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| 3 April 2020 | |
| 7.00pm Merton College Merton Street Oxford OX1 4JD United Kingdom Details: Web site £40, £20, £10 | Passiontide at Merton 2020 - St Matthew Passion Ruairi Bowen, Evangelist Giles Underwood, Christus Sophie Bevan, soprano The Choir of Merton College Merton College Girl Choristers Florilegium Benjamin Nicholas, conductor JS Bach: St Matthew Passion |
| 7.30pm Southwark Cathedral London Bridge Southwark SE1 9DA United Kingdom Details: City Chorus Web site £20, £10 | CITY CHORUS CENTENARY CONCERT- 100 YEARS OF NOTE Choir: City Chorus conducted by Paul Ayres Orchestra: Instrumentalists from the Royal College of Music Mozart Coronation Mass (K317) Handel Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) Mozart Ave Verum Corpus (K618) Handel My Heart is Inditing (HWV 261) City Chorus is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2020 with a special birthday concert on 3rd April 2020. Please join us to hear 100 choral voices, accompanied by Instrumentalists from the Royal College of Music and professional soloists. We will perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Ave Verum Corpus, and Handel’s anthems My Heart is Inditing and Zadok the Priest, in the stunning setting of Southwark Cathedral in London. The Choir’s History The City Chorus began life in 1920 as a choir set up by staff of the National Provincial Bank, as it was then known. From the first, it was a significant London musical group, attracting distinguished soloists and performing the core classical repertoire. After an inaugural performance in Westminster Central Hall of Coleridge Taylor's Hiawatha, the National Provincial Bank Musical Society went from strength to strength, and in 1922 was honoured to have the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams conducting his own Fantasia on Christmas Carols. The repertoire expanded to include works by Elgar, Brahms and Holst, and one of the choir's concerts was shown on television, a novelty at the time. In 1965, the choir underwent a fundamental change when it appointed its first ever professional conductor, Ian Humphris. Another change occurred in 1969 when the Provincial's merger with Westminster Bank led to the change of the choir’s name to the National Westminster Bank Choir. The Nat West Bank, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has subsequently provided much appreciated support throughout the years. Since then, the choir has changed its name to City Chorus and performed a wide range of music from the sixteenth century to modern choral compositions and arrangements, including works by Clucas, Grabu, Fauré, Lotti, Rossini, Orff and Elgar. To celebrate the choir’s 90th birthday, City Chorus commissioned a new piece, ‘Still Roar’, from British Composer Award winner Kerry Andrew. On tour, the choir has visited Brussels, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, and has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe. Future plans include an exchange with the choir Een van Zin from Eindhoven. Paul Ayres was born in London, studied music at Oxford University, and now works freelance as a composer & arranger, choral conductor & musical director, and organist & accompanist. In addition to directing City Chorus, he conducts London College of Music Chorus, and several workplace choirs. Paul has received over one hundred commissions for new works, and he particularly enjoys “re-composing” classical works in various styles, and creating classical versions of pop and rock music. |
| 7.30pm St James' Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL United Kingdom Details: Web site | Two brilliant piano trios by Beethoven and Brahms performed by three brilliant chamber musicians. |
| 4 April 2020 | |
| 11.30am Merton College Merton Street Oxford OX1 4JD United Kingdom Details: Web site | Passiontide at Merton 2020 - Margaret Phillips plays Bach |
| 2.00pm Merton College Merton Street Oxford OX1 4JD United Kingdom Details: Web site | Passiontide at Merton 2020 - Biber's Rosary Sonatas |
| 5pm Our Saviour's Atonement 178 Bennett Ave New York NY 10040 United States of America Details: Web site | NY Chamber Collective presents The Musical Melting Pot |
