an astoundingly wide repertoire, ranging from the 16th century to the present day.
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Also Appearing
Ivan Rodriguez Deb