22nd October 2005
7:30 Guildford Cathedral
Forest Philharmonic Orchestra
Soprano Patrizia Kwella
Soprano Helen Neeves
Tenor Eugene Ginty
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Edward Elgar: “Give unto the Lord” (Psalm 29)
Join us to sing and listen to carols
G.F. Handel: Zadok the Priest
Francis Pott:
Gustav Holst: “Lord, who hast made us for
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G.F. Handel: Water Music (extracts)
G.F. Handel: Let God Arise
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J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 50
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J.S. Bach: Air on the G string from Suite No.3
A Song on the End of the World (1999)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast (1931)
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Tenor: Eugene Ginty
J.S. Bach: Menuet and Badinerie from Suite No. 2
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D
Four thrilling settings of Hymns-and Psalms are drawn
together for this concert from the Victorian and
Edwardian era, some would say the finest hour of the
British choral tradition. Elgar’s ‘Give unto the Lord’ is
a short but majestic setting of Psalm 29 that matches
the glories of his larger-scale choral works and is
written in his most grandiloquent yet approachable
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style. Holst’s setting of Psalm 148 begins intimately
‘Hymn of Jesus’ ranks amongst the finest of Holst’s
works. Always one to experiment, he uses a distant
semi-chorus of upper voice, spoken rhythms, but
always within a context of strong traditional tonality.
The result is a radiant and atmospheric work full
of drama and beauty. For his wonderful Symphony
No.2, Mendelssohn takes as his model the great
Symphony No.g by Beethoven, the final section being
an uplifting choral Hymn of Praise to the glory of God.
This ‘Lobgesang’ contains many glorious moments
including the famous duet for two sopranos, “I waited
for the Lord”.
absolutely superb. It’s rare,
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of singers, to hear a choir
of music like two mighty pillars. Their colossus
presence is here reflected in a programme of their
finest choral and orchestral works. The first half is
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composer and closes with extended choral settings
in the grandest, most impressive style. Between the
choral masterpieces are the finest examples of each
Music and the evergreen Air on the G string’.
As part of our ground-breaking Contemporary Choral
Pott. This overwhelming work was premiered at
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‘A Song on the End of the World’ by Francis
dedicated to Handel, the second to Bach. Each half
opens with a short, fanfare-like choral work by each
but ends ina blaze of glory as Alleluias ring out. The
Soprano: Claire Seaton
Classics Cycle, we present a work of immense power
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the Three Choirs Festival in 1999 and described in
The Times as: “thrilling music ... contemporary and
original ... impressive and profoundly affecting”.
Pott is rapidly becoming one of the most respected
and in-demand composers due to the strength and
conviction of his writing: the writing is beautifully
crafted and yet always remains instantly accessible to
the audience. His insightful musical reaction to the
tribulations of our troubled world is unparalleled.
Alongside this great new work we set the masterpiece
that took audiences by storm in the 1930s: Walton's
‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ which remains as fresh today as
it did then. The drama of the story is re-told in full
glorious musical technicolour: the riotous living of
the King and his court, the spell-binding moment
when the King is “weighed in the balance and found
wanting”, and the ecstatic celebrations at the fall of
Babylon.
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