GUILDFORD Cathedral will host the return of
Guildford Philharmonic Choir under their new
identity on Saturday, October 22.
Vivace Chorus is the new name, which reflects the
choir’s innovative developing style while still maintaining the choir’s reputation for musical excellence
already achieved in their traditional fields of English
and European choral music.
Under its renowned director of music, Jeremy
Backhouse, they have tackled performances in
German, Hebrew and Russian. And they collaborated with the Muezzin of Woking Mosque, who sang
the Muslim call to prayer, for what is most likely the
first time in a Christian Cathedral.
Although the choir has just embarked on a
new cycle of Contemporary Classics (new music
predicted to be classics of the future), their first concert in the launch of the series this autumn at
ildford
Cathedral
will
be in
fraditional
mode
Accompanied by the Forest Philharmonic
Orchestra, the concert will feature sopranos Parizia
Kwella, Helen Neeves and tenor Eugene Ginty. The
works will be Elgar’s Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29),
Holst’s Lord, Who Hast Made us for Thine Own
(Psalm
148) and The Hymn of Jesus, and
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 2.
The concert will start at 7.30pm but a pre-concert
talk will take place at 6.30pm in the Chapter House,
free to ticket holders.
Tickets for the Hymns and Psalms concert are
priced at £20, £15 and £10; students £5. Call Tourist
Information on 01483 444334; Guildford Cathedral
on 01483 547840; Michael Taylor on 07958 519741;
or visit tickets@vivacechous.org.
Information about this traditional concert and
the next innovative performance of Francis Pott’s A
Song on the End of the World is available by visiting
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