‘Concert features British composers
BRANDENBUR Sinfonia w111 be accompanying
Vivace Chorus for their concert at Guildford
Cathedral on March 10, at 7.30pm.
The concert will feature popular classical music of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries by British
composers.
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' Parry’s vocal score of John Milton’s poem Blest
Pair of Siren which exalts the twin muses of Voice
and Verse, will be the opening piece.
Soloist Susanna Spicer will sing Elgar’s Sea
Left, soloist Susanna Spicer.
Pictures, a setting of five poems for mezzo-soprano
and orchestra. The experienced concert singer has
had solo engagements under the batons of
Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur and John Eliot Gardiner
among others.
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‘Vaughan William’s Serenade to Music was originally performedin 1938 at the Royal Albert Hall by 16 of
the best singers of the era. Itis now the turn ofVivace
Chorus to match the magisterial performances of the
likes of Isobel Bailie and Heddle Nash.
Elgar’s The Music Makers will be the colophon to
this concert. The composer advises performers to
sing and play as if they were all in dreamland.
However conductor Jeremy Backhouse would like to
‘ensure audiences that this will be a committed per-
formance and is convinced they will enjoy Elgar’s
quotes from many of his earlier works such as
Enigma Variations, Gerontius, Sea Pictures, the violin concerto, two symphonies and even Rule
Britannia.
A free talk by Martin Hall at the Chapter House
will precede the concert at 6.30pm..
Tickets priced £20, £15, £10 and students £5 are
available from the tourist information on 01483
444334 and Michael Taylor on 07958 519 741. For
further information visit www.vivacechorus.org.