St Nicholas Church, High Bradfield
Bradfield, Sheffield, Sheffield, England
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
A Million Nightingales
Corvus Consort reveals how musicians and poets have drawn inspiration from their avian friends for hundreds of years, in a programme of choral music themed around birds. Charting a course from the 15th century to the present day, the singers of Corvus showcase their great versatility, performing renaissance madrigals, traditional folksongs, 20th-century British music, and contemporary works by leading living composers.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Silence and Music Linda Hirschhorn: I have a million nightingales Poem: Nightingales by Robert Bridges Gerald Finzi: Nightingales, op. 17/5 Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan Paul Hindemith: Un Cygne Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno Trad., arr. Freddie Crowley: The Blackest Crow Trad., arr. John Hearne: The Seagull Poem: The Celestial Bird by Jessica Powers Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird Interval Charles Villiers Stanford: The Blue Bird Caroline Shaw: and the swallow William Cornysh: Ah, Robin Poem: To a Skylark by Percy Shelley Becky McGlade: To a Skylark Maurice Ravel: Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis, from Trois Chansons Trad., arr. Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove Trad., arr. Edward T. Chapman: The Three Ravens Clément Janequin: Le Chant des Oiseaux Karine Polwart, Follow the heron home
St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton
Church Street, Shropshire, Shropshire, England
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Fenella Humphries (violin)
Alec Roth: Men & Angels Alec Roth: I will move thee Judith Weir: Love bade me welcome Nathan James Dearden: Full of sweet days Judith Weir: Vertue James MacMillan: To My Successor Alec Roth: New Work written for Corvus Consort and Fenella Humphreys Interval Alec Roth: Ponticelli Alec Roth: Shared Ground
Holy Trinity Church, Ripon
Kirkby Road, North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)
Imogen Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow, 1st movement Judith Weir: We sekyn here rest Olivia Sparkhall: Lux aeterna Hilary Campbell: Our endless day Caroline Lizotte: La Madone Elizabeth Poston: An English Day-Book Interval Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree Howard Skempton: Into this world, this day did come Peter Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven Trad.: Ther is no rose of swych vertu Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols
King's Hall
Station Road, Ilkley, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)
Imogen Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow, 1st movement Judith Weir: We sekyn here rest Olivia Sparkhall: Lux aeterna Hilary Campbell: Our endless day Elizabeth Poston: An English Day-Book Interval Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree Howard Skempton: Into this world, this day did come Peter Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven Trad.: Ther is no rose of swych vertu Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Morpeth Methodist Church
Howard Terrace, Morpeth, England, England
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)
Imogen Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow, 1st movement Judith Weir: We sekyn here rest Olivia Sparkhall: Lux aeterna Hilary Campbell: Our endless day Elizabeth Poston: An English Day-Book Interval Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree Howard Skempton: Into this world, this day did come Peter Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven Trad.: Ther is no rose of swych vertu Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols