[Samuel
Coleridge Taylor at 23]
Thursday,
May 17, 2012
“Under the musical
direction of Joyce Robson and with accompanists Clive Ellison and
Rico Gerber the singers will be joined by the Melegari String Quartet
with a guest double bass and timpanist. The Goonvrea Singers are one
of the South West's premier chamber choirs, and last month they
performed in a series of classical spectaculars at the Royal Albert
Hall with the English Concert Singers and the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra to audiences of between four and five thousand at each
concert.
“In a packed
programme the audience will be treated to music new and old,
including Handel's majestic Zadock the Priest, Bach's lilting Jesu
Joy of Man's Desiring and the modern piece written by John Rutter
specially for William and Kate's wedding, This Is The Day. Many
members of the Goonvrea Singers are soloists in their own right and
the programme will include solo pieces and duets, including Handel's
Let The Bright Seraphim, with trumpet accompaniment, which was sung
at the wedding of Charles and Diana by Kiri Te Kanawa. The
centrepiece of the performance will be the rarely heard Wedding Feast
of Hiawatha, a stunning setting of Longfellow's poem by Samuel
Coleridge Taylor, whose centenary of his death is this year.
“The concert will
take place in the church of Our Lady of the Portal and St Piran
Catholic Church, Truro (opposite Halfords) on Sunday and will start
at 7.30pm.”
[Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor(1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a
comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof. Dominique-René
de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com
Major observances of the Centennial of Coleridge-Taylor's death on
Sept. 1, 1912 are underway and are the work of organizations
including the Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, http://www.sctf.org.uk]
Comment by email:
Thanks. It would be nice to see choruses getting beyond the Wedding Feast and into the rest of the cantata. Minnehaha is perhaps the best musical section. [Charles Kaufmann, Artistic Director, LongfellowChorus.org]
Comment by email:
Thanks. It would be nice to see choruses getting beyond the Wedding Feast and into the rest of the cantata. Minnehaha is perhaps the best musical section. [Charles Kaufmann, Artistic Director, LongfellowChorus.org]
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