| 7.30pm St John's Church, London Waterloo 73 Waterloo Road London London SE18TY United Kingdom Details: Web site £15 / £10 (concession) | Four Elements Season - Earth James Ham, conductor Suzanne Fischer, soprano Programme: Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen Suite Mahler Symphony No 4 The concert opens with Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen Suite”, the opera’s first act reworked for orchestra. The tale is one of a vixen Sharp-Ears living surrounded by forest, nature and faune. Sharp-Ears is captured by a forester, but then flees after bringing much disruption to its fellow captivity companions. The concert continues and ends with the wonderful Symphony Number 4 by Mahler, centred around a song composed earlier by Mahler, “Das himmlische Leben”, which presents a child’s vision of Heaven. The symphony explores several deep topics such as nature, mountains, animals, humanity, love, life and death. The second movement depicts the contrast between Earth and hell, and is followed by a beautiful finale exploring the contrast between Earth and heaven. To book tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4505432 |
| 8.30pm Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave. at 57th St. New York 10019 United States of America Details: DCINY Box Office 2127078566 Tickets $20-$100! On Sale Now! | SOUNDS OF A NEW GENERATION Performers: Greg Gilpin, Composer/Conductor Janet Galván, Guest Conductor Nuria Fernández Herranz, Guest Conductor Program: Gilpin: Music for Middle School Voices Composer/Conductor Greg Gilpin leads a performance of Music for Middle School Voices featuring a World Premiere of a brand new work. Galván & Herranz: Music for Women's Voices DCINY welcomes back composer-conductor Greg Gilpin with a program comprised of original works for youth singers. Conductors Janet Galván and Nuria Fernández Herranz lead an all-female chorus with works by Eva Ugalde, Juan Manuel Conejo and the world premiere of a work by composer Jim Papoulis. Steve Acciani directs the Diamond Bar Wind Ensemble from Diamond Bar, California. |
| 5 April 2020 | |
| 5.pm Merton College Merton Street Oxford OX1 4JD United Kingdom Details: Web site | Passiontide at Merton 2020 - Pergolesi & Buxtehude |
| 1 April 2020 until 5 April 2020 | |
| Porec Istria Croatia Details: Web site | Istra Music Festival 2020 10th International festival of choirs and orchestras in Porec (Istria, Croatia) |
| 5 April 2020 until 8 April 2020 | |
| 4.00pm St. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 147 NW 19th Avenue Portland, OR 97209 United States of America Details: Web site | Gail Archer is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer wh |
| 9 April 2020 | |
| 7pm Barbican Hall Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Britten Sinfonia: St Matthew Passion at the Barbican |
| 7pm St Andrew's Hall St Andrew's Plain Norwich NR3 1AU United Kingdom Details: Web site +44 (0)1603 630000 | Britten Sinfonia: St Matthew Passion |
| 10 April 2020 | |
| 6pm Barbican Hall Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom Details: Web site | Britten Sinfonia: St Matthew Passion at the Barbican |
| 17 April 2020 | |
| 6.00pm Church of St Ludmila Náměstí Míru 1219/2, Vinohrady 120 00 Czech Republic Free with retiring collection | Faure Requiem English Arts Chorale Eye Bach Choir Leslie Olive, conductor Petr Cech, organ Fare: Requiem |
| 7.30pm Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago 1490 Chicago Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60201 United States of America Details: Web site | Third Coast Baroque: 'Welcome Back, Vivaldi: Revisiting Forgotten Treasures' |
| 18 April 2020 | |
| 5.00pm First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple 77 W. Washington Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 United States of America Details: Web site | Third Coast Baroque: 'Welcome Back, Vivaldi: Revisiting Forgotten Treasures' |
| 7.30pm Hancher Auditorium 141 East Park Road Iowa City, Iowa 52242 United States of America Details: Web site | The River: ETHEL + Robert Mirabal Perform Double Header in Iowa 4.18 @ Iowa City When: Saturday, Ap |
| 8.00pm St Salvator Church Křižovnická 1040/4 Staré Město 110 00 Czech Republic Details: Web site | Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony |
| 14 April 2020 until 18 April 2020 | |
| 7.00pm Great Hall, The Leys The Fen Causeway Cambridge CB2 7AD United Kingdom Details: Web site | A staged production of Handel's most intense psychological drama, Tamerlano |
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