Serenade to Music

Ely Sinfonia

Ely Sinfonia and Ely Choral Society present

SERENADE TO MUSIC

In Ely Cathedral

Saturday 8th July 2023

at 7.30pm

Vaughan Williams           Greensleeves

Vaughan Williams           Serenade to Music

Beethoven                       8th Symphony

Chilcott                            Canticles of Light

Beethoven                       Choral Fantasia

with Natalia Williams-Wandoch piano

Steve Bingham and Andrew Parnell         conductors

Ely Sinfonia, Ely Choral Society and Ely Youth Choir join together in a unique selection of music that makes the most of the magnificent space of Ely Cathedral.  Vaughan Williams, the English twentieth century master, stands next to Beethoven, the early romantic titan.  Between them is Bob Chilcott, one of the most prolific and celebrated choral composers of today.

What could be more different than Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves and his Serenade to Music, the first combining two traditional English songs and the second an exquisite piece written in 1938 to celebrate Henry Wood’s jubilee