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Featured works for South of England Festival Chorus

  
         
  Bob Chilcott  

Salisbury Vespers
Bob Chilcott

“With driving rhythms, passages of reflective contemplation, and expansive, powerful textures, this major new work is a must for all lovers of Chilcott's music. It is sure to become a cornerstone of the modern choral repertory, particularly looking forward to the 400th anniversary of Monteverdi’s Vespers in 2010.”

2010’s end-of-course choral and orchestral performance is framed by Bob Chilcott’s new Salisbury Vespers. Given its world premiere last May in Salisbury Cathedral, it is a magnificent large-scale work that was jointly commissioned by six musical organisations from that cathedral city. It includes a substantial setting of the Magnificat, based on the plainsong melody from the same section in Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. We shall be joined by the superb FARNHAM YOUTH CHOIR in this, SEFCho’s first ever visit to Winchester Cathedral. With two other choral favourites included in the programme, it promises to be one of the most memorable events in the Choral Week’s long history.

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Chilcott]

  
         
 

Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein

Commissioned in 1965 by the Dean of Chichester, Bernstein’s colourful Chichester Psalms is one of the composer’s most successful and accessible works on religious texts, contrasting spiritual austerity with impulsive rhythms in a contemplation of peace.

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein]

  Leonard Bernstein
 
         
  John Rutter  

Winchester Te Deum
John Rutter

The Winchester Te Deum was written in 2006 for the choirs and organist of Winchester Cathedral. The occasion was the installation of a new Dean, a festive cathedral event at which a Te Deum is traditionally sung. Rutter’s setting of this ancient and renowned text (a text reputedly dating in part from the sixth century or earlier) was inspired by the fine peal of bells in the cathedral tower. Bell-like figures are heard throughout the piece, contributing to its joyful, celebratory character. As with the composer’s earlier Te Deum setting of 1988, the accompaniment, originally for brass and organ, was later scored for full orchestra for use in concert performances.

[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rutter]

  
         
   
         
   
         
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