Tickets on sale for Canticles of Light
| Type of post: | Choir news item |
| Sub-type: | Summer |
| Posted By: | Brenda Sims |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Thu, 5 Jun 2025 |
A fabulous, midsummer evening of choral music with instrumental accompaniment and tubular bells! Southern Voices are coming to Alresford with CANTICLES OF LIGHT, to St John’s Church, on Saturday 12 July, 7.30pm.
The concert opens evoking all the joy of an English high summer with three uplifting settings of Poems of Robert Bridges, by Gerald Finzi and Thou my love, art fair, is a beautifully elegant setting of a sixteenth century English poem by William Baldwin, arranged by Bob Chilcott.
In contrast, the choir will sing an Appalachian spiritual As I went down to the river to pray, in a modern setting by Phillip Lawson made famous by the Kings’ Singers and also With a lily in your hand, a wonderfully playful and energetic piece by American composer Eric Whitacre.
The fun continues with more Bob Chilcott, three highly entertaining arrangements: Feller from Fortune is a traditional Newfoundland fishing song with a dizzying mix of vocal spaghetti! The Gift to be simple winds its way skilfully in and around outbursts of the tune ‘I danced in the morning’ and We Are, another Kings’ Singers favourite, adds a refreshing, modern twist.
At the heart of the programme are two modern classics: The Canticles of Light by Bob Chilcott (commissioned in 2000 by Winchester Music Club) and Lux Aeterna (eternal light) by Morten Lauridsen, with all his sumptuous, signature harmonies. Tickets £18 are now on sale: www.southernvoices.co.uk or telephone 0333 666 3366 (booking fees apply). Registered charity 1086868
The concert opens evoking all the joy of an English high summer with three uplifting settings of Poems of Robert Bridges, by Gerald Finzi and Thou my love, art fair, is a beautifully elegant setting of a sixteenth century English poem by William Baldwin, arranged by Bob Chilcott.
In contrast, the choir will sing an Appalachian spiritual As I went down to the river to pray, in a modern setting by Phillip Lawson made famous by the Kings’ Singers and also With a lily in your hand, a wonderfully playful and energetic piece by American composer Eric Whitacre.
The fun continues with more Bob Chilcott, three highly entertaining arrangements: Feller from Fortune is a traditional Newfoundland fishing song with a dizzying mix of vocal spaghetti! The Gift to be simple winds its way skilfully in and around outbursts of the tune ‘I danced in the morning’ and We Are, another Kings’ Singers favourite, adds a refreshing, modern twist.
At the heart of the programme are two modern classics: The Canticles of Light by Bob Chilcott (commissioned in 2000 by Winchester Music Club) and Lux Aeterna (eternal light) by Morten Lauridsen, with all his sumptuous, signature harmonies. Tickets £18 are now on sale: www.southernvoices.co.uk or telephone 0333 666 3366 (booking fees apply). Registered charity 1086868
