Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Delius: Summer Evening
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Festival Chorus with Petersfield and Fernhurst Choral Societies
Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra, conductors Paul Spicer and Stephen Scotchmer
Cello – Lucy Scotchmer
Soprano – Caroline Taylor
Baritone – Thomas Humphreys
It would be hard to imagine a more uplifting tribute to the power of music than Hubert Parry’s 1887 setting of the noble words of Milton’s Ode At a solemn Music, especially in its original richly-textured 8-part version.
Vaughan Williams’ powerful plea for peace, Dona nobis pacem, was written in 1936. This beautiful, deeply moving and ultimately optimistic work has lost none of its relevance. Set for chorus and orchestra with soprano and baritone soloists, it combines Biblical texts with the vivid, dramatic poems of Walt Whitman.
Tickets on sale: to Friends 6 Jan, to participants 20 Jan, to the public 3 Feb.
£24 tiered seating, £18 flat seating and £5 age 18 and under.
