ENGLISH CHAMBER CHOIR - "LIGHT ETERNAL"

The English Chamber Choir is one of the UK’s leading and busiest vocal ensembles. ​Recent highlights include the Royal Albert Hall (Harry Potter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Gladiator Live), Royal Festival Hall, London Palladium (with Rick Wakeman), Buckingham Palace, Barnes Festival, Temple Church, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia and many concerts at St Martin in the Fields and abroad.

This late-night concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Philip’s Cathedral, explores the theme of light as sun sets on the longest day of the year. Alongside familiar works such as Elgar’s Nimrod and Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, this vibrant, meditative and exhilarating programme also explores stunningly sonorous folk-inspired contemporary repertoire; music, poetry, light, architecture and time combining sublimely.

ECC is conducted by highly-acclaimed Artistic Director, Rufus Frowde, The organ (one of the country’s finest) is played by rising star, Ashley Wagner, the Cathedral’s Assistant Head of Music.

The 60-minute concert will run without interval.

“Light Eternal”

(A choral exploration of light at sunset)

Organ solo: Fiat Lux Dubois

Rivers of Light Ešenvalds

Lux Aurumque Whitacre

Lux Aeterna (‘Nimrod’) Elgar, arr. Cameron

Organ solo: Lumière Demessieux

Dostoyno yest Tchaikovsky

Te Lucis Ante Terminum Moody

All praise to Thee (Tallis Canon) [In memoriam Ivan Moody] Frowde

Organ solo: Phosphorescence (2017) Ivan Moody

Khvalitye Tchaikovsky

The Cloud-Capped Towers Vaughan Williams

Sleep Whitacre

Seek Him that maketh the seven stars Dove

Stars Esenvalds

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