SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Royal Festival Hall

The Bach Choir

Thursday 27 November 2008, 7.30pm

Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams Sancta civitas - oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra
INTERVAL
Herbert Howells Cantata, Sir Patrick Spens
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Herbert Howells Te Deum (Collegium regale)

Philharmonia Orchestra
David Hillconductor
Andrew Staplestenor
Alan Opiebaritone
The Bach Choir
Winchester Cathedral Choristers
Winchester College Quiristers

The Bach Choir gave the first London performance of Sancta Civitas in 1926, with the composer conducting, and Vaughan Williams regarded this as the favourite of all his choral works. Howells' Sir Patrick Spens is a newly-rediscovered work, recorded by The Bach Choir for Naxos and released in 2007 to critical acclaim. Vaughan Williams was a singing member, and musical director, of The Bach Choir and there will be an exhibition of original scores and other material in the Royal Festival Hall on the day of the concert.

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