Heart's Music: the world of Stanford and Holst

Londinium

Londinium (chamber choir)
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

Prompted by the centenary of the death of Charles Villiers Stanford, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of his student Gustav Holst, Londinium offers a stunning selection of British choral music from the early years of the twentieth century. Anchoring our programme are spectacular double-choir works by Stanford - his Milton setting On Time, and his virtuosic Latin Magnificat - and Holst's visionary The Evening Watch, on a text by Henry Vaughan. Alongside them we perform a highly varied sequence of works by students of both composers, including Vaughan Williams, Howells, Bainton, Coleridge-Taylor, Gurney and Rubbra. We also present music by earlier composers whom Stanford and Holst admired, and contemporary re-imaginings of some of Stanford's most beloved works by Judith Bingham and Janet Wheeler.

Tickets include a complimentary programme, and wine will be served in the interval.