Solstice

Reading Bach Choir

Our concert celebrates summer in all its manifestations:
the languorous, basking warmth of the summer sun,
the phenomenon of the northern lights, and the singing
and dancing which in many countries celebrate midsummer
and the feast of St John the Baptist.
The concert features Tormis’ St John’s Day Songs whose
tunes and texts are derived from the traditional Estonian,
midsummer, all-night bonfire celebrations.
As well as these lively and unusual songs we will be singing
works by, among others, Britten, Jonathan Dove, Jonathan Harvey,
Latvian composers Einfelde, Vasks and Ešenvalds, and the
Finnish composer Rautavaara.