Somerset Chamber Choir
Somerset Chamber Choir at Wells Cathedral
About the show
SACRED SHADOWS, ETERNAL LIGHT
A Leipzig Soundscape
Saturday 1st August 2026 at 7.00pm
WELLS CATHEDRAL
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Hear my prayer
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien (Part I); Die mit Tränen säen
JOHANNES BRAHMS Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
CLARA SCHUMANN Abendfeier in Venedig
GUSTAV MAHLER Urlicht (from Symphony No 2‚ ‘Resurrection’)
The Echoing Air vocal ensemble
Bath Philharmonia
Andrea Brown conductor
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Join us for an evening of radiant choral music celebrating the great composers who lived and worked in Leipzig, a city at the heart of musical inspiration.
From the serene spirituality of Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien to the joyous awakening of Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, our concert will trace a journey of faith, hope, and human longing. Brahms’ Schicksalslied brings the drama of destiny, while Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer (including the famous aria O for the wings of a dove!) soars heavenward with its heartfelt plea for inner peace, all crowned by the glowing transcendence of a stunning choral arrangement of Mahler’s Urlicht.
We are excited to be working with The Echoing Air, a recently-established vocal ensemble already attracting fine reviews, and the RPS-Award-nominated Bath Philharmonia, renowned as a dynamic ensemble that has evolved over more than 25 years into the city’s premier professional orchestra.
Expect an evening of profound beauty and joy.
Featuring - Somerset Chamber Choir
Formed in 1984, Somerset Chamber Choir has established a fine reputation for staging the highest quality concerts of choral music in Somerset.
The choir is based near Taunton and stages annual concerts at Wells Cathedral and King's College Chapel, Taunton, with the finest nationally and internationally renowned soloists and orchestras, performing innovative and varied programmes of music ranging from medieval through to 21st